District of Mülheim an der Ruhr

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The district of Mülheim an der Ruhr , which was the district of Mülheim an der Ruhr until 1901 , was a district in the Düsseldorf administrative district of the Prussian Rhine province from 1874 to 1910 . It extended in whole or in part over the area of ​​today's cities and communities Mülheim an der Ruhr , Dinslaken , Duisburg , Essen , Hünxe , Oberhausen and Voerde (Lower Rhine) .

Administrative history

After 1873, the city of Duisburg as a new urban district in the county Duisburg retired, in 1874 the circle of Duisburg from the remaining parts of district Mülheim formed based in the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr. It initially had the following administrative structure:

Mayorry Cities and Towns (1874)
Dinslaken Land Hiesfeld , Walsum
Dinslaken city Dinslaken (city)
Duisburg country Wanheim-Angerhausen
Gahlen Bruckhausen , Bucholtwelmen , Gahlen , Gartrop-Bühl , Hünxe
Götterswickerhamm Görsicker , Löhnen , Mehrum , Möllen , Spellen , Voerde
Holten Beeck , Hamborn , Holten , Amt Holten (Biefang) , Sterkrade
Mülheim-Land Alstaden , Broich , Dümpten , Eppinghofen , Haarzopf , Heißen , Holthausen , Mellinghofen , Menden , Raadt , Saarn , Speldorf , Styrum
Mülheim city Mülheim an der Ruhr (city)
Oberhausen Oberhausen (city since 1874)
Ruhrort-Land Meiderich
Ruhrort city Ruhrort (city)

The mayor's office in Mülheim-Land was divided up in 1878:

  • The communities Eppinghofen and Mellinghofen were incorporated into the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr.
  • The municipalities of Broich, Saarn and Speldorf formed the new Broich mayor .
  • The communities of Alstaden, Dümpten and Styrum formed the new mayorship of Styrum .
  • The communities of Haarzopf, Heißen, Holthausen, Menden and Raadt formed the new mayorship of Heißen .

The mayor's office of Holten was divided up in 1886:

  • The new mayor's office in Beeck included the two communities Beeck and Hamborn
  • The new mayor's office in Sterkrade comprised the communities of Sterkrade, Holten and Amt Holten (also called Biefang ) as well as the newly formed community of Buschhausen .

The cities of Ruhrort and Dinslaken as well as the mayorships of Beeck, Dinslaken-Land, Duisburg-Land, Gahlen, Götterswickerhamm, Meiderich and Sterkrade left the district on July 1, 1887 and formed the new Ruhrort district . The Mülheim an der Ruhr district now had the following administrative structure:

Mayorry Cities and Towns (1888)
Broich Broich , Saarn , Speldorf
Be called Braid , Heißen , Holthausen , Menden , Raadt
Mülheim Mülheim an der Ruhr (city)
Oberhausen Oberhausen (city)
Styrum Alstaden , Dümpten , Styrum

In the following years the circle was further reduced. On April 1, 1901, the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr left the district and formed its own urban district. Since then, the district has been called the Mülheim an der Ruhr district. On April 1, 1904, the city of Oberhausen also left the district and formed its own urban district. At the same time Broich, Holthausen, Saarn, Speldorf and Styrum were incorporated into the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr and Alstaden and Dümpten were raised to their own mayor's offices. The district of Mülheim an der Ruhr recently had the following administrative structure:

Mayorry Municipalities (1910)
Alstaden Alstaden
Muffled Muffled
Be called Braid of hair , Heißen , Menden , Raadt

On April 1, 1910, the district was dissolved:

  • Alstaden and the northern parts of Styrum and Dümpten were incorporated into the city of Oberhausen.
  • Most of the community of Heißen and the southern parts of Styrum and Dümpten were incorporated into the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr.
  • The eastern part of the community of Heißen with the village of Fulerum was incorporated into the city of Essen .
  • The communities Haarzopf, Menden and Raadt were assigned to the district of Essen . There Menden and Raadt formed the mayor's office of Menden until 1920 and were then incorporated into the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr. Haarzopf was incorporated into the city of Essen in 1915.

Population development

year Residents
1880 132,699
1890 098,342
1900 150,959
Seal of the District Office Mülheim an der Ruhr

District administrators

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal of the Düsseldorf Government 1873: Mayors and municipalities
  2. ↑ muelheim-ruhr.de: incorporations 1878
  3. ↑ a b Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia 1885
  4. ^ Official Journal of the Düsseldorf Government 1886, p. 53
  5. ^ Official Journal of the Düsseldorf Government 1887, p. 195
  6. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia 1885
  7. ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. muelheim.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).