District of Münster

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Coat of arms of the Münster district
District of Münster
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Coordinates: 51 ° 58 '  N , 7 ° 38'  E

Basic data (as of 1974)
Existing period: 1816-1974
State : North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region : Muenster
Regional association : Westphalia-Lippe
Administrative headquarters : Muenster
Area : 787.01 km 2
Residents: 136,000 (Dec. 31, 1973)
Population density : 173 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : MS
Circle key : 05 5 36
Circle structure: 22 municipalities
District Administrator : Hugo Pottebaum ( CDU )
Location of the Münster district in North Rhine-Westphalia
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The district of Münster was a district in the north of North Rhine-Westphalia . It had existed since 1816 when, as a result of the Congress of Vienna, almost all of Westphalia came under Prussian rule , the province of Westphalia was formed and divided into districts. It was dissolved in the course of the regional reform on January 1, 1975 by the Münster / Hamm Act . The administrative seat of the district was the independent city of Münster , which is also the legal successor to the district.

geography

location

The district lay in the Westphalian lowland bay covered by sandy-loamy deposits in a landscape characterized by scattered settlements and individual farms, the Münsterland . It completely enclosed the former provincial capital Münster, which became the seat of the North Rhine-Westphalian administrative district of Münster .

Neighboring areas

In 1974 the district of Münster bordered in a clockwise direction in the northwest on the districts of Steinfurt , Tecklenburg , Warendorf , Beckum , Lüdinghausen and Coesfeld . He completely enclosed the independent city of Münster.

structure

Before the start of the municipal reorganization, the district was divided into an office-free city, three further office-free municipalities and five offices with a total of one city and 18 other municipalities. It had an area of ​​786.79 km² and 115,801 inhabitants (as of June 30, 1967).

local community Office today too circle Incorporation
Nightmare Office Roxel Muenster circular 01/01/1975
Albersloh Wolbeck Office Sendenhorst Warendorf 01/01/1975
Alverskirchen Wolbeck Office Everswinkel Warendorf 01/01/1975
Amelsbueren Office Sankt Mauritz Muenster circular 01/01/1975
Fishing Modde Wolbeck Office Muenster circular 01/01/1975
Apple pods Nottuln office Nottuln Coesfeld 01/01/1975
Bösensell Office Roxel Send Coesfeld 01/01/1975
Gimbals free of charge Greven Steinfurt 01/01/1975
Greven , city free of charge Greven Steinfurt
Handorf Office Sankt Mauritz Muenster circular 01/01/1975
Havixbeck free of charge Havixbeck Coesfeld
Hiltrup Office Sankt Mauritz Muenster circular 01/01/1975
Nienberge Office Roxel Muenster circular 01/01/1975
Nottuln Nottuln office Nottuln Coesfeld 01/01/1975
Rinkerode Wolbeck Office Drensteinfurt Warendorf 01/01/1975
Roxel Office Roxel Muenster circular 01/01/1975
Saerbeck free of charge Saerbeck Steinfurt
Sankt Mauritz Office Sankt Mauritz Muenster circular 01/01/1975
Schapdetten Nottuln office Nottuln Coesfeld 01/01/1975
Telgte, parish Telgte office Telgte Warendorf 07/01/1968
Telgte , city Telgte office Telgte Warendorf
Westbevern Telgte office Telgte Warendorf 01/01/1975
Wolbeck Wolbeck Office Muenster circular 01/01/1975

history

After the eastern part of the Münsterland fell to Prussia as the Principality of Münster in 1803 through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the Principality was divided into four districts on January 1, 1804 by a Prussian order . In addition to the circles Beckum , Lüdinghausen and Warendorf was county Munster set up. It comprised the towns of Bevergern and Telgte , the parishes of Albachten , Dreierwalde , Gimbte , Handorf , Hiltrup Hopsten , Lamberti , Ostbevern , Riesenbeck , St. Mauritz , Telgte , Überwasser and Westbevern as well as smaller areas of the parishes of Emsdetten , Greven , on the right of the Ems , Havixbeck , Mesum , Nienberge , Nottuln , Rheine , Roxel and Saerbeck . The city of Münster remained independent.

District Administrator of was Franz von Korff gen. Schmising-Kerssenbrock . When the districts in the Principality of Münster were reorganized, the district of Münster was enlarged on June 1, 1806 by the largest part of the dissolved district of Lüdinghausen. At the same time, the new Bevergern district was formed from the northern part of the Münster district . With the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, Prussia renounced its ownership rights to the Principality of Münster. In 1808 the district came to the Grand Duchy of Berg and in 1810 the northwestern part of the former district was annexed by France . The French period lasted in Münsterland until the invasion of Prussian troops in autumn 1813.

The Münster district in 1842

Due to the regulations of the Congress of Vienna , the Münsterland finally fell to Prussia in 1815 and became part of the new province of Westphalia . As part of the subdivision of the Münster administrative district , another Münster district was formed on August 10, 1816, initially consisting of the mayor's offices of Greven, Ladbergen, Nottuln, Roxel, Sankt Mauritz, Saerbeck, Telgte and Wolbeck. The city of Münster was an immediate city and did not belong to the district, but became its administrative seat.

On January 1, 1832, the Münster district gave the communities of Ladbergen to the Tecklenburg district and Appelhülsen to the Lüdinghausen district , but received the new Havixbeck community from the Coesfeld district . Appelhülsen returned to the Münster district on January 1st, 1838.

With the introduction of the rural community order for the province of Westphalia in 1843 and 1844, the mayor's offices were transferred to offices . Since then, the district has been divided into the following seven offices and 23 municipalities:

Office Communities
Greven Gimbte and Greven
Havixbeck Havixbeck
Mauritz Amelsbüren , Handorf , Hiltrup , Lamberti , St. Mauritz and Überwasser
Nottuln Appelhülsen , Nottuln and Schapdetten
Roxel Albachten , Bösensell , Nienberge and Roxel
Saerbeck Saerbeck
Telgte City of Telgte , parish Telgte and Westbevern
Wolbeck Albersloh , Alverskirchen , Angelmodde , Rinkerode , Wigbold Wolbeck and the parish of Wolbeck

The incorporation, which came into effect on January 1, 1875, brought parts of the communities Lamberti, Überwasser and Sankt Mauritz to the city of Münster. As a result, the district lost around 8.9 km² in area. On October 1, 1894, the two new communities Greven on the right of the Ems and Greven on the left of the Ems were spun off from Greven. On April 1, 1903, Lamberti and Überwasser as well as other parts of the Mauritz office were incorporated into the city of Münster. In total, an area of ​​56.4 km² fell to Münster. The offices of Havixbeck and Saerbeck were abolished in 1934. On August 10, 1952, Greven to the right of the Ems and Greven to the left of the Ems were incorporated back into Greven. Greven and Gimbte have been vacant since then. On April 1, 1957, the municipalities of Wigbold Wolbeck and Parish Wolbeck were merged to form the municipality of Wolbeck.

By the law on the amalgamation of the city of Telgte and the municipality of Kirchspiel Telgte , the municipality of Kirchspiel Telgte was incorporated into the city of Telgte on July 1, 1968. On October 1, 1969, the district became the district of Münster.

Due to the Münster / Hamm law , the Münster district, which last comprised 22 communities, was dissolved on January 1, 1975 and divided between the city of Münster and the newly formed neighboring districts. In addition, all offices of the district were dissolved and numerous parish mergers took place:

Fell to the independent city of Munster

The new Coesfeld district fell

The new district of Steinfurt fell

In the new district of Warendorf fell

Population development

year Residents source
1819 029,645
1832 032,530
1858 040,339
1871 045,469
1880 037,572
1890 041,432
1900 045,947
1910 044,571
1925 051,885
1939 063,337
1950 091,263
1960 095,000
1970 122,200
1973 136,000

politics

Results of the district elections from 1946

The list only shows parties and constituencies that received at least two percent of the votes in the respective election.

Share of votes of the parties in percent

year CDU SPD DZP FDP BHE
1946 46.9 16.2 30.5 4.6
1948 36.5 18.6 40.3 3.3
1952 40.3 19.4 24.1 7.5 8.0
1956 45.1 21.9 22.5 5.7 4.8
1961 53.5 20.3 16.3 6.7 2.9
1964 54.2 24.9 14.4 6.5
1969 59.1 29.5 05.9 5.5

District administrators

Upper District Directors

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the district was awarded on July 1, 1936 and consists of two parts. The upper part shows the former coat of arms of the monastery of Münster with a red bar on a gold background. The lower part is the coat of arms of the Counts of Merveldt . As administrators of the bishop, they exercised significant influence over the diocese.

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign MS when the vehicle registration number was introduced. It is still issued in the city of Münster to this day.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Expert commission for the local reorganization of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: The local and state reorganization of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Section B, the reorganization of the cities and municipalities in the metropolitan areas and the reform of the districts. Expert opinion issued on April 9, 1968, Siegburg 1968, p. 224, map annex No. 1.
  2. ↑ Ordinance on the subdivision of the Hereditary Principality of Münster . In: Johann Josef Scotti (Hrsg.): Collection of laws and ordinances for the hereditary principality of Münster . Münster December 23, 1803 ( digitized version ).
  3. ^ Map of the hereditary principality of Münster with the district boundaries from 1804. In: HIS-Data. Retrieved October 10, 2017 .
  4. ^ Rolf Straubel : Biographical manual of the Prussian administrative and judicial officials 1740–1806 / 15 . In: Historical Commission to Berlin (Ed.): Individual publications . 85. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23229-9 .
  5. ↑ Ordinance on the new district division of the Hereditary Principality of Münster . In: Johann Josef Scotti (Hrsg.): Collection of laws and ordinances for the hereditary principality of Münster . Münster April 11, 1806 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ a b Westphalia Lexicon 1832-1835 . In: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Ed.): Reprints for the Westphalian archive maintenance . tape 3 . Münster 1978, p. 234 (reprint of the original from 1834).
  7. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Münster 1831, p. 401
  8. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Münster 1837, p. 395
  9. ↑ Landgemeinde -ordnung for the Province of Westphalia from October 31, 1841 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
  10. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1843. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 .
  11. ↑ Official Gazette for the Münster district in 1844. Retrieved on February 2, 2014 .
  12. ↑ a b Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 263 .
  13. ↑ a b Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 237 .
  14. ^ Wolfgang Leesch: Administration in Westphalia 1815-1945 . In: Publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia . tape 38 . Aschendorff, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-06845-1 , p. 388 .
  15. ↑ Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and communities of Westphalia 1817-1967 . Aschendorff, Münster Westfalen 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 , p. 297 .
  16. ↑ Law on the amalgamation of the city of Telgte and the parish of Telgte parish
  17. ↑ Announcement of the new version of the district regulations for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from August 11, 1969 in the Law and Ordinance Gazette for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, year 1969, No. 2021, p. 670 ff.
  18. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 314 f .
  19. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
  20. ^ Statistical news about the government district of Münster 1858, p. 13
  21. ↑ a b Community encyclopedia Westphalia 1887 p. 127
  22. ^ A b c d e f g Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. muenster.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  23. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
  24. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1975
  25. ↑ Source: respective issue of the State Statistical Office (LDS NRW), Mauerstr. 51, Düsseldorf, with the election results at the district level.

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