Melsungen district

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 8 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E
Basic data (as of 1973)
Existing period:	1821-1973
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
Administrative headquarters :	Melsungen
Area :	365.15 km 2
Residents:	46,200 (Dec. 31, 1972)
Population density :	127 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	MEG
Circle key :	06 2 40
Circle structure:	22 municipalities

The district of Melsungen in 1905

The district of Melsungen was an Kurhessischer , from 1867 Prussian and after 1945 a Hessian district in the administrative district of Kassel . In 1939 the name was changed to the Melsungen district . Its county seat was Melsungen .

geography

At the end of 1973, the district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Kassel , Witzenhausen , Eschwege , Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Fritzlar-Homberg .

The landscape of the district was shaped by the Fulda-Werra-Bergland with the Spangenberger Senke , the Melsunger Bergland , the Melsunger Fulda valley and the Melgershäuser heights. In addition to the Fulda , the district was also traversed by the Eder .

history

The Melsungen district was formed as part of the Hessian administrative and territorial reform of 1821 from the Melsungen offices , with the Breitenau court , and Felsberg as well as most of the Spangenberg office . However, the three offices remained in existence for a long time with changes as judicial offices in the district. Surrounding circles in the Electorate of Hesse were in the northern district of Kassel , in the northeast of the county Witzenhausen , in the eastern district of Eschwege , in the southeastern district of Rotenburg , in the southwest of the county Homberg and west of the county Fritzlar . Thus the district of Melsungen as well as the district of Homberg in the Electorate of Hesse were without borders to "foreign" areas.

In the district of Melsungen were the three cities Felsberg , Melsungen and Spangenberg as well as 62 villages with a total of 3,738 houses and 24,782 inhabitants in 1822. In 1843 the village of Unshausen was spun off into the district of Homberg , after which the (rural) district of Melsungen comprised 64 communities up to the first municipal mergers as part of the Hessian regional reform in 1971. From 1848 to 1851 the district as the Melsungen administrative office temporarily consisted only of the Melsungen and Spangenberg judicial offices. From 1872 onwards, several independent manor districts emerged in the Melsungen district , which were dissolved again at the end of the 1920s.

At the beginning of the 1970s, the Melsungen district was reduced in size several times:

• On December 31, 1971, the community of Stolzhausen left the district and was incorporated into the community of Waldkappel in what was then the district of Eschwege .
• Also on December 31, 1971, the community of Deute left the district and was incorporated into the community of Gudensberg in what was then the district of Fritzlar-Homberg .
• On April 1, 1972, the community of Niedermöllrich left the district and was incorporated into the community of Wabern in what was then the district of Fritzlar-Homberg.
• On August 1, 1972, the municipality of Heinebach left the district and was incorporated into the municipality of Alheim in the new district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg .

This reduced the area of ​​the district from 389.01 km² to 365.15 km². A series of further parish mergers further reduced the number of parishes to 22 by the end of 1973.

The district of Melsungen was incorporated into the new Schwalm-Eder district on January 1, 1974 as part of the Hessian district reform . At the same time, further incorporations took place on January 1, 1974. The three towns of Felsberg, Melsungen and Spangenberg and the four communities of Guxhagen , Körle , Malsfeld and Morschen joined the new Schwalm-Eder district from the Melsungen district.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1822	24,782
1841	30,570
1866	29,138
1890	27,752
1910	29,036
1933	33,260
1950	51,431
1970	48,071

District administrators

• 1851-1867: Albert Faber
• 1867–1885: Richard Kunisch von Richthofen
• 1885–1894: Maximilian von Negelein (1852–1911)
• 1894–1897: Albert Lotz (1858–1926)
• 1897–1902: Wilhelm von Baumbach
• 1902–1914: Friedrich von Aschoff (* 1864)
• 1914–1919: Heinrich von Gagern
• 1919–1927: Richard Sarrazin
• 1927–1929: Arnold Schuster (1890–1969)
• 1929–1933: Heinrich Noelle (1891–1964)
• 1933–1937: Heinrich von Gagern
• 1937–1938: Kurt Münchau (1887–1938)
• 1938–1941: Karl Böttcher (* 1905)
• 1941–1945: Heinrich Ortwein

Communities

The following table contains all municipalities that belonged to the district of Melsungen, with their historical affiliation and their historical population as well as the data of all incorporations.

Location / municipality	until 1821 office / then justice office	Ew. 1822	Ew. 1866	Ew. 1910	Ew. 1961	Ew. 1970	incorporated after	Date of incorporation
Altenbrunslar	Felsberg	210	263	305	437	428	Brunslar Felsberg	February 1, 1971 January 1, 1974
Altenburg	Felsberg	173	146	82	76	49	Felsberg	1st February 1971
Beuern	Felsberg	294	325	279	241	241	Gensungen Felsberg	December 31, 1971 January 1, 1974
Böddiger	Felsberg	390	478	438	492	526	Felsberg	1st February 1971
Brunslar 1							Felsberg	1st January 1974
Interpret	Felsberg	202	191	230	353	418	Gudensberg	December 31, 1971
Felsberg , city	Felsberg	1008	1113	941	1990	2301
Felsberg, head forester's office	Felsberg			0			Felsberg
Gensings	Felsberg	653 2	867	1089 3	2527	3007	Felsberg	1st January 1974
Harle	Felsberg	517	609	595	792	819	Wobble	1st January 1974
Helmshausen	Felsberg	90	81	100	89	85	Felsberg	1st January 1974
Hesserode	Felsberg	161	214	185	175	136	Gensungen Felsberg	February 1, 1971 January 1, 1974
Hesslar	Felsberg	208	311	330	305	348	Gensungen Felsberg	February 1, 1971 January 1, 1974
Hilgershausen	Felsberg	224	293	277	304	283	Felsberg	1st January 1974
Lohre	Felsberg	234	289	297	334	364	Felsberg	1st February 1971
Melgershausen	Felsberg	261	327	337	442	451	Gensungen Felsberg	April 1, 1972 January 1, 1974
Mittelhof, Vorwerk, later manor district	Felsberg	53		73			Gensings
Neuenbrunslar	Felsberg	304	386	390	767	903	Brunslar Felsberg	February 1, 1971 January 1, 1974
Niedermöllrich	Felsberg	507	612	543	832	805	Wobble	April 1, 1972
Niedervorschütz	Felsberg	373	421	427	548	630	Felsberg	December 31, 1971
Rhünda	Felsberg	217	326	441	640	621	Felsberg	1st January 1974
Unshausen 4	Felsberg	201
Wolfershausen	Felsberg	295	381	452	635	749	Brunslar Felsberg	December 31, 1971 January 1, 1974
Adelshausen	Melsungen	171	260	286 5	374	357	Melsungen	1st February 1971
Albshausen	Melsungen	209	268	223	305	287	Guxhagen	1st February 1971
Büchenwerra	Melsungen	103	126	111	105	117	Guxhagen	1st February 1971
Dagobertshausen	Melsungen	215	286	341	346	321	Malsfeld	April 1, 1972
Elfershausen	Melsungen	211	283	268	373	378	Malsfeld	1st February 1971
Ellenberg	Melsungen	303	379	429	581	623	Guxhagen	1st February 1971
Receiverhausen	Melsungen	184	186	180	288	265	Grains	1st February 1971
Go, manor	Melsungen			24			Adelshausen
Grebenau	Melsungen	152	145	141	184	247	Guxhagen	March 1, 1971
Guxhagen	Melsungen	885	1135	1430	2209	2186
Kehrenbach	Melsungen	269	355	324	338	339	Melsungen	1st February 1971
Churchyard	Melsungen	293	388	398	464	513	Melsungen	1st February 1971
Grains	Melsungen	507	595	692	1444	1696
Lobenhausen	Melsungen	122	139	115	125	112	Grains	1st February 1971
Malsfeld	Melsungen	429	527	793 6	1149	1177
Malsfeld, manor district	Melsungen			34			Malsfeld
Melsungen , city	Melsungen	2967	3620	3940 7	8215	9171
Melsungen, manor district	Melsungen			6th			Melsungen
Obermelsungen	Melsungen	174	231	272	476	576	Melsungen	December 31, 1971
Ostheim	Melsungen	290	329	455	528	462	Malsfeld	1st January 1974
Röhrenfurth	Melsungen	414	537	566	1118	1217	Melsungen	March 1, 1971
Schwarzenberg	Melsungen	260	308	302	346	393	Melsungen	1st January 1974
Wagenfurth	Melsungen	111	128	111	119	110	Grains	1st February 1971
Wollrode	Melsungen	270	338	350	538	547	Guxhagen	1st February 1971
Old Morsch	Spangenberg	711	796	733 8	1514	1667	Rotten	1st January 1974
Beiseförth	Spangenberg / Melsungen	576	750	731	1042	1089	Malsfeld	1st January 1974
Bergheim	Spangenberg	285	318	258	326	336	Spangenberg	1st February 1971
Binsförth	Spangenberg / Melsungen	433	432	336 9	380	337	Old Morsch Morschen	April 1, 1972 January 1, 1974
Binsförth, manor district	Spangenberg / Melsungen			17th			Binsförth
Bischofferode	Spangenberg	197	247	178	224	223	Spangenberg	1st January 1974
Elbersdorf	Spangenberg	500	543	453	705	848	Spangenberg	December 31, 1971
Eubach	Spangenberg	226	244	198	211	211	Old Morsch Morschen	July 1, 1971 January 1, 1974
Günsterode	Spangenberg	354	441	335	397	423	Melsungen	1st February 1971
Heina	Spangenberg	188	281	201	229	223	Rotten	1st January 1974
Heinebach	Spangenberg	849	977	980	1572	1552	Alheim	August 1, 1972
Herlefeld	Spangenberg	246	288	227	250	228	Spangenberg	December 31, 1971
Heydau, manor district	Spangenberg			30th			Old Morsch
Konnefeld	Spangenberg	414	453	353	422	452	Rotten	1st January 1974
Landing field	Spangenberg	292	284	203	195	178	Spangenberg	1st January 1974
Metzebach	Spangenberg	216	220	166	201	184	Spangenberg	1st February 1971
Morschen, manor	Spangenberg			2			Old Morsch
Mörshausen	Spangenberg	385	379	300	393	389	Spangenberg	April 1, 1971
Nausis	Spangenberg	219	238	185	199	214	Spangenberg	December 31, 1971
New hay	Spangenberg	535	653	581	939	825	Rotten	1st January 1974
Phew	Spangenberg	443	520	459	520	534	Spangenberg	December 31, 1971
Schnellrode	Spangenberg	250	325	250	266	256	Spangenberg	1st February 1971
Spangenberg , city	Spangenberg	1651	1765	1658 10	2890	3030
Spangenberg, manor district	Spangenberg			10			Spangenberg
Proud house	Spangenberg	58	95	53 11	82	76	Waldkappel	December 31, 1971
Stölzingen, manor district	Spangenberg			10			Proud house
Vockerode-Dinkelberg	Spangenberg	214	206	151	162	154	Spangenberg	1st February 1971
Weidelbach	Spangenberg	157	192	142	172	167	Spangenberg	1st January 1974
Weights	Spangenberg	269	295	234	298	304	Old Morsch Morschen	December 31, 1971 January 1, 1974

¹ The municipality of Brunslar was created on February 1, 1971 through the merger of the municipalities of Altenbrunslar and Neuenbrunslar.

²Without the Mittelhof Vorwerk .

³Without the estate district of the Mittelhof domain .

^4th Unshausen was spun off into the Homberg district in 1843.

⁵ Without the estate of the domain.

^6thWithout the manor district of the Malsfeld manor .

^7th Without the forest-fiscal manor district of Melsungen.

^8th Without the estate districts of the Heydau domain and the Morschen forestry district.

⁹ Without the manor district of the manor Binsförth.

¹⁰ Without the forest-fiscal estate district of Spangenberg.

¹¹ Without the manor district of the Stölzingen chief forestry officer.

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the Melsungen district was assigned the MEG distinctive sign when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until December 31, 1973. It has been available in the Schwalm-Eder district since March 16, 2015 due to the license plate liberalization .

literature

• Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Melsungen district. In: Territorial changes in Germany and German administered areas 1874–1945. Rolf Jehke, October 6, 2006, accessed on August 17, 2015 . 
• Georg Landau : Description of the Electorate of Hesse . Fischer, Kassel 1842, p. 261–277 ( The district of Melsungen. MDZ ).
• Federal Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register 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. 405 f .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Schwalm-Eder district. HLGL.
2. ↑ Melsungen district. Jehke.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Kurhessisches Staats- und Address-Handbuch for the year 1823 . Orphanage, Cassel 1823, p. 191, 119, 125 f. u. 131 ( District Office Melsungen. ORKA ).
4. ↑ Unshausen, Schwalm-Eder district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 11, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Federal Statistical Office (ed.), 1983.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Royal Prussian State Service Calendar for the Cassel administrative region for the year 1890/91 . Reformed Orphanage, Cassel 1891, p. 109, 261, 267 and the like. 275 ( Melsungen district. ORKA).
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Royal Prussian State Service Calendar for the Cassel administrative district for the year 1911 . Reformed Orphanage, Cassel 1911, p. 131, 292, 298 and the like. 306 ( Melsungen district. ORKA).
8. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972 . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1972, p. 28 ( area and population of the circles on 27. 5. 1970 . DigiZeitschriften ).
9. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1974 . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1974, p. 38 ( area and resident population of the independent cities and districts on December 31, 1972. DigiZeitschriften).
10. ↑ Landau, p. 264. Landau erroneously counts 63 villages, but at that time there were only 62 in the three judicial offices (p. 264, 268 and 273) combined.
11. ↑ ^{a b} Royal Prussian State Service Calendar for Electoral Hesse for the year 1867 . Reformed Orphanage, Cassel 1867, p. 26, 270, 276 and 283 ( Melsungen district. ORKA).
12. ↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Melsungen district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
13. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1952 . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1952, p. 17 ( Area and population of the smaller administrative districts on September 13, 1950. DigiZeitschriften).
14. ↑ Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann: The generals of the Waffen SS and the police. Volume 3: Lammerding – Plesch. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7648-2375-7 , p. 289 ( limited preview in Google Book Search ).