Merseburg district

This article deals with the district of Merseburg in the Prussian province of Saxony and in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (1816–1952). For the Merseburg district in the GDR district of Halle (1952–1990) and the Merseburg district of the same area in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (1990–1994) see Merseburg district .

The district of Merseburg , until 1921 Kreis Merseburg , was a district that existed in Prussia ( province of Saxony ) and the SBZ or GDR (state of Saxony-Anhalt ) from 1816 to 1952. The district town of Merseburg formed its own urban district from 1921 to 1950 . The former district area today largely belongs to the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt.

Administrative history

Kingdom of Prussia

After the Prussian administrative reforms after the Congress of Vienna , the district of Merseburg was established in the administrative district of Merseburg in the province of Saxony on October 1, 1816 . The district office was in Merseburg. The district consisted for the most part of the area of ​​the Hochstift Merseburg with the offices of Merseburg , Lauchstädt , Lützen and Schkeuditz, which had previously been under Electoral Saxon or Royal Saxon administration . There were also some municipalities in the offices of Leipzig , Pegau and Weißenfels .

In 1819 the Rattmannsdorfer Mark was reclassified from the Weißenfels district to the Merseburg district. In 1828 the villages of Angersdorf and Passendorf and the manor Passendorf came from the dissolved urban district of Halle a./Saale to the district of Merseburg.

North German Confederation / German Empire

Since July 1, 1867, the district belonged to the North German Confederation and from January 1, 1871 to the German Empire . On February 15, 1921, the municipality of Merseburg left the district and from then on formed its own urban district . From then on, the district was known as the Merseburg district . On September 30, 1929, as in the rest of Prussia, a territorial reform took place in the Merseburg district, in which all previously independent manor districts were dissolved and assigned to neighboring rural communities. On October 1, 1937, the Ennewitz community moved from the Merseburg district to the Delitzsch district .

After the dissolution of the province of Saxony on July 1, 1944, the district became part of the new province of Halle-Merseburg . In the spring of 1945 the area was occupied by the American Allied forces.

German Democratic Republic

On July 1, 1950, the district boundaries were changed by a first administrative reform :

• The city of Merseburg lost its district freedom and came back to the district of Merseburg.
• The municipality of Pritschöna was reclassified from the Saalkreis to the district of Merseburg.
• The community of Großkayna was reclassified from the district of Weißenfels to the district of Merseburg.
• The city of Müelte and the communities of Braunsbedra , Krumpa , Neumark and Oberwünsch were reclassified from the district of Querfurt to the district of Merseburg.
• The community of Angersdorf moved from the district of Merseburg to the Saalkreis.
• The municipality of Passendorf from the district of Merseburg was incorporated into the independent city of Halle (Saale) .
• The city of Lützen and the communities of Bothfeld , Dehlitz (Saale) , Gostau , Großgöhren , Großgörschen , Kaja , Kleingöhren , Kleingörschen , Meuchen , Michlitz , Muschwitz , Oeglitzsch , Pobles , Rahna , Röcken , Schweßwitz , Söhesten , Sössen , Starsiedel , Stößwitz and Tornau were reclassified from the Merseburg district to the Weißenfels district.

In 1952 there was another administrative reform in the GDR :

• The city of Schkeuditz and the municipalities Altranstädt , Döhlen , Eisdorf , Großlehna , Großschkorlopp , fawns , Kleinliebenau , Kleinschkorlopp , Kursdorf , Löben , loess , Meyhen , Peißen , Räpitz , distinguishing , Schkeitbar , Schkölen , sails , Sittel , reinvestment , Thronitz , Wehlitz and Zitzschen moved from the Merseburg district to the new Leipzig-Land district in the Leipzig district .
• The communities of Beuditz, Hohenweiden and Holleben moved from the Merseburg district to the Saalkreis in the Halle district .
• The remaining district area formed the district of Merseburg , which was assigned to the newly formed district of Halle .

Coat of arms of the district of Merseburg

Federal Republic of Germany

After the reunification of the two German states of Merseburg was founded in 1990 in the back country of Saxony-Anhalt to Merseburg , who in the district reform of 1994 in the district of Merseburg-Querfurt opened.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1816	35,435
1843	51,128
1871	63,693
1890	76.051
1900	82,388
1910	91,918
1925	83,466
1933	94.257
1939	101.123
1946	134.197

Local constitution

The district of Merseburg was divided into town communities, rural communities and - until their dissolution in 1929 - into independent manor districts. With the introduction of the Prussian Municipal Constitutional Act of December 15, 1933, there was a uniform municipal constitution for all Prussian municipalities from January 1, 1934. With the introduction of the German Municipal Code of January 30, 1935, a uniform municipal constitution came into force in the German Reich on April 1, 1935, according to which the previous rural municipalities were now referred to as municipalities . These were grouped together in administrative districts . A new district constitution was no longer created; The district regulations for the provinces of East and West Prussia, Brandenburg, Pomerania, Silesia and Saxony from March 19, 1881 continued to apply.

District administrators

• 1816–1822 Carl Friedrich Rudolph von Grünberg (1785–1850)
• 1822–1838 Johann Christian Starke ( -1840)0000
• 1838–1845 Gustav von Keller (1805–1897)
• 1845–1845 Adolf Starcke
• 1845–1877 Ludwig Weidlich ( –1877)0000
• 1877–1884 Julius von Helldorff (1827–1908)
• 1884–1891 Otto Weidlich ( –1922)0000
• 1891–1893 Siegfried Körte (1861–1919)
• 1896–1913 Arthur Clairon d'Haussonville (1866–1913)
• 1913–1919 Tilo von Wilmowsky (1878–1966)
• 1922–1928 Wilhelm Guske (1880–1957)
• 1930–1933 Albrecht Bähnisch (1900–1943)
• 1933–1934 Werner Oberst (* 1891)
• 1934–1938 Wilhelm Jung (1903–1960)
• 1938–1942 Günter Riesen (1892–1951)
• 1942–1943 Adolf Pott (1906–1943)

Personalities

• Emil Körner (1847–1920), German officer, from 1885 military advisor in Chile and from 1900 to 1910 General Inspector of the Chilean Army

cities and communes

As of 1950

In 1945 the district of Merseburg comprised four cities and 123 other municipalities:

Altranstädt Angersdorf Atzendorf Bad Durrenberg Bad Lauchstädt , city Benkendorf Benndorf Beuditz Beuna Foolishness Bothfeld Bündorf Burgliebenau Burgstaden Dehlitz (Saale) Delitz am Berge Döhlen Dölkau Dörstewitz Ice village Ellerbach Ermlitz Frankleben Geusa Goddula Gostau Großgöhren Großgörschen Großgräfendorf Großlehna Grand Schkorlopp Günthersdorf

Hohenweiden Holleben Horburg Kaja Crouch Kirchfahrorf Fawns Small tubes Small panniers Little love Kleinschkorlopp Kleingräfendorf Small basket Knapendorf Kollenbey Korbetha Kötschlitz Kötzschau Kötzschen Kreypau War village Kursdorf Leuna Praise Löpitz Loosen Lützen , city Dimensionally Meuchen Meuschau Meyhen Michlitz

Spleen Moeritzsch Muschwitz Nempitz Neukirchen Low wish Niederklobikau Oberklobikau Oberthau Oebles-Schlechtewitz Oeglitzsch Passendorf Piss Piss Pobles Ragwitz Rahna Rampitz Räpitz Rassnitz Rattmannsdorf Reipisch Skirts Rockendorf Rodden Röglitz Röpzig Sheep town, city Parting Schkeitbar Schkeuditz , city Schkölen

Schkopau Schladebach Schotterey Schweßwitz Sea sail Sittel Sons Sauces Spergau Starsiedel Stößwitz Thalschütz Thesau Thronitz Great joke Tornau Tragarth Trebnitz Veins Wallendorf (Luppe) Wehlitz Weßmar Witzschersdorf Wölkau Desert protection Zitzschen Zollschen Zöschen Shatter Zschöchergen Two

Municipalities dissolved or eliminated before 1950

Balditz , 1930 to Dürrenberg Beuchlitz , 1939 to Holleben Bischdorf , in 1937 in Milzau Daspig , 1930 to Leuna Ennewitz , 1937 to Glesien, Delitzsch district Göhren , in twos Göhlitzsch , 1930 on Leuna Hohenlohe , 1937 on Kitzen Keuschberg , 1930 to Dürrenberg Kleinlehna , 1939 to Großlehna Kleinlauchstädt , in Bad Lauchstädt in 1939 Körbisdorf , 1937 in Benndorf Krakow , 1939 to Kleingräfendorf Kröllwitz , 1930 on Leuna Lennewitz , 1930 to Dürrenberg Leuna-Ockendorf , 1930 on Leuna Merseburg , city, 1921 independent Model joke , 1929 to Schkeuditz Naundorf , 1937 to Benndorf Netzschkau , 1937 on Milzau

Niederbeuna , 1937 on Beuna Oberbeuna , 1937 on Beuna Oberkriegstedt , 1937 to Burgstaden Oetzsch , 1937 to Nempitz Ostrau , 1930 to Dürrenberg Papitz , 1929 on Schkeuditz Porbitz-Poppitz , 1930 to Dürrenberg Pretzsch , 1937 to Wallendorf Raschwitz , 1928 to Wünschendorf Reinsdorf , in 1928 to Wünschendorf Rössen , 1930 to Leuna Runstedt , 1930 to Frankleben Schadendorf , 1937 to Burgstaden Schlettau a./Saale , 1936 to Angersdorf Teuditz , 1937 to Tollwitz Treben , joined Nempitz in 1937 Unterkriegstedt , 1937 to Burgstaden Wegwitz , in Wallendorf in 1937 Wünschendorf , 1937 to Nieder Klobikau Zscherneddel , to Zöschen in 1939

Name changes

The name of the city of Lauchstedt was changed to Bad Lauchstädt in 1925 .

In 1937 a C was replaced by a K in some places , for example:

• Caja → Kaja
• Collenbey → Kollenbey
• Cracau → Krakow
• Creypau → Kreypau
• Cursdorf → Kursdorf
• Niederclobicau → Niederklobikau
• Oberclobicau → Oberklobikau

Beuna also received the addition (Geiseltal) .

Web links

Commons : Landkreis Merseburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. merseburg.html. (Historical data; online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
• http://www.sachsen-anhalt-wiki.de/index.php/Landkreis_Merseburg - project of the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Merseburg 1816, p. 336
2. ^ Christian Gottfried Daniel Stein: Handbook of Geography and Statistics of the Prussian State . Vossische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1819, The administrative region of Merseburg, p. 347 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
3. ^ Handbook of the Province of Saxony . Rubachsche Buchhandlung, Magdeburg 1843, Neustadt-Magdeburg, p. 221 ( digitized version [accessed June 6, 2016]).
4. ↑ Royal Statistical Office of Prussia (ed.): The municipalities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population . The municipalities and manor districts of the Province of Saxony. Publishing house d. Royal Extra Bureaus, Berlin 1873 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
5. ↑ ^{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. Merseburg district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
6. ↑ 1946 census
7. ↑ Official spelling of the city of Lauchstedt 1910
8. ^ History of the city of Bad Lauchstädt at www.stadtrally.de