Osthavelland district

The district area 1905

The district Osthavelland until 1939 Circle Osthavelland , was a district in Brandenburg . It existed from 1817 to 1952.

On January 1, 1945, the district comprised the five towns of Fehrbellin , Ketzin , Kremmen , Nauen and Velten , 61 other municipalities and a forest estate district . The two rural communities Falkensee and Hennigsdorf were most recently the largest places in the district with over 10,000 inhabitants. Falkensee only received town charter in 1961, Hennigsdorf a year later in 1962.

Administrative history

Kingdom of Prussia

As part of the formation of provinces and administrative districts in Prussia, a district reform took place in the administrative district of Potsdam in the Prussian province of Brandenburg with effect from April 1, 1817 , during which the old Havelländische Kreis was dissolved. Its eastern half was with the majority of the dissolved circle ganglia-Lowenberg for county Osthavelland together. The district office was in the city of Nauen .

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 April 1, 1887, the city of Spandau was elevated to the status of an urban district and thus left the Osthavelland district. The Döberitz military training area was laid out between 1896 and 1899 . In 1910 the estate districts Haselhorst , Spandau Land and Sternfeld came from the Osthavelland district to the city of Spandau.

With the "Greater Berlin" law of April 27, 1920, the Osthavelland district became the rural communities of Kladow , Gatow , Pichelsdorf , Staaken and Tiefwerder, as well as the estate districts of Pichelswerder , Potsdamer Forst - northern part to Griebnitzsee and Kohlhasenbrück - and Spandau new municipality of Berlin incorporated:

On September 30, 1929, a territorial reform took place in the Osthavelland district in line with developments in the rest of the Free State of Prussia , during which almost all manor districts were dissolved and assigned to neighboring rural communities.

In 1935 the communities Bornim , Bornstedt , Eiche , Geltow (partially) and Nedlitz from the Osthavelland district were transferred to the Potsdam district . In 1939 another seven rural communities were incorporated into the city of Potsdam. On January 1, 1939, the Osthavelland district was given the designation Landkreis in accordance with the now unified regulation .

In the spring of 1945 the district was occupied by the Red Army .

German Democratic Republic

With the entry into force of the law on the amendment to improve the district and community boundaries of April 28, 1950, the Osthavelland district received the Lietzow community from the Westhavelland district and the communities Alt Töplitz , Göttin a./Havel , Leest and Neu Töplitz from the Zauch-Belzig district .

The district of Osthavelland was dissolved through the administrative reform in 1952. Its communities were divided into the new districts of Nauen , Neuruppin , Oranienburg and Potsdam-Land .

Federal Republic of Germany

In 1993 the districts of Nauen and Rathenow were merged to form the district of Havelland with the district town of Rathenow and the two administrative offices of Rathenow and Nauen.

Local constitution

The Osthavelland district was divided into cities, rural communities and - until their almost complete dissolution in 1929 - manor districts. With the introduction of the Prussian Municipal Constitutional Law of December 15, 1933 and the German Municipal Code of January 30, 1935, the leader principle was enforced at the municipal level on April 1, 1935 .

District administrators

• 1817–1826 from Plessen
• 1826–1842 August von Hobe
• 1842 -9999von der Reck ( substitute )
• 1842 -9999by Risselmann ( substitute )
• 1842–1848 Otto von Königsmarck (1815–1889)
• 1848 -9999von Bredow ( representative )
• 1848-1857 Wolfart
• 1857–1873 Hoffmann
• 1873–1887 Wilhelm von Königsmarck (1841–1923)
• 1887–1901 Alexander von Steinmeister (1858–1941)
• 1901–1907 Robert von Wilms (1865–1945)
• 1907–1919 Adolf von Hahnke (1873–1936)
• 1919–1921 Georg Reichard
• 1921–1926 Willy Giese
• 1926–1932 Wilhelm Siering (1875–1945)
• 1932–1945 Günther von Rheinbaben

Population development

year	Residents	source
1816	33,420
1846	50,890
1871	71,507
1890	67,606
1900	73,071
1910	77,459
1925	86,727
1933	102,827
1939	123.452
1946	143.292

cities and communes

Status 1945

The following towns and communities belonged to the Osthavelland district in 1945:

Hogweed Beetz Betzin Börnicke Bötzow Bredow Brieselang Well Buchow-Karpzow Dallgow Dechtow Deutschhof Nevertheless Eichstädt Elstal Etzin Falcon deer

Falkensee Fehrbellin , city Flatow Great Glienicke Groß Ziethen Grünefeld Hook mountain Hennigsdorf Hertefeld Hohenbruch Hoppenrade Kartzow Karwesee Ketzin , city Kienberg garlic Königshorst

Kremmen , city Lee break Lentzke Linum Markau Markee Marquardt Marwitz Nauen , city New Vehlefanz Mating at the Wublitz Mating in the glial Paretz Pause Perwenitz Priority Rohrbeck

Sentence grain Schönwalde Swan Seeburg Summer field Relay Tarmow Tietzow Uetz Vehlefanz Velten , city Wansdorf Wernitz Wustermark Zeestow

In addition, in 1945 the manor district of Döberitz still existed .

Communities dissolved before 1945

local community	Incorporated after	date
Old Geltow	Geltow	1912
Bornim	Potsdam	August 1, 1935
Bornstedt	Potsdam	August 1, 1935
dam	Spandau	1875
Oak	Potsdam	August 1, 1935
Fahrland	Potsdam	April 1, 1939
Falkenhagen	Falkensee	April 1, 1923
Feldberg	Fehrbellin	1922
Gatow	Berlin	October 1, 1920
Geltow	Potsdam	April 1, 1939
Golm	Potsdam	April 1, 1939
pit	Potsdam	April 1, 1939
Kladow	Berlin	October 1, 1920
Krampnitz	Potsdam	April 1, 1939
Mangelshorst	Königshorst	1928
Nattwerder	Potsdam	April 1, 1939
Nedlitz	Potsdam	August 1, 1935
New Geltow	Geltow	1912
Nieder Neuendorf	Hennigsdorf	1923
Pichelsdorf	Berlin	October 1, 1920
Sacrow	Potsdam	April 1, 1939
Seegefeld	Falkensee	April 1, 1923
Spandau	circular	April 1, 1887
Staaken	Berlin	October 1, 1920
Tiefwerder	Berlin	October 1, 1920

literature

• Contributions to the history of mining in the province of Brandenburg , Hermann Cramer, Halle 1872–1889, Volume 4, Reprint, (facsimile), ISBN 978-3-88372-003-6 , Potsdam 2011
• M. Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. (online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006)

Web links

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

• www.territorial.de - Osthavelland district

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Potsdam . District division of the administrative district of Potsdam. tape 1816 , no. 12 . Potsdam, S. 103 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
2. ^ Official Journal of the Royal Government of Potsdam . Entry into force of the new district division of the administrative district of Potsdam. tape 1817 , no. 7 . Potsdam, S. 51 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
3. ^ Christian Gottfried Daniel Stein: Handbook of Geography and Statistics of the Prussian State . Vossische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1819, The administrative district of Potsdam, p. 197 ( digitized version [accessed on May 5, 2016]).
4. ↑ Royal Statistical Bureau (ed.): Mittheilungen des Statistisches Bureau's in Berlin, Volume 2 . Population of the districts. S. 313 ( digitized version ).
5. ^ The municipalities and manor districts of the Province of Brandenburg and their population in 1871
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Osthavelland district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
7. ↑ 1946 census