District of Rosslau
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| District of the GDR | Hall |
| County seat | Rosslau |
| surface | 403 km² (1989) |
| Residents | 35,027 (1989) |
| Population density | 87 inhabitants / km² (1989) |
| License Plate | K and V (1953–1990) KV and VV (1974–1990) RSL (1991–1994) |
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| The Roßlau district in the Halle district (clickable map) |
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The Roßlau district was a district in the Halle district of the GDR . From 1990 to 1994 it existed as the district of Roßlau in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . His area is now in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld , in the district of Wittenberg and in the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt. The seat of the district administration was in Roßlau .
geography
location
The Roßlau district was south of the Hohe Fläming on the right bank of the Elbe .
Neighboring areas
The district of Roßlau bordered in a clockwise direction in the northwest on the districts of Zerbst ( Magdeburg district ), Belzig ( Potsdam district ), Wittenberg , Graefenhainichen , Dessau district and Köthen (Halle district).
history
On July 25, 1952, there was a comprehensive district reform in the GDR , in which, among other things, the states were dissolved and replaced by districts . The new Roßlau district with its seat in Roßlau was formed from a part of the then Zerbst district , which was assigned to the newly formed Halle district .
Two cities and 22 communities belonged to the Roßlau district:
- City of Coswig (Anhalt)
- City of Roßlau (Elbe)
- Bräsen municipality
- Brambach municipality
- Buko Municipality
- community Cobbelsdorf
- Düben municipality
- Griebo municipality
- Community Hundeluft
- Community jeber-bergfrieden
- Klieken municipality
- community Köselitz
- Luko parish
- Community Möllensdorf
- community Mühlstedt
- community Ragösen
- community Rodleben
- Senst municipality
- Serno municipality
- Community Stackelitz
- Streetz municipality
- Thießen municipality
- Wörpen municipality
- Zieko municipality
On May 17, 1990, the district was renamed the Roßlau district. Since the reunification of the two German states in October 1990, the district has belonged to the re-established state of Saxony-Anhalt . During the first district reform in Saxony-Anhalt , it became part of the Anhalt-Zerbst district on July 1, 1994 .
Roßlau, Brambach, Mühlstedt and Rodleben are now districts of the city of Dessau-Roßlau , Griebo is a district of the district town of Wittenberg , all other communities were incorporated into the city of Coswig (Anhalt) and thus belong to the district of Wittenberg .
Population development
| District of Rosslau | ||||||||
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| year | 1960 | 1971 | 1981 | 1989 | ||||
| Residents | 43,621 | 41,292 | 35,840 | 35,027 | ||||
economy
Significant companies included:
- VEB German Hydrogenation Plant Rodleben
- VEB Elbewerk Roßlau
- VEB shipyard Roßlau
- VEB chemical plant Coswig
- VEB match factory Coswig
traffic
The district was connected to the GDR motorway network through the Berlin Ring – Hirschberg motorway with the Coswig junction. The F 107 from Coswig to Genthin, the F 184 from Magdeburg via Roßlau to Leipzig , the F 187 from Roßlau to Wittenberg and the F 187a from Coswig via Hundeluft to Zerbst also served national road traffic .
The Roßlau district was integrated into the GDR railway network through the Dessau – Roßlau – Magdeburg , Roßlau – Wiesenburg and Roßlau – Falkenberg / Elster railway lines.
License Plate
After 1952, the vehicles registered in the district were given license plates beginning with the letter K (as in the entire GDR district of Halle). License plates with the initial letter V were added later. Motor vehicles (with the exception of motorcycles) and trailers were assigned three-letter distinctive signs starting with the letter pairs KV and VV from around 1974 to the end of 1990 . The last number plate series used for motorcycles was VV 00-01 to VV 99-99 .
At the beginning of 1991 the district received the distinctive sign RSL . It was issued until June 30, 1994. It has been available in the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau since November 27, 2012 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistical Yearbooks of the German Democratic Republic. In: DigiZeitschriften. Retrieved October 6, 2009 .
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .
- ^ Directory of the municipalities and districts of the German Democratic Republic, Staatsverlag, Berlin 1968, p. 39
- ↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 302 f .
- ↑ Andreas Herzfeld: The history of the German license plate . 4th edition. German Flag Society V., Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-935131-11-7 , pp. 520 .