District of Soltau

Basic data (as of 1977)
Existing period:	1885-1977
State :	Lower Saxony
Administrative region :	Luneburg
Administrative headquarters :	Soltau
Area :	962.7 km 2
Residents:	66,000 (Jun 30, 1977)
Population density :	69 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	SOL
Circle key :	03 3 38
Circle structure:	6 municipalities

The district of Soltau was a district in Lower Saxony until 1977 .

geography

At the beginning of 1977 the district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Harburg , Lüneburg , Uelzen , Celle , Fallingbostel and Rotenburg (Wümme) .

history

Location of the district of Soltau in the province of Hanover (1905)

The district of Soltau was formed from the Office of Soltau in 1885 . The seat of the district administration was in the city of Soltau. From October 1, 1932 to October 1, 1933, the districts of Fallingbostel and Soltau were temporarily merged under the name of the Fallingbostel district. On August 1, 1938, the Bockel community was reclassified from the Fallingbostel district to the Soltau district.

The regional reform in Lower Saxony began in the Soltau district on February 1, 1971, when Alvern , Ilster , Oerrel , Töpingen and Trauen were incorporated into the city of Munster . On July 1, 1972, Breloh and the community of Lopau from the Uelzen district were also incorporated into the city of Munster. Numerous communities in the district were merged in March 1974 through the law on the reorganization of the communities in the Soltau / Fallingbostel area and the ordinance on the reorganization of the Bispingen community. The municipality of Woltem also came from the Fallingbostel district to the city of Soltau . Overall, the regional reform reduced the number of municipalities in the district from 58 in 1970 to six in 1974.

During the district reform in Lower Saxony, the district became part of the Soltau-Fallingbostel district on August 1, 1977 together with the Fallingbostel district, which has been called the Heidekreis district since August 1, 2011 .

Population development

year	Residents
1885	16,078
1905	21,066
1925	25,275
1933	26,918
1939	33,817
1946	57,485

year	Residents
1950	64,480
1956	57,946
1961	59,335
1970	65.113
1977	66,000

District administrators

1885–1888 Carl Wellenkamp

1888–1889 Karl von Marcard

1889–1901 Wilhelm Heinichen

1901–1907 Carl Ludwig Kleine

1907–1925 Axel von Rappard

1925–1933 Johann Justus Duvigneau

1933–1944 Paul von Hodenberg

1944–? Hans Waldow Ritzler in Harburg (substitute)000

1945–1946 Heinrich Marquardt

1948–? Walter Möhlmann ( DP )000

1964–1977 Wolfgang Buhr ( CDU )

Communities

The following list contains all municipalities that have ever belonged to the Soltau district, as well as all incorporations:

local community	incorporated after	Date of incorporation
Halves	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Alvern	Muenster	1st February 1971
Behningen	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Behringen	Bispingen	March 16, 1974
Bispingen
Bockel (in the district since 1938)	Wietzendorf	March 1, 1974
Borstel in the hollow	Bispingen	March 1, 1974
Breloh	Muenster	July 1, 1972
Brochdorf	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Brock	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Deimern	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Delmsen	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Dittmern	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Ehrhorn	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974
Gilmerdingen	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Horror	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Grossenwede	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974
Harber	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Lifter	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974
Hörpel	Behringen	March 1, 1974
Hötzingen	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Hützel	Bispingen	March 16, 1974
Ilhorn	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Ilster	Muenster	1st February 1971
island	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974
Langeloh	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974
Leitzingen	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Coins	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974
Marbostel near Soltau	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Marbostel near Wietzendorf	Wietzendorf	March 1, 1974
Mine	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Meinholz	Wietzendorf	March 1, 1974
Mittelstendorf	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Moide	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Munster , city
Neuenkirchen
Oeningen	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Oerrel	Muenster	1st February 1971
Reddingen	Wietzendorf	March 1, 1974
Schneverdingen , city
Students	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974
Swallows	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Soltau , city
Sprengel	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Steinbeck (Luhe)	Bispingen	March 16, 1974
Suroids	Wietzendorf	March 1, 1974
Tetendorf	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Tewel	Neuenkirchen	March 1, 1974
Töpingen	Muenster	1st February 1971
Trust	Muenster	1st February 1971
Volkwardingen	Behringen	March 1, 1974
Wesseloh	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974
Wiedingen	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Wietzendorf
Wilsede	Behringen	March 1, 1974
Winter moor	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974
Wolterdingen	Soltau	March 1, 1974
Zahrensen	Schneverdingen	March 1, 1974

Until its dissolution in the 1920s, the district of Soltau also had the uninhabited forest districts of Druhwald and Wintermoor.

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive symbol SOL when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until April 4, 1978.

Individual evidence

^ District regulation for the province of Hanover (1884)
^ Law on the expansion of the city of Munster, January 25, 1971
↑ Law on the reorganization of the communities in the Uelzen area and in the area of the city of Munster, May 10, 1972
^ 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. 236 .
↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1978
^ The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry , Vol. 12 / II, p. 552
^ Municipal directory 1910: District of Soltau
↑ territorial.de: District of Soltau
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. soltau.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
↑ Lower Saxony State Administration Office (ed.): Municipal statistics of Lower Saxony 1960/61. Part 1: Population and Employment, Hanover 1964, pp. 158–164.

[1] District regulation for the province of Hanover (1884)

[2] Law on the expansion of the city of Munster, January 25, 1971

[3] Law on the reorganization of the communities in the Uelzen area and in the area of the city of Munster, May 10, 1972

[4] 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. 236 .

[5] Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1978

[6] The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry , Vol. 12 / II, p. 552

[7] Municipal directory 1910: District of Soltau

[8] territorial.de: District of Soltau

[demand-9] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. soltau.html. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[10] Lower Saxony State Administration Office (ed.): Municipal statistics of Lower Saxony 1960/61. Part 1: Population and Employment, Hanover 1964, pp. 158–164.