Waldeck district

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 51 ° 17 '  N , 8 ° 52'  E
Basic data (as of 1973)
Existing period:	1942-1973
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	kassel
Administrative headquarters :	Korbach
Area :	1,134.89 km 2
Residents:	100,600 (Dec. 31, 1972)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	WA
Circle key :	06 2 42
Circle structure:	21 municipalities

The Waldeck district was a Prussian ( Hesse-Nassau province until 1944, Kurhessen province until 1945) and later a Hessian district in the Kassel administrative district . It was created in 1942 by merging the districts of the Eder , the Eisenberg and the Twiste and merged on January 1, 1974 in the new district of Waldeck-Frankenberg . Its district town was Korbach .

geography

Neighboring areas

At the end of 1973 the district bordered clockwise in the east, beginning with the districts of Kassel , Fritzlar-Homberg and Frankenberg in Hesse and the districts of Brilon , Büren and Warburg in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

On February 1, 1942, the districts of Eder, Eisenberg and Twiste were merged to form the new district of Waldeck with its administrative seat in Korbach. It was named after the former Principality of Waldeck and the Free State of Waldeck, which existed until 1929 . When the province of Hessen-Nassau was divided into the provinces of Nassau and Kurhessen on July 1, 1944 , the Waldeck district became part of Kurhessen. The Waldeck district comprised a total of 113 communities until the first community mergers in 1968.

On December 31, 1970, the district was enlarged by integrating the municipality of Oberwerba from the Frankenberg district into the Ober-Werbe municipality of the Waldeck district. On August 1, the city of Volkmarsen also joined the Waldeck district from the dissolved Wolfhagen district. After a large number of other mergers and new foundations, there were still 21 communities in the Waldeck district at the time of its dissolution on December 31, 1973.

As part of the Hessian district reform , today's Waldeck-Frankenberg district was formed on January 1, 1974 from the largest part of the Waldeck and Frankenberg district and the municipality of Schiffelbach from the Marburg district . Korbach became the district town. The town of Züschen from the Waldeck district was incorporated into the town of Fritzlar in the Schwalm-Eder district . Simultaneously with the dissolution of the Waldeck district, further incorporations took place on January 1, 1974. Ultimately, eleven communities from the Waldeck district joined the new Waldeck-Frankenberg district.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1944	61,648
1950	91,925
1961	86,308
1970	93,513
1972	100,600

politics

District administrators

• 1942 Friedrich Marquardt
• 1945 Matthias Kurth
• 1946 Oscar Hanke (June 1, 1946)
• 1963 Karl-Hermann Reccius (January 3, 1963)

badges and flags

Banner, coat of arms and flag

The coat of arms of the Waldeck district had the coat of arms description "gold with eight-point star"; the star was already included in the coat of arms of the principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont.

The flag was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on September 17, 1955. Flag description: "On a black-red-gold flag field an eight-pointed black star on a gold disc."

Communities

The following table contains all municipalities that belonged to the Waldeck district during its existence, as well as the data of all incorporations:

local community	incorporated after	Date of incorporation	annotation
Adorf	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Affoldern	Edertal	December 31, 1971
Albertshausen	Bad Wildungen	1st October 1971
Alleringhausen	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Alraft	Waldeck	1st October 1971
Ammenhausen	Diemelstadt	December 31, 1970
Attack	Edertal	December 31, 1971
Armsfeld	Bad Wildungen	December 31, 1971
Arolsen , city
Bad Wildungen , city
Benkhausen	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Mountain freedom	Bad Wildungen	December 31, 1971
Bergheim	Edertal	July 1, 1971
Berndorf	Twist valley	December 31, 1971
Bohne	Edertal	December 31, 1971
Bömighausen	Upland	December 31, 1971
Braunau	Bad Wildungen	1st October 1971
Braunsen	Arolsen	December 31, 1970
Bringhausen	Edertal	December 31, 1971
Bühle	Arolsen	December 31, 1971
Courtiers	Edertal	December 31, 1971
Dalwigksthal	Lichtenfels	1st October 1971
Dehausen	Diemelstadt	December 31, 1970
Dehringhausen	Waldeck	1st January 1974
Deisfeld	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Diemelsee			re-formed on December 31, 1971
Diemelstadt , city			re-established on December 31, 1970
Edersee	Hemfurth-Edersee	1st September 1968
Edertal			re-established on July 1, 1971
Eimelrod	Upland	December 31, 1971
Elleringhausen	Twist valley	December 31, 1971
Eppe	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Flechtdorf	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Frebershausen	Bad Wildungen	December 31, 1971
Freienhagen , city	Waldeck	1st January 1974
Fürstenberg , city	Lichtenfels	1st October 1971
Gellershausen	Edertal	December 31, 1971
Gembeck	Twist valley	1st January 1974
Giebringhausen	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Giflitz	Edertal	July 1, 1971
Goddelsheim	Lichtenfels	1st October 1971
Goldhausen	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Helmighausen	Diemelstadt	December 31, 1970
Helmscheid	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Helsen	Arolsen	November 1, 1970
Hemfurth	Hemfurth-Edersee	1st September 1968
Hemfurth-Edersee	Edertal	December 31, 1971	re-established on September 1, 1968
Hemmighausen	Usseln	July 1, 1970
Peas	Volkmarsen	August 1, 1972
Heringhausen	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Hesperinghausen	Diemelstadt	December 31, 1971
Hillershausen	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Höringhausen	Waldeck	1st October 1971
Hörle	Volkmarsen	August 1, 1972
Hüddingen	Bad Wildungen	December 31, 1971
Hundsdorf	Bad Wildungen	July 1, 1971
Immighausen	Lichtenfels	1st October 1971
Smaller ones	Edertal	1st January 1974
Kohlgrund	Arolsen	July 1, 1971
Königshagen	Edertal	December 31, 1971
Korbach , city
Cold	Volkmarsen	August 1, 1972
Landau , city	Arolsen	1st January 1974
Lelbach	Korbach	1st October 1971
Lengefeld	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Lichtenfels , city			re-established on October 1, 1971
Luetersheim	Volkmarsen	August 1, 1972
Mandern	Bad Wildungen	December 31, 1971
Massenhausen	Arolsen	December 31, 1971
Flours	Edertal	December 31, 1971
Meineringhausen	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Mengeringhausen , city	Arolsen	1st January 1974
Mulhouse	Twist valley	December 31, 1971
Münden	Lichtenfels	1st October 1971
Neerdar	Upland	December 31, 1971
Networks	Waldeck	1st October 1971
New report	Arolsen	December 31, 1971
Neudorf	Diemelstadt	December 31, 1970
Neukirchen	Lichtenfels	1st October 1971
Nieder-Ense	Korbach	December 31, 1970
Nieder-Schleidern	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Nieder-Waroldern	Twist valley	December 31, 1971
Down advertising	Waldeck	1st October 1971
Nordenbeck	Korbach	December 31, 1970
Ober-Ense	Korbach	December 31, 1970
Ober-Waroldern	Twist valley	December 31, 1971
Upper advertising	Waldeck	1st January 1974
Odershausen	Bad Wildungen	December 31, 1971
Orpethal	Diemelstadt	December 31, 1971
Ottlar	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Rattlar	Willingen	April 1, 1972
Rhadern	Lichtenfels	1st October 1971
Rhena	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Rhenegge	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Rhoden , city	Diemelstadt	November 1, 1970
Sachsenberg , city	Lichtenfels	1st October 1971
Sachsenhausen , city	Waldeck	1st October 1971
Schmillinghausen	Arolsen	December 31, 1970
Schwalefeld	Willingen	April 1, 1972
Schweinsbühl	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Stormbreak	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Strothe	Korbach	July 1, 1970
Sudeck	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Twist	Twist valley	December 31, 1971
Twist valley			re-formed on December 31, 1971
Upland	Willingen (Upland)	1st January 1974	re-formed on December 31, 1971
Usseln	Upland	December 31, 1971
Vasbeck	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Volkhardinghausen	Arolsen	1st January 1974
Volkmarsen			until August 1, 1972 in the Wolfhagen district
Waldeck , city
Vega	Bad Wildungen	December 31, 1970
waves	Edertal	December 31, 1971
Welleringhausen	Upland	December 31, 1971
Wethen	Diemelstadt	December 31, 1970
Wetterburg	Arolsen	December 31, 1971
Willingen	Willingen (Upland)	1st January 1974
Willingen (Upland)			re-established on January 1, 1974
Wirmighausen	Diemelsee	December 31, 1971
Wrexen	Diemelstadt	November 1, 1970
Züschen , city	Fritzlar ( Schwalm-Eder district )	1st January 1974

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign WA with the introduction of the license plates that are still valid today . It was issued until December 31, 1973. Since November 4, 2013, it has been available again in the Waldeck-Frankenberg district due to the license plate liberalization .

literature

• Ulrich Lennarz: The territorial history of the Hessian hinterland . Hessian State Office for Historical Regional Studies. Elwert, Marburg 1973, ISBN 3-7708-0491-0 .
• Wolfgang Medding: Waldecker Land ( German Land - German Art ). Munich / Berlin 1961

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Waldeck-Frankenberg district. Historical local dictionary. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ^ 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. 409 .
3. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. land_waldeck.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
4. ↑ 1961 census
5. ↑ 1970 census
6. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1974
7. ↑ Approval of a flag for the Waldeck district, Kassel district from September 17, 1955 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1955 no. 40 , p. 994 , point 1052 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.5 MB ]).