District of Wesermünde
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Coordinates: 53 ° 33 ' N , 8 ° 35' E |
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| Existing period: | 1932-1977 | |
| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| Administrative region : | Stade | |
| Administrative headquarters : | Bremerhaven | |
| Area : | 1,215.47 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 84,800 (Jun 30, 1977) | |
| Population density : | 70 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | WHOM | |
| Circle key : | 03 4 37 | |
| Circle structure: | 34 municipalities | |
The Wesermünde district was a regional authority in northern Lower Saxony until 1977 .
geography
Neighboring areas
The district bordered at the beginning of 1977 (starting in the north clockwise) on the (then) districts Land Hadeln , Bremervörde , Osterholz and Wesermarsch (all in Lower Saxony) as well as the independent city of Bremerhaven in the state of Bremen . In the northwest it bordered the Weser estuary .
Circle structure
The following list contains all municipalities that belonged to the Wesermünde district between 1932 and 1977, as well as all incorporations up to 1977.
history
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In 1932 the districts of Lehe and Geestemünde were dissolved by an ordinance of the Prussian State Ministry and merged into the district of Wesermünde. After its foundation, the district initially comprised 97 communities. The administrative seat was in the independent city of Wesermünde , which was created in 1924 through the merger of the cities of Lehe and Geestemünde and into which the city of Bremerhaven , which until then belonged to the state of Bremen (without the overseas port area ), was incorporated. The district building from 1888 was located at Borriesstraße 48/50. During the Second World War, the administration was briefly relocated to Loxstedt .
The city of Wesermünde, which did not belong to the district of the same name, was incorporated into the state of Bremen in 1947 and renamed Bremerhaven . The Wesermünder Kreisverwaltung thus had its seat in another federal state . Even today, the district of Cuxhaven has offices and other facilities, including a grammar school, in Bremerhaven, i.e. outside of its own district and state territory.
As a result of the regional reform in Lower Saxony and the associated municipal mergers, the number of municipalities in the district was reduced from 97 to 34 between 1967 and 1974. On March 1, 1974, the outer borders of the district also changed:
- The municipality of Landwürden from the Wesermarsch district was incorporated into the municipality of Loxstedt.
- The Kirchwistedt community moved from the Bremervörde district to the Wesermünde district.
- The communities of Axstedt and Lübberstedt left the district and moved to the Osterholz district.
On August 1, 1977, the Wesermünde district was merged with the Hadeln district and the independent city of Cuxhaven to form the Cuxhaven district. The administrative seat became Cuxhaven. Branch offices of the health and youth welfare office remained in Bremerhaven. Today the vehicle registration office of the district of Cuxhaven has branches in Schiffdorf (Feldkamp 7) and Hemmoor . The Wesermünde tax office and the Wesermünde grammar school are also located in Bremerhaven. Furthermore, the old Wesermünde district belongs to the Bremerhaven Employment Agency district. The Kreissparkasse Wesermünde-Hadeln had its headquarters in the city of Bremerhaven. In 2014 it merged with the Sparkasse Bremerhaven to form the Weser-Elbe-Sparkasse .
The rural district did not have any municipalities.
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politics
Chronicle of the district administrators
The district councils of the district Wesermünde were:
- 1932–1935 (full-time): Walter zur Nieden (1869–1937), politician (German People's Party), Prussian administrative officer
- 1935–1936 (substitute): Theodor Mahler (1901–1987), politician (NSDAP)
- 1936–1945 (full-time): Theodor Mahler (1901–1987), politician (NSDAP)
coat of arms
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Blazon : "A growing green oak tree with five green acorns (3: 2)in gold over red and silver wavy divided shield base ." |
| Explanation of the coat of arms: The wave-shaped divided shield base points to the marshes at the mouth of the Weser, protected by dikes, the oak growing behind the dike to the Geest. The five acorns recall the five older offices: bailiwick court in the country sausages to Dorum, Office Bederkesa, Office Lehe, Borde Beverstedt, Office Hagen , 1859 to the three offices Dorum, Lehe and Hagen and 1885 to the two Altkreisen Lehe and Geestemünde summarized were. |
License Plate
On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign WEM when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until April 4, 1978.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Wesermünde district. In: territorial.de. March 25, 2008, accessed February 14, 2018 .
- ^ A b Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. wesermuende.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ^ 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. 249 .
- ↑ Vehicle registration office of the district of Cuxhaven
- ^ Statistical yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany. In: DigiZeitschriften. 1978, accessed February 14, 2018 .
- ↑ a b See also: Low German Wikipedia: Theodor Mahler
- ↑ Landkreis Wesermünde (Ed.): Coat of arms of the Landkreis Wesermünde . Grassé Offset Verlag, Bremerhaven / Wesermünde 1973, ISBN 3-9800318-0-2 .
1972 dissolved: District of Bersenbrück | District of Blankenburg | District of Melle | Wittlage district | Zellerfeld district
1973 dissolved: District of Duderstadt | Münden district
1974 dissolved: District of Braunschweig | District of Burgdorf | District of Einbeck | District of Hildesheim-Marienburg | District Neustadt am Rübenberge | Springe district
1977 dissolved: District of Alfeld (Leine) | Aschendorf-Hümmling district | District of Bremervörde | Fallingbostel district | District of Gandersheim | County of Diepholz County | County Hoya county | County of Schaumburg | District of Hadeln | District of Lingen | District of Meppen | North County | Rotenburg (Wümme) district | District of Schaumburg-Lippe | District of Soltau | District of Wesermünde
2001 dissolved: District of Hanover
Disbanded in 2016: District of Osterode am Harz