Wetzlar district

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '  N , 8 ° 30'  E
Basic data (as of 1976)
Existing period:	1816-1976
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	Darmstadt
Administrative headquarters :	Wetzlar
Area :	673.66 km 2
Residents:	161,900 (Jun 30, 1976)
Population density :	240 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	WZ
Circle key :	06 1 54
Circle structure:	47 parishes
District Administrator :	Kurt Wilhelm Sauerwein

Seal mark K.Pr. District Administrator of Wetzlar

The district of Wetzlar was a district in Hesse until 1976, with the district administration in Wetzlar .

geography

At the end of 1976, the Wetzlar district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the Marburg-Biedenkopf and Gießen districts , the Wetterau district , the Hochtaunus district , the Limburg-Weilburg district and the Dill district .

history

The district of Wetzlar was founded in 1816 in the Koblenz administrative district of the Prussian Rhine province and was an exclave of the Rhine province until 1932 . The Braunfels district, also founded in 1816, was incorporated into the Wetzlar district in 1822.

On October 1, 1932, a district reform took place in Prussia, which also affected the Wetzlar district:

• The communities Fellingshausen , Frankenbach , Hermannstein , Koenigsberg , Krumbach , Naunheim , Rodheim an der Bieber and Waldgirmes moved from the district of Biedenkopf to the district of Wetzlar.
• The communities Brandoberndorf , Cleeberg , Espa , Hasselborn and Weiperfelden moved from the Usingen district to the Wetzlar district.
• The Wetzlar district moved to the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau .

Since then, the Wetzlar district has comprised 91 communities, including the three cities of Braunfels , Leun and Wetzlar.

After the Second World War , the district came to the state of Hesse. From 1952, the district in Hesse was known as the Wetzlar district.

From 1967 the delimitation of the district changed several times:

• On April 1, 1967, the Kinzenbach community left the district and was incorporated into Heuchelheim in the Gießen district.
• On December 31, 1971, the communities of Odenhausen and Salzböden left the district and were incorporated into Lollar in the district of Gießen.
• On April 1, 1972, the community Bellersdorf left the district and was incorporated into Mittenaar in the Dill district .
• On July 1, 1974, the Bischoffen community moved from the dissolved Biedenkopf district to the Wetzlar district.
• Also on July 1, 1974, the communities Altenkirchen and Philippstein from the Oberlahnkreis were incorporated into Braunfels in the Wetzlar district.

The area of ​​the district increased from the original 640.2 km² to 673.7 km². By the end of 1976, the number of municipalities in the district had been reduced to 47 through further municipality mergers.

With effect from January 1, 1977, the district of Wetzlar was dissolved:

• The city of Wetzlar and the communities of Atzbach , Dutenhofen , Garbenheim , Hermannstein , Krofdorf-Gleiberg , Launsbach , Lützellinden , Münchholzhausen , Nauborn , Naunheim , Steindorf , Waldgirmes and Wißmar were incorporated into the new independent city of Lahn .
• The municipality of Ebersgöns was incorporated into Butzbach in the Wetterau district.
• The rest of the district, in which numerous other communities merged at the same time, merged into the new Lahn-Dill district.

Due to violent protests from the population, however, the territorial reform was partially reversed. With effect from August 1, 1979, the city of Lahn was dissolved again. The largest part of the former district of Wetzlar together with the rebuilt city of Wetzlar and the former Dill district have since formed the Lahn-Dill district . The seat of the district administration is Wetzlar. The municipality of Biebertal, which until 1976 belonged to the district of Wetzlar, did not remain in the Lahn-Dill district, but came to the re-established district of Gießen.

For economic history, see also the Lahn-Dill area . For the jurisprudence see District Court Wetzlar .

Population development

year	Residents	source
1819	033,030
1828	035,642
1871	044,913
1880	048,867
1890	051,037
1900	054,075
1910	062.112
1925	070,464
1939	090.931
1950	127.379
1960	141,500
1970	157,600
1976	161,900

District administrators

• Friedrich Felix Furkel (1816–1822)
• Karl Ernst von Ernsthausen (1822, acting as representative)
• Julius von Sparre (1822–1845)
• Rudolph von Dewitz (1845–1848, by order)
• Carl Diesterweg (1848, by order)
• Anton Kessler (1848–1850)
• Wilhelm Friedrich Groos (1850-1859)
• Ewald von Kleist-Retzow (1858, substitute)
• Gustav von Diest (1858–1866)
• Johann Forster (1866–1867, acting as representative)
• Otto von Helldorff (1867–1874)
• Bernhard Tieschowitz von Tieschowa (1874–1888)
• Karl Stackmann (1888-1896)
• Adolf Goedecke (1896–1900)
• Wilhelm Sartorius (1900–1929)
• Konrad Miss (1929-1933)
• Heinrich Grillo (1933–1941)
• Johann Bangert (1942–1945)
• Konrad Miss (1945-1948)
• August Monzen (1948–1952)
• Walter Preißler (1952–1954)
• Hans-Günther Weber (1954–1960)
• Philipp Schubert (1960–1965)
• Werner Best (1965–1970)
• Kurt Wilhelm Sauerwein (1971–1976)

Communities

The following table contains all municipalities that belonged to the district of Wetzlar, as well as the data of all incorporations.

local community	incorporated after	Date of incorporation	Remarks
Ahrdt	Hohenahr	April 1, 1972
Albshausen	Bielhausen	July 1, 1971
Allendorf	Ulmtal	1st February 1971
Altenkirchen	Hohenahr	January 1, 1977
Asslar
Atzbach	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the municipality of Lahnau
Bechlingen	Asslar	December 31, 1971
Bellersdorf	Mittenaar ( Dillkreis )	April 1, 1972
Berghausen	Asslar	December 31, 1971
Bermoll	Asslar	December 31, 1971
Biebertal			Founded on December 1, 1970, on August 1, 1979 in the district of Gießen
Bielhausen	Solms	January 1, 1977	Founded on July 1, 1971
Bischoffen			until July 1, 1974 in the Biedenkopf district
Biskirchen	Leun	December 31, 1971
Bissenberg	Leun	December 31, 1971
Blasbach	Hermannstein	December 31, 1971
Bon bathing	Braunfels	December 31, 1971
Brandoberndorf	Waldsolms	December 31, 1971
Braunfels , city
Breitenbach	Ehringshausen	January 1, 1977
Burgsolms	Solms	July 1, 1971
Cleeberg	Langgöns	January 1, 1977
Daubhausen	Ehringshausen	January 1, 1977
Dillheim	Ehringshausen	December 31, 1970
Dorlar	Wetzlar	August 1, 1972	on August 1, 1979 to the municipality of Lahnau
Dornholzhausen	Langgöns	January 1, 1977
Dreisbach	Ehringshausen	December 31, 1971
Dutenhofen	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the city of Wetzlar
Ebersgöns	Butzbach ( Wetteraukreis )	January 1, 1977
Edingen	sense	January 1, 1977
Ehringshausen
Erda	Hohenahr	April 1, 1972
Espa	Langgöns	January 1, 1977
Fellingshausen	Biebertal	1st December 1970
Frankenbach	Biebertal	January 1, 1977
Garbenheim	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the city of Wetzlar
Greifenstein
Greifenthal	Ehringshausen	December 31, 1971
Griedelbach	Waldsolms	December 31, 1971
Metropolises	Hohenahr	July 1, 1972
Großrechtebach	Rechtenbach	1st August 1968
Hasselborn	Waldsolms	December 31, 1971
Hermannstein	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the city of Wetzlar
Hochelheim	Huettenberg	1st August 1968
Hohenahr			Founded on April 1, 1972
Hohensolms	Hohenahr	April 1, 1972
Holzhausen	Ulmtal	1st February 1971
Hörnsheim	Huettenberg	1st August 1968
Huettenberg			Established on August 1, 1968
Katzenfurt	Ehringshausen	January 1, 1977
Kinzenbach	Heuchelheim ( District of Giessen )	April 1, 1967
Kleenheim	Langgöns	January 1, 1977	Established on December 31, 1971
Kleinrechtebach	Rechtenbach	1st August 1968
Koelschhausen	Ehringshausen	January 1, 1977
Koenigsberg	Biebertal	1st December 1970
Kraftsolms	Waldsolms	December 31, 1971
Krofdorf-Gleiberg	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the community of Wettenberg
Kröffelbach	Waldsolms	December 31, 1971
Krumbach	Biebertal	1st December 1970
Laufdorf	Schöffengrund	December 31, 1971
Launsbach	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the community of Wettenberg
Leun , city
Lützellinden	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the city of Giessen
Mudersbach	Hohenahr	January 1, 1977
Münchholzhausen	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the city of Wetzlar
Nauborn	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the city of Wetzlar
Naunheim	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the city of Wetzlar
Neukirchen	Braunfels	December 31, 1971
Niederbiel	Solms	January 1, 1977
Niedergirmes	Wetzlar	April 1, 1903
Niederkleen	Kleenheim	December 31, 1971
Low temp	Ehringshausen	January 1, 1977
Niederquembach	Schöffengrund	December 31, 1971
Niederwetz	Schöffengrund	December 31, 1971
Oberbiel	Bielhausen	July 1, 1971
Upper clover	Kleenheim	December 31, 1971
Upper temp	Asslar	December 31, 1971
Oberndorf	Solms	July 1, 1971
Oberquembach	Schöffengrund	December 31, 1971
Oberwetz	Schöffengrund	December 31, 1971
Odenhausen	Lollar ( District of Giessen )	December 31, 1971
Rechtenbach	Schwingbach	December 31, 1971	Established on August 1, 1968
Reiskirchen	Huettenberg	January 1, 1977
Rodheim-Bieber	Biebertal	1st December 1970
Salt soils	Lollar ( District of Giessen )	December 31, 1971
Schöffengrund			Established on December 31, 1971
Schwalbach	Schöffengrund	December 31, 1971
Schwingbach	Huettenberg	January 1, 1977	Established on December 31, 1971
Solms			Founded on July 1, 1971
Steindorf	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the city of Wetzlar
Stockhausen	Leun	December 31, 1971
Tiefenbach	Braunfels	December 31, 1971
Ulm	Ulmtal	1st February 1971
Ulmtal	Greifenstein	January 1, 1977	Founded on February 1, 1971
Vetzberg	Biebertal	1st December 1970
Full churches	Schwingbach	December 31, 1971
Volpertshausen	Huettenberg	January 1, 1977
Waldgirmes	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the municipality of Lahnau
Waldsolms			Established on December 31, 1971
Weidenhausen	Schwingbach	December 31, 1971
Weiperfelden	Waldsolms	December 31, 1971
Werdorf	Asslar	January 1, 1977
Wetzlar , city	Lahn	January 1, 1977	rebuilt as a city on August 1, 1979
Wissmar	Lahn	January 1, 1977	on August 1, 1979 to the community of Wettenberg

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign WZ when the vehicle registration number was introduced . It was issued until December 31, 1976. It was reintroduced for the area of ​​the special status city of Wetzlar on July 1, 2012.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. wetzlar.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
2. ↑ Official Gazette of the Prussian Government in Koblenz 1816 (digitized version)
3. ^ ^{A b} territorial.de: Wetzlar district
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
5. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1968
6. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1977
7. ↑ Law on the restructuring of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen (GVBl. II 330–28) of May 13, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 17 , p. 237 ff ., § 29 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
8. ^ Statistisches Bureau zu Berlin (Ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Prussian state . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1821 ( digitized version ).
9. ^ Contributions to the statistics of the Königl. Prussian Rhineland. 1829, p. 20 , accessed November 11, 2014 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia 1885
11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
12. ↑ Ancestral gallery of the district administrators of the districts of Wetzlar, Dillenburg and the Lahn-Dill district after 1945 (pdf) ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved April 5, 2011.