Wittlich district
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Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ' N , 6 ° 53' E |
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| Basic data (as of 1969) | ||
| Existing period: | 1816-1969 | |
| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Administrative region : | trier | |
| Administrative headquarters : | Wittlich | |
| Area : | 642 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 54,784 (Jun 30, 1968) | |
| Population density : | 85 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | WIL | |
| Circle key : | 07 2 37 | |
| Circle structure: | 77 parishes | |
The district of Wittlich , based in the city of Wittlich, existed from 1816 until the district reform in 1969.
Neighboring areas
In early 1969 the district bordered clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Daun , Cochem , Zell (Mosel) , Bernkastel , Trier , Bitburg and Prüm .
history
On June 7, 1969, the district of Wittlich was dissolved and merged with most of the dissolved district of Bernkastel to form the new district of Bernkastel-Wittlich . On November 7, 1970, the communities of Spangdahlem , Gransdorf , Oberkail , Seinsfeld and Steinborn from the old district of Wittlich moved from the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich to the district of Bitburg-Prüm .
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1816 | 23,448 | |
| 1847 | 34,760 | |
| 1871 | 37.007 | |
| 1885 | 38,142 | |
| 1900 | 38,997 | |
| 1910 | 43,841 | |
| 1925 | 45.994 | |
| 1939 | 47,988 | |
| 1950 | 50,796 | |
| 1960 | 51,900 | |
| 1968 | 54,784 |
District administrators
- 1816–1837 Peter Franz Schumm
- 1837–1849 Anton Hisgen
- 1849–1850 Friedrich Runten by order
- 1849–1855 Friedrich von Forstner
- 1855–1856 Friedrich Runten by order
- 1856–1884 Edmund Joseph Aldringen (1826–1884)
- 1884-1891 Alfred Wagner
- 1891–1903 Georg Mannkopff
- 1903–1914 Carl Semper
- 1914–1915 Jakob Merrem
- 1914-1915 NN. Hate
- 1917 Henning von Borcke
- 1917–1923 Carl Simons
- 1924–1939 Franz Bender
- 1939–1945 Günther Kraaz
- 1940–1942 Hermann Middendorf
- 1942–1947 Aloys Castenholz
- 1948–1969 Johannes Hieronimus
cities and communes
The district comprised the following cities and municipalities:
Today's Hetzerather district Erlenbach originally also formed its own community.
License Plate
On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign WIL when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It is still issued in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district to this day.
Web links
- Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Wittlich district. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- Territorial changes in Germany and German administered areas 1874–1945: Wittlich
Individual evidence
- ^ Contributions to the statistics of the Königl. Prussian Rhineland. 1829, p. 20 , accessed November 11, 2017 .
- ^ Description of the administrative district of Trier. 1849, p. 331 , accessed November 11, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia 1885
- ↑ a b c d e f Michael Rademacher: German administrative history. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 11, 2011 ; Retrieved July 2, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ B. Holtz (edit.): The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 4 / II. In: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New episode. Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 2003, ISBN 3-487-11827-0 , p. 539 ( Online ; PDF 1.9 MB).
- ↑ Günther Kraaz on corpsarchive.de
- ↑ www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de: Wittlich district
1969: Alzey district | District of Bergzabern | District of Bernkastel | District of Bingen | District of Cochem | District of Frankenthal (Palatinate) | District of Kirchheimbolanden | Landau district in the Palatinate | Loreley Circle | District of Ludwigshafen am Rhein | District of Mainz | District Neustadt an der Weinstrasse | Rockenhausen district | District of Saarburg | District of Sankt Goar | District of Simmern | District of Speyer | District of Trier | Unterlahnkreis | District of Wittlich | District of Worms | District of Zell (Mosel) . 1970: Bitburg district | District of Koblenz | Mayen County | County of Prüm . 1972: District of Zweibrücken . 1974: Oberwesterwaldkreis | Unterwesterwaldkreis .