Wolfenbüttel district
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Coordinates: 52 ° 8 ′ N , 10 ° 35 ′ E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony |
| Administrative headquarters : | Wolfenbüttel |
| Area : | 722.56 km 2 |
| Residents: | 119,622 (Dec. 31, 2019) |
| Population density : | 166 inhabitants per km 2 |
| License plate : | WF |
| Circle key : | 03 1 58 |
| NUTS : | DE91B |
| Circle structure: | 32 municipalities |
| Address of the district administration: |
Bahnhofstrasse 11 38300 Wolfenbüttel |
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| District Administrator : | Christiana Steinbrügge ( SPD ) |
| Location of the district of Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony | |
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The district of Wolfenbüttel is a district in eastern Lower Saxony .
The district of Wolfenbüttel became known nationwide in particular as the location of the Asse mine , a former salt mine in which the final storage of nuclear waste was tested and practiced on a larger scale from 1967 to 1978 and which has meanwhile become unstable due to the ingress of large amounts of water.
geography
The district borders clockwise to the north, starting with the district of Helmstedt (in Lower Saxony), the district of Harz (in Saxony-Anhalt ) as well as the district of Goslar and the independent cities of Salzgitter and Braunschweig (all in Lower Saxony).
Salzgitter divides the district into the larger eastern main part with the district town of Wolfenbüttel and a small western part, which consists only of the combined municipality of Baddeckestedt . In addition to Salzgitter, this exclave also borders the districts of Goslar and Hildesheim . The district of Wolfenbüttel is located just south of the low mountain range threshold and is characterized by mountain ranges such as the Hainberg , the Salzgitter ridge (both in the joint municipality of Baddeckestedt) and the Elm in the east of the district. To the south the landscape merges into the pre-Harz region. The highest point in the district is 323 m above sea level. NN the Eilumer Horn in the Elm.
history
The area of the district, as it existed until 1941, was almost identical to the territory of the medieval rule Wolfenbüttel. In the 12./13. In the 17th century it was the domain of the nobleman Gunzelin von Wolfenbüttel . Gunzelin and his family were in opposition to the Guelphs , who finally conquered his domain in 1255/58. Since then, the later Wolfenbüttel district has belonged to the core area of the Guelph Duchy .
The actual hour of birth of the Wolfenbüttel district took place in 1832 with the "New Landscape Order", which created six district directorates in the then Duchy of Braunschweig . The district of Wolfenbüttel, as the largest district of the former state of Braunschweig, kept this regulation for 110 years until 1941, when the "Salzgitter Ordinance" came into force, in which twenty communities had to be ceded. To compensate, the district received ten municipalities from the Marienburg district , including Baddeckestedt and Sehlde . The municipality of Hesse was transferred to the district of Wernigerode and the municipality of Pabstorf to the district of Oschersleben . In return, the city of Hornburg and the communities Isingerode and Roklum from the district of Wernigerode came to the district of Wolfenbüttel.
On May 30, 1963, the municipality of Süd-Elm with its seat in Schöppenstedt was formed as the first integrated municipality in the Braunschweig administrative district .
In 1971, the law on the reorganization of the communities in the Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Helmstedt-Peine-Salzgitter area was initially only intended to improve the community structure: the communities were to be combined into administrative units ( unitary communities or integrated communities ), which should preferably have more than 7,000 inhabitants. Even if the state government proposed the dissolution of the Braunschweig district , since it would no longer be viable after the incorporation of numerous surrounding communities, a comprehensive district reform should not be initiated for the time being. Without anticipating the final regulation, newly organized communities from areas of two districts should each be assigned to the district that brought in the most residents.
According to this principle, the solution that the parliamentary groups in the district had called for at the hearing was by no means to be expected for Schladen , because in the newly created integrated community with the communities of Schladen (with Isingerode , Beuchte and Wehre ), Gielde, Werlaburgdorf and Hornburg, the Goslar share predominated . The heated discussions ended with the fact that the state parliament decided against its original intention to anticipate part of the comprehensive district reform. This should come into force in the eighth electoral term in the spring of 1976.
This is how Schladen came to the Wolfenbüttel district. For this, the significantly more populous city of Bad Harzburg was reclassified into the district of Goslar. The communities of Vechelde , Wendeburg and Lehr were assigned to the districts of Peine and Helmstedt . Cremlingen , Erkerode , Sickte and Veltheim came from the district of Braunschweig to the district of Wolfenbüttel, which, contrary to the original plan, did not become the legal successor to the dissolved district of Braunschweig ; this position was transferred to the independent city of Braunschweig .
The planned passage of the law by March 1, 1974 made it necessary to negotiate two territorial change agreements in January of that year. These negotiations concerned the modalities of integrating the districts of Leiferde , Geitelde and Stiddien into the city of Braunschweig, as well as those of the communities of Sauingen and Üfingen into the city of Salzgitter . Above all were the problems raised by the dissolution of the Braunschweig district. As expected, the negotiations with the Goslar district were not very harmonious. The incorporation of the Goslar communities Steinlah and Haverlah in the west and of Ohrum , Dorstadt , Heiningen , Groß and Klein Flöthe in the east did not cause any tension; But there were violent disputes until the end because of the incorporation of the new Schladen municipality. Before the final vote in the state parliament, no regulations could be prepared between the two rival circles. The result of the hectic negotiations was finally an area change agreement, which both district assemblies approved. In these negotiations, the property disputes over the district facilities in Bad Harzburg, which had always been regarded as the pearl of the district, were particularly contentious.
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1890 | 75.168 | |
| 1900 | 84,848 | |
| 1910 | 86,533 | |
| 1925 | 86,299 | |
| 1939 | 112,147 | |
| 1950 | 148,728 | |
| 1960 | 131,700 | |
| 1970 | 135,400 | |
| 1980 | 116,200 | |
| 1990 | 117,888 | |
| 2000 | 126,697 | |
| 2010 | 122,299 |
politics
District council
For the last local election on September 11, 2016 , the voters of the Wolfenbüttel district were called upon to re-elect the district council as the most important and highest district organ for the 17th time since the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany. The district assembly consists of 46 council women and councilors. This is the specified number for a district with a population between 100,001 and 125,000. The 46 council members are elected for five years each by local elections. The current term of office begins in November 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.
The full-time district administrator Christiana Steinbrügge (SPD) is also entitled to vote in the district council .
| Parties and constituencies | Percent 2016 |
Seats 2016 |
Percent 2011 |
Seats 2011 |
Percent 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
Percent 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
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| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 36.9 | 17th | 40.9 | 19th | 39.7 | 20th | 42.9 | 22nd |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 31.9 | 15th | 35.4 | 17th | 42.8 | 22nd | 44.4 | 23 |
| Green | Alliance 90 / The Greens | 11.7 | 5 | 15.8 | 7th | 8.3 | 4th | 6.5 | 3 |
| AfD | Alternative for Germany | 10.6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | 4.4 | 2 | 2.2 | 1 | 4.5 | 2 | 4.9 | 2 |
| left | The left | 3.5 | 2 | 2.7 | 2 (1) | - | - | 1.4 | - |
| Pirates | Pirate Party Germany | 1.0 | - | 2.1 | 0 (1) | - | - | - | - |
| The Ge De | The Just Democrats | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NPD | National Democratic Party of Germany | - | - | - | - | 1.7 | 0 (1) | - | - |
| RRP | Retirees' party | - | - | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flat share | Groups of voters | - | - | - | - | 2.4 | 1 | - | - |
| Independent | Individual applicants | - | - | 0.4 | - | 0.5 | - | - | - |
| total | 100 | 46 | 100 | 46 | 100 | 49 (50) | 100 | 50 | |
| Turnout in percent | 60.8 | 57.2 | 55.8 | 58.2 | |||||
- Die Linke: joined the PDS in 2001 .
- Groups of voters, as the 2006 result cannot be broken down to individual groups of voters.
- In the 2006-2011 electoral period, the NPD district member resigned, so that the total number of seats was reduced to 49.
- In the 2011-2016 election period, the Pirate District MP moved to Die Linke.
- In addition to the elected members of the district council, the district administrator belongs to the district council.
District administrators
- 1945: Heinrich Rönneburg (CDU), deployed
- 1945 to 1946: Willi Ossenkopf
- 1946 to 1948: Paul Eyferth
- 1948 to 1952: Joachim Hinkel (FDP)
- 1952 to 1954: Ernst Kunkel (SPD)
- 1954 to 1955: Gerhard Hartwieg
- 1955 to 1956: Ernst Kunkel (SPD)
- 1956 to 1958: Gerhard Hartwieg
- 1958 to 1968: Ernst Kunkel (SPD)
- 1968 to 1981: Helmuth Bosse (SPD)
- 1981 to 1996: Ernst-Henning Jahn (CDU)
- 1996 to 2006: Burkhard Drake (SPD)
- 2006 to 2013: Jörg Röhmann (SPD)
- since 2013: Christiana Steinbrügge (SPD)
Christiana Steinbrügge (SPD) has been district administrator since October 1, 2013. In the direct election on September 22, 2013, she received 43,340 votes with a turnout of 74.07 percent. This corresponded to a share of the vote of 59.25 percent.
landscape
The district is a member of the registered association Braunschweigische Landschaft based in Braunschweig. This was founded to maintain cultural institutions in the region.
County partnerships
The Wolfenbüttel district maintains partnerships with the city of Cachan in France, the County Borough Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales and the Września district in Poland. The partnership activities are coordinated by a partnership committee that was set up by a district council resolution in 2000. The district town of Wolfenbüttel also maintains other town twinning agreements .
economy
In the Future Atlas 2016 , the Wolfenbüttel district was ranked 130th out of 402 districts, municipal associations and independent cities in Germany, making it one of the regions with “future opportunities”.
Archaeological monuments in the Wolfenbüttel district
- Asseburg
- Brunkelburg
- Crescent Castle near Hornburg
- Castle hill near Gielde
- Gallows mountain by Klein Vahlberg
- Grave mound field in the Sudholz near Schladen
- Burial mound field between weirs and bay
- Burial mound fields in Asselholz, Hohenassel district, Burgdorf municipality.
- Krimmelburg
- Landwehr at Halchter .
- Motte (tower hill castle) from Adersheim
- Palatinate Werla
- Schalksburg near Groß Flöthe
- Schwedenschanze at Schladen- Isingerode
- Stone chamber in Adamshai , district Lucklum
- Tumulus of Evessen
- Wurtgarten (ring wall in Reitlingstal , Erkerode, Evessen, Lucklum)
Communities
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
- Cremlingen (13,073)
- Schladen-Werla [seat: Schladen ] (8744)
- Wolfenbüttel , district town , independent municipality (52,165)
Joint municipalities with their member municipalities
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unincorporated areas (all uninhabited)
- On the Great Rhode (5.79 km²)
- Barnstorf-Warle (1.29 km²)
- Voigtsdahlum (5.77 km²)
On November 1, 2011, the municipality of Achim was incorporated into Börßum.
On November 1, 2013, the Schladen municipality was transformed into the Schladen-Werla single municipality.
On January 1st, 2015, the municipalities of Asse and Schöppenstedt were merged to form the municipality of Elm-Asse.
On November 1, 2016, the communities of Remlingen and Semmenstedt were merged to form the community of Remlingen-Semmenstedt.
Former parishes
The following table lists all former municipalities in the Wolfenbüttel district and their subsequent affiliation:
Protected areas
In addition to landscape protection areas and natural monuments, there are eight designated nature protection areas in the district (as of February 2017).
See also:
- List of nature reserves in the Wolfenbüttel district
- List of landscape protection areas in the Wolfenbüttel district
- List of natural monuments in the Wolfenbüttel district
- List of protected landscape components in the Wolfenbüttel district
License Plate
On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign WF when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It is still issued today.
literature
- Jürgen Hodemacher : The district of Wolfenbüttel, its cities and villages. with pen drawings by Wilhelm Krieg. Elm Verlag, Cremlingen 1986, ISBN 3-9800219-4-7 .
Web links
- Legends and stories from the Wolfenbüttel district
- Literature from and about the Wolfenbüttel district in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ^ Map: Area development of the Guelph territories 1235–1635, in: Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte, Braunschweig 2000. P. 475.
- ^ The Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte, Braunschweig 2000. Zeittafel zur Landesgeschichte, p. 1177.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. wolfenbuettel.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1981
- ↑ a b c Lower Saxony regional database
- ^ Website of the district of Wolfenbüttel , accessed on October 2, 2016
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 44 - Number of MPs , accessed on October 2, 2016.
- ↑ https://kreistag.lk-wf.de/wahlen/kw16/kw2016.html
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2015 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.
- ↑ http://www.nls.niedersachsen.de/KW2006/158k.html
- ↑ http://www.nls.niedersachsen.de/KW2006/158k.html
- ^ Wolfenbüttel district: Partnerships . In: lk-weltenbuettel.de . Wolfenbüttel district. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ↑ Zukunftsatlas 2016. Archived from the original ; accessed on March 23, 2018 .
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ↑ Municipal directory 1910: Wolfenbüttel district
- ^ Territorial.de: Wolfenbüttel district
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Region : Hanover
Independent cities : Braunschweig | Delmenhorst | Emden | Oldenburg (Oldb) | Osnabrück | Salzgitter | Wilhelmshaven | Wolfsburg