Wolfstein district

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Wolfstein district
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Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '  N , 13 ° 33'  E

Basic data (as of 1972)
Existing period: 1862-1972
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Bavaria
Administrative headquarters : Freyung
Area : 604.63 km 2
Residents: 42,870 (May 27, 1970)
Population density : 71 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : WOS - (TGS of the GDR) dissolved in the district of Erfurt ->
Circle key : 09 2 52
Circle structure: 42 municipalities
Location of the Wolfstein district in Bavaria
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The district of Wolfstein belonged to the Bavarian administrative district of Lower Bavaria . It was named after the seat of his district office at Wolfstein Castle in the rural community of Ort , which was incorporated into the city of Freyung in 1954.

geography

Important places

The communities with the largest population were Waldkirchen , Freyung , Neureichenau , Röhrnbach and Perlesreut .

Neighboring areas

In 1972 the district bordered clockwise in the west on the Grafenau district , in the southwest on the Passau district and in the south on the Wegscheid district . Neighbors were also Czechoslovakia ( Jihočeský kraj ) in the north-east and Austria ( Upper Austria ) to the east .

history

district Court

Until 1806 the area of ​​the district belonged to the Hochstift Passau . In 1806 the Bavarian regional court district Wolfstein was set up with its seat at Wolfstein Castle in the rural community of Ort. He belonged to the Lower Danube District (from 1838 Lower Bavaria ).

District Office

The Wolfstein district office followed the Wolfstein district court of the older order in 1862. In addition, there were the municipalities ceded to the new Waldkirchen regional court, including the eight municipalities spun off from the Wegscheid regional court district.

district

On January 1, 1939, the uniform designation Landkreis was introduced in the German Reich . This is how the district office became the Wolfstein district.

With the incorporation of the municipality of Ort on April 1, 1954, Freyung became a district town. On July 1, 1972, the Wolfstein district was merged with the Grafenau district to form the new Freyung district as part of the regional reform in Bavaria . At the same time, municipalities were amalgamated, so that only 14 municipalities exist in the area of ​​the former district. On May 1, 1973, the district was given its current designation as Landkreis Freyung-Grafenau .

Population development

year Residents source
1864 27,456
1885 29,626
1900 29,763
1910 30,937
1925 32,416
1939 34,080
1950 45,389
1960 40,500
1971 43,500

Communities

Before the start of the Bavarian regional reform, the Wolfstein district comprised 42 communities in the 1960s:

Incorporation until 1960
  • Ahornöd , on April 1, 1954 in Freyung
  • Annathal , on January 1, 1946 at Mauth
  • Place on April 1, 1954 at Freyung
  • Praßreut , on February 15, 1960 in Oberndorf, today in Röhrnbach
  • Stadl , on January 1, 1946 in Böhmzwiesel, today in Waldkirchen
Name changes of municipalities

politics

For a long time this old district lived on in the division of the free voters. In the Grafenauer Land, the “Free Voters Community - Grafenauer Land” got involved, in the former Wolfstein district the “Christian Voters Community”. Only with the entry of the Free Voters into the Landtag, there were efforts to merge. After the former district administrator Alexander Muthmann was elected to the state parliament, the two groups united on September 28, 2009 to form the district association of free voters in the district of Freyung-Grafenau.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Divided by silver and blue, above a growing, soaring red wolf , growing below a slanting golden spade, crossed with a growing left slanting golden crook ."

Press

The local edition F of the PNP is also published in with two different titles, Grafenauer Anzeiger and Passauer Neue Presse . However, the content is identical for both headers .

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign WOS when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until August 3, 1974. It has been available again in the Freyung-Grafenau district since July 10, 2013 . In autumn 2016 around 37% of the vehicle registrations in the district had the WOS ( Wolfstein ) license plate .

literature

  • Local history working group Wolfstein: The district Wolfstein. Wolfstein district, Freyung 1968.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 595 .
  2. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 97 .
  3. ^ 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. 627 .
  4. ^ Eugen Hartmann: Statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Ed .: Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau. Munich 1866, population figures of the district offices 1864 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Royal Bavarian Statistical Bureau (ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1888, population figures of the district offices 1885 ( digitized ).
  6. ↑ a b www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de
  7. ^ Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria, based on the census of June 16, 1925
  8. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the German Reich 1940
  9. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1952
  10. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1961
  11. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1973
  12. ^ Official register of places for Bavaria 1964