List of the municipalities affected by the connection to the Saarland in 1946
The list of municipalities affected by the annexation to Saarland in 1946 shows a complete overview of the ordinances and other decrees issued by the French military government and the Saarland civil authorities in 1946 and 1947 with regard to changes in the territorial allocation of a total of 155 municipalities in the area of today's states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland .
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Order No. 8 of July 18, 1946
After the Second World War , the area of what is now Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland was part of the French zone of occupation from July 1945 . In February 1946, the Saar area was spun off from the rest of the French occupation zone and the area of responsibility of the Allied Control Council . On July 18, 1946, the French military government under General Kœnig issued an “Order concerning the connection of municipalities to the administration of the Saar area”.
Saarburg district
Trier-Land district
Wadern district
Birkenfeld district
Order No. 73 of July 18, 1946
On July 18, 1946, the French high command in Germany issued an order regarding the organization of the administration of the Saar area. The communities belonging to the Saar area from the rest of the French occupation zone were attached to the districts of Saarburg and St. Wendel .
Saarburg district
The following communities, which previously belonged to the district of Trier , were assigned to the district of Saarburg:
District of St. Wendel
The following municipalities, which previously belonged to the Birkenfeld district, were assigned to the St. Wendel district:
Further changes in the district assignments
On October 1, 1946 , with the consent of the military government , the District President Neureuter announced various changes with regard to the administrative organization of the Saar area:
- The communities Bierfeld , Braunshausen , Buweiler-Rathen , Kastel , Kostenbach , Nonnweiler , Otzenhausen , Primstal and Sitzerath were separated from the previous district of Wadern and incorporated into the district of St. Wendel . ( These communities had already come to the Wadern district before the Saarland split off from the Trier district; not included in the table above .)
- The district of Merzig and the remainder of the district of Wadern were merged into a district under the name of Merzig-Wadern district. Merzig was designated as the seat of the district administrator .
- The municipalities of Büschdorf , Nohn , Tünsdorf and Wehingen - Bethingen were separated from the Saarburg district and incorporated into the Merzig-Wadern district.
- From the circle Ottweiler communities were Weiler , hasborn-dautweiler , Lindscheid , Neipel , chafing , Sotzweiler , Theley , Tholey and About Roth-Niederhofen off and St. Wendel in the circle incorporated (not included in the table above) .
- The communities Steinbach and Wetschhausen were separated from the St. Wendel district and the Ottweiler district incorporated (not taken into account in the table above) .
Ordinance No. 93 of June 6, 1947
On June 6, 1947, General Kœnig issued an ordinance on the "reorganization of the administration of the Rhine Palatinate and the Saar region". This lists the 61 communities that have been returned from the "Saar area" ( Saarland ) to the "Rheinpfalz" ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) and 13 communities that have been newly connected to the Saar area.
Returned to the Rhine Palatinate
All communities belonged to the Saarburg district .
Connected to the Saar area
Until then, the communities belonged to the districts of Birkenfeld and Kusel (see table above) and, according to the ruling of June 7, 1947, were connected to the district of St. Wendel .
Order No. 215 of June 7, 1947
A total of 20 communities in the Saarburg district remained in the Saar area and were attached to the Merzig-Wadern district by order of the general manager Laffon from June 7, 1947 to June 8, 1947 .
Merzig-Wadern district
District of St. Wendel
The thirteen communities assigned to the Saar area on June 6, 1947 from the Birkenfeld and Kusel districts were assigned to the St. Wendel district . Administratively, this connection should take place at a later point in time.
Subsequent incorporation from 1949
On April 23, 1949, Kirrberg and a small area near Höchen were also incorporated into Saarland. The map linked below provides information on this.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official Gazette of the Saar Regional Council , year 1946, No. 32, p. 131: "Connection of municipalities to the Délégation Supérieure de la Sarre" of July 18, 1946 ( Saarland University )
- ^ Official Journal of the French High Command in Germany , year 1946, issue 29, p. 147. Order No. 73 of July 18, 1946: “Organization of the administration of the Saar area” ( German National Library ( Memento des Originals from February 15, 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 note. )
- ↑ Official Journal of the Saar Regional Council , year 1946, No. 47, p. 198: "Order on the administrative organization of the Saar area" from October 1, 1946 ( Saarland University )
- ↑ Ilse Dorothee Pautsch: Files on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany - 1953 , Volume 1, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich, 2001, p. 312 ISBN 3-486-56560-5 ( Google Books )
- ↑ Official Journal of the Administrative Commission of the Saarland , year 1946, No. 55, p. 237: "Supplement to the order on the administrative organization of the Saar area" of November 8, 1946 ( Saarland University )
- ↑ Official Journal of the French High Command in Germany , year 1947, edition 77, p. 765. Ordinance No. 93 of June 6, 1947: “Reorganization of the administration of the Rhine Palatinate and the Saar area” ( German National Library ( Memento des Originals of February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ a b c Official Journal of the French High Command in Germany , year 1947, edition 77, p. 768. Order No. 215 of June 7, 1947: “Connection of communities to the Merzig-Wadern and St. Wendel districts” ( German National Library ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
- ↑ Saarland Official Gazette , year 1949, edition 26, p. 377: "Law on the introduction of Saarland legislation in the incorporated areas" of April 22, 1949 ( Saarland University )
