List of territorial changes in the Ruhr area from 1871 to 1900

The list of territorial changes in the Ruhr area from 1871 to 1900 contains important changes to the municipal areas in the Ruhr area in the period from January 1, 1871 (establishment of the German Empire) to December 31, 1900. This includes, among other things, mergers and separations of communities, integrations of Parishes to another, changes in parish name and major reclassifications from parts of one parish to another.

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• Date : date of legal effect of the change of area
• Municipality before the change : Municipality before the area change
• Action : Type of change
• Municipality after the change : Municipality after the area change
• District : District of the municipality after the change of area

The sorting is done chronologically: date, independent cities, rural districts, receiving or newly formed municipality. Communities that still exist today are highlighted in color.

list

date	Church before the change	measure	Church after the change	District / County
02/28/1873	Outsourcing of the city of Essen from the Essen district 8 rural districts, 0 urban districts → 8 rural districts, 1 urban district
01/24/1874	Outsourcing of the city of Duisburg from the district of Duisburg. New formation of the district of Mülheim a./Ruhr from the other communities of the district of Duisburg 8 districts, 1 urban district → 8 districts, 2 urban districts
00.00.1875	Circumstance , parts of the territory	Reclassification	Kettwig	eat
00.00.1875	Circumstance , parts of the area Vierhonnschaften , parts of the area	Reclassification	Drehonnschaft	eat
00.00.1875	Vierhonnschaft , parts of the territory	Reclassification	Two-way relationships	eat
00.00.1875	Siebenhonnschaft , parts of the territory	Reclassification	Copper turning	eat
02/15/1875	Outsourcing of the city of Dortmund from the Dortmund district 8 rural districts, 2 urban districts → 8 rural districts, 3 urban districts
01/01/1876	Eilpe Wehringhausen	Inclusion	Hagen	Hagen
05/24/1876	Outsourcing of the city of Bochum from the district of Bochum 8 rural districts, 3 urban districts → 8 rural districts, 4 urban districts
04/01/1878	Eppinghofen Mellinghofen	Inclusion	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Mülheim an der Ruhr
00.00.1879	Schwelm Land	Inclusion	Schwelm	Hagen
00.00.1879	Limburg	Name change	Hohenlimburg	Iserlohn
04/01/1881	Oberbonsfeld	Inclusion	Langenberg	Mettmann
07/01/1885	New formation of the districts of Gelsenkirchen and Hattingen from communities of the district of Bochum 8 districts, 4 urban districts → 10 districts, 4 urban districts
04/01/1887	Outsourcing of the city of Hagen from the district of Hagen New formation of the district of Hörde from municipalities of the district of Dortmund New formation of the Schwelm district from municipalities of the district of Hagen 10 districts, 4 urban districts → 12 districts, 5 urban districts
07/01/1887	New formation of the Ruhrort district from municipalities of the Mülheim a./Ruhr district 12 districts, 5 urban districts → 13 districts, 5 urban districts
07/27/1894	Volmarstein , parts of the area	Reclassification	Hasp	Hagen
04/01/1897	Outsourcing of the city of Gelsenkirchen from the district of Gelsenkirchen 13 rural districts, 5 urban districts → 13 rural districts, 6 urban districts
04/01/1897	Altenessen , parts of the area	Reclassification	eat	-
08/13/1897	Gicker	Name change	Tub	Gelsenkirchen
04/01/1898	Huttrop , parts of the area	Reclassification	eat	-
04/01/1898	Westerbauer	Inclusion	Hasp	Hagen
04/01/1899	Outsourcing of the city of Witten from the district of Bochum 13 districts, 6 urban districts → 13 districts, 7 urban districts
04/01/1899	Breckerfeld country	Inclusion	Breckerfeld	Hagen
04/01/1899	Wambel , parts of the area	Reclassification	Hear	Hear
04/01/1899	Hardenberg , parts of the area	Reclassification	Copper turning	eat
02/06/1900	Brewing community	Name change	Bismarck	Gelsenkirchen

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• Walther Hubatsch (Ed.): Outline of German administrative history 1815–1945 , Johann Gottfried Herder Institute, Marburg / Lahn;
  • Row A: Prussia ;
  • Volume 7: Rhineland , edited by Rüdiger Schütz, 1978, ISBN 3-87969-122-3 ,
  • Volume 8: Westphalia , edited by Walther Hubatsch, 1980, ISBN 3-87969-123-1 .
• Stephanie Reekers: The regional development of the districts and municipalities of Westphalia 1817 - 1967 . Aschendorff, Münster (Westphalia) 1977, ISBN 3-402-05875-8 .