Area changes in North Rhine-Westphalia
The overview of the area changes in North Rhine-Westphalia contains in the subsequent lists all administrative area changes that were mainly carried out between 1966 and 1976. The area of the area changes recorded in the lists corresponds to the respective extent of North Rhine-Westphalia at the time of the area change.
Changes
Circles
Until September 30, 1969, the official name for this administrative unit was rural district .
date | (Land) districts change |
(Land) counties number |
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July 1, 1965 | 57 | |
1st August 1969 | - 1 | 56 |
January 1, 1972 | - 4th | 52 |
1st January 1973 | - 4th | 48 |
1st January 1975 | - 17th | 31 |
The number of districts has not changed after the completion of the regional reform.
One district cities
date | independent cities change |
number of independent cities |
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July 1, 1965 | 38 | |
July 1, 1966 | - 1 | 37 |
1st January 1969 | - 2nd | 35 |
January 1, 1970 | - 1 | 34 |
1st January 1975 | - 11 | 23 |
6th December 1975 | + 1 | 24 |
July 1, 1976 | - 1 | 23 |
The number of independent cities has not changed after the completion of the regional reform. However, with its incorporation into the city region of the same name , the city of Aachen is no longer fully independent.
Offices
On April 1, 1967, there were 290 offices in North Rhine-Westphalia. When the first reorganization program was completed, there were 149 on January 1, 1970. After the reforms were completed, on January 1, 1975, there were no more offices. North Rhine-Westphalia also does not know administrative communities with other names.
Communities
The number of communities in North Rhine-Westphalia was on the following dates:
date | number |
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June 30, 1965 | 2362 |
June 30, 1966 | 2355 |
June 30, 1967 | 2334 |
June 30, 1968 | 2277 |
June 30, 1969 | 2049 |
June 30, 1970 | 1276 |
June 30, 1971 | 1277 |
June 30, 1972 | 1139 |
June 30, 1973 | 984 |
June 30, 1974 | 984 |
June 30, 1975 | 393 |
June 30, 1976 | 395 |
June 30, 1977 | 396 |
On April 1, 1967, there were still 1,842 official parishes in North Rhine-Westphalia. When the first reorganization program was completed on January 1, 1970, there were still 864. After the reforms were completed, on January 1, 1975, there were no more municipalities belonging to the government.
On April 1, 1967, there were 455 municipalities in the North Rhine-Westphalian districts. At the end of the first reorganization program there were 378 on January 1, 1970. After the reforms were completed, on June 30, 1977 (reference date), all 373 municipalities belonging to the district were vacant.
The number of municipalities has not changed after the completion of the regional reform.
list
This list takes into account the dates of changes in districts and municipalities during the first and second reorganization programs.
date | Activities) |
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01/01/1966 | Formation of the new Bergkamen community , Unna district |
07/01/1966 | First reorganization of the district of Siegen , encircling the city of Siegen |
01/01/1967 | Formation of the new community Methler , Unna district |
01/01/1968 | Reorganization of the district of Unna and formation of the new town of Sendenhorst , district of Beckum |
07/01/1968 | Formation of the new towns Heimbach , Schleiden district , and Telgte , Münster district |
08/01/1968 | Formation of the new Rhede municipality , Borken district |
01/01/1969 | Second reorganization of the district of Siegen , reorganization of the districts of Altena , Herford and Lemgo , encirclement of the cities of Herford and Lüdenscheid , renaming of the district of Altena to the district of Lüdenscheid , formation of the new communities Freckenhorst , Nörvenich and Oberbruch-Dremmen |
07/01/1969 | Focus: restructuring of the districts of Euskirchen , Geldern , Kleve , Oberberg , Olpe and Soest |
08/01/1969 | Restructuring of the Bonn area |
01/01/1970 | Focus: reorganization of the Detmold , Ennepe-Ruhr , Höxter , Kempen-Krefeld and Wiedenbrück districts , encircling the city of Viersen |
December 18, 1970 | Cancellation of the reorganization measure forest farmer |
01/01/1972 | Restructuring of the Aachen area |
08/04/1972 | Cancellation of the Heimbach / Nideggen restructuring measure |
01/01/1973 | Restructuring of the Bielefeld area |
01/01/1975 | Restructuring of the Ruhr area , Lower Rhine , Münster / Hamm , Düsseldorf , Cologne and Sauerland / Paderborn areas |
December 06, 1975 | Cancellation of the Bottrop restructuring measure |
07/01/1976 | Reorganization corrections in the cities of Bottrop , Monheim and Wesseling |