List of territorial changes in North Rhine-Westphalia after 1980

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The list of territorial changes in North Rhine-Westphalia after 1980 contains important changes to the municipal areas of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in the period from January 1, 1981 until today. These include amalgamation and separation of parishes, incorporation of parishes into another, changes to the name of the parish and major reclassifications of 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 circle
01/01/1981 Gladbeck ,
small parts of the area		 Reclassification Gelsenkirchen -
01/01/1981 Ratingen ,
small parts of the area		 Reclassification Mülheim ad Ruhr -
01/01/1981 Mülheim ad Ruhr ,
small areas		 Reclassification Ratingen Mettmann
01/01/1981 Gelsenkirchen ,
small parts of the area		 Reclassification Gladbeck Recklinghausen
07/01/1982 Bielefeld ,
small parts of the area		 Reclassification Werther (Westphalia) Gutersloh
07/01/1982 Bielefeld ,
small parts of the area		 Reclassification Spenge Herford
01/01/1984 Change of name of the district of Siegen to the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein
01/01/1984 Laasphe Name change Bad Laasphe Siegen-Wittgenstein
April 26, 1985 Herzebrock Name change Herzebrock-Clarholz Gutersloh
01/01/1986 Dorsten ,
small parts of the area		 Reclassification Holders Recklinghausen
07/01/1986 Minden ,
small parts of the area		 Reclassification Hille Minden-Lübbecke
07/01/1986 Hille ,
small parts of the area		 Reclassification Minden Minden-Lübbecke
03/27/1991 Mülheim ad Ruhr Name change Mülheim an der Ruhr -
10/15/1993 Monheim Name change Monheim am Rhein Mettmann
01/01/2000 Wünnenberg Name change Bad Wünnenberg Paderborn
12/01/2001 Emmerich Name change Emmerich on the Rhine Kleve
12/01/2001 Holders Name change Haltern am See Recklinghausen
02/25/2002 Free community area, Dutch administration ,
N 274 , formerly the Drostambt Tudderen belonging		 Reclassification Selfkant Heinsberg
06/01/2003 Fröndenberg Name change Fröndenberg / Ruhr Unna
07/01/2003 Change of name of the Neuss district to Rhein-Kreis Neuss
11/01/2003 Change of name of the Erftkreis to Rhein-Erft-Kreis
07/01/2006 Hiddenhausen ,
small parts of the area		 Reclassification Frets Herford
10/01/2006 Food ,
small areas		 Reclassification Oberhausen -
01/01/2008 Monheim am Rhein (5 ha) Reclassification Langenfeld (Rhineland) Mettmann
01/01/2008 Langenfeld (Rhineland) (4 ha) Reclassification Monheim am Rhein Mettmann
October 21, 2009 Incorporation of the city of Aachen and the district of Aachen into the new Aachen city region
31 districts, 23 independent cities → 30 districts, 1 city region, 22 independent cities
11/01/2009 Diemelsee ( Hesse ) (14 ha) Reclassification Brilon Hochsauerlandkreis
11/01/2009 Bad Arolsen ( Hesse ) (9 ha) Reclassification Marsberg Hochsauerlandkreis
11/01/2009 Neukirchen-Vluyn (1 ha) Reclassification Moers Wesel
11/01/2009 Moers (1 ha) Reclassification Neukirchen-Vluyn Wesel
11/01/2009 Marsberg (8 ha) Reclassification Bad Arolsen ( Hesse ) Waldeck-Frankenberg

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