Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District
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Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ' N , 14 ° 48' E |
| Basic data (as of 2008) | |
| Existing period: | 1994-2008 |
| State : | Saxony |
| Administrative region : | Dresden |
| Administrative headquarters : | Niesky |
| Area : | 1,340.29 km 2 |
| Residents: | 93,239 (Dec. 31, 2007) |
| Population density : | 70 inhabitants per km 2 |
| License plate : | NOL ( history ) |
| Circle key : | 14 2 84 |
| NUTS : | DED26 |
| Circle structure: | 28 municipalities |
| Address of the district administration: |
Robert-Koch-Strasse 1 02906 Niesky |
| District Administrator : | Bernd Lange ( CDU ) |
| Location of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District in Saxony | |
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The Lower Silesian Oberlausitzkreis ( Upper Sorbian Delnjošlesko-hornjołužiski wokrjes ) was a district in the east of the Free State of Saxony on the border with Poland from 1994 to 2008 . The largest city in the district was Weißwasser , the administrative seat was Niesky . During its existence, the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District was the largest district in Saxony in terms of area , as well as the easternmost district in Germany.
In the Saxon district reform of 2008 , it was integrated into the newly formed district of Görlitz .
geography
The territory of the district lay in the foreland of the Oberlausitzer Bergland and the Zittau Mountains . It was characterized by a largely flat and sparsely populated heather and pond landscape in the north and the up to 400 m high chain of hills, for example the Königshain Mountains , in the south. The highest point in the Lower Silesian Oberlausitzkreis was the 455 m high Rotstein . In the east, the district was delimited by the Neißetal.
The Lower Silesian Oberlausitzkreis bordered the Brandenburg district of Spree-Neisse in the north, the districts of Kamenz and Bautzen in the west, the district of Löbau-Zittau in the south, the city of Görlitz in the southeast and the Polish districts of Zgorzelec and Żary in the east.
history
The connection between the northern part of Upper Lusatia and Silesia dates back to 1815. By determination of the Congress of Vienna , this part of Upper Lusatia fell to Prussia and was incorporated into the administrative structure that existed here. The area of the Lower Silesian Oberlausitzkreis was part of the Province of Silesia from 1815 to 1921 and from 1938 to 1941 and part of the Province of Lower Silesia from 1921 to 1938 and from 1941 to 1945 . After German reunification , the name was given to the prewar period. The district area corresponded roughly to the part of the former Rothenburg district (Ob. Laus.) Lying west of the Lusatian Neisse .
The Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District was formed after the Saxon district reform on August 1, 1994 from the districts of Weißwasser , Niesky and Görlitz-Land - which had existed in this form since 1952 - and became their legal successor. From the district of Görlitz-Land, the city of Ostritz (with Leuba ) and the community of Schönau-Berzdorf on the Eigen (with Kiesdorf on the Eigen ) were assigned to the also new Saxon Upper Lusatia district, which was later renamed the Löbau-Zittau district. As early as January 1, 1994, the municipality of Zoblitz in the Löbau district was incorporated into the city of Reichenbach / OL . After the Hoyerswerda district was dissolved on January 1, 1996, the Uhyst community joined the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District . On January 1, 1998, the district of Bärwalde was reassembled from the municipality of Lohsa ( district of Kamenz ) to Boxberg / OL . On January 1, 1999, the district area changed for the last time when the communities Ludwigsdorf , Kunnerwitz and parts of the community Schöpstal were separated from the district area and incorporated into Görlitz . Up until this point in time, the district had completely enclosed the city on the German side; thereafter Görlitz also bordered the district of Löbau-Zittau.
The district seat was originally in the independent city of Görlitz, which bordered the district. With the 3rd District Area Reform Amendment Act of May 23, 1996, it was relocated to Niesky on June 16, 1996.
Erich Schulze from Daubitz was the district administrator of the Lower Silesian Oberlausitzkreis from 1994 to 2001 (previously the district administrator of the Weißwasser district). He was followed by Bernd Lange from Rothenburg from 2001 to 2008.
As a result of another district reform , the Lower Silesian Oberlausitzkreis, the city of Görlitz and the Löbau-Zittau district were merged to form the Görlitz district with Görlitz as the seat of the district on August 1, 2008 - exactly 14 years after the district was founded.
Population development
With 70 inhabitants / km² (2007) the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District was one of the most sparsely populated districts in Saxony. While around 114,500 people lived in the district (territorial status: January 1, 2007) in 1990, this number fell to 111,700 within five years and to 106,100 in the following five years. The largest population decline, however, occurred in 2001-2005 when the number fell by nearly 10,000 residents to around 96,800. Between 1990 and 2006, the district lost around 20,000 people, around 17 percent of its population.
politics
District council
The district council last consisted of 54 members:
| Political party | Seats |
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| CDU / FDP | 26th |
| LEFT | 12 |
| FW | 7th |
| SPD / GREEN | 6th |
| Children and young people in the district council (KJiK) | 3 |
coat of arms
The coat of arms was recreated after the district was founded. After a public tender, which specified the colors of Upper Lusatia and a reference to Silesian traditions, the design of the Independent Initiativgruppe Niederschlesien e. V. enforce and was approved on July 21, 1995 by the Dresden Regional Council.
"In blue over a golden wall covered with a three-leaf linden branch with three pinnacles of gold shield, in which a red-armored black eagle, covered with a soaring silver crescent, the cavity of which is decorated with a cross."
- meaning
Since the district is part of Upper Lusatia, the district's coat of arms is based on the colors blue and yellow and the three-tinned wall. This wall was borrowed from the coat of arms of Upper Lusatia (based on the coat of arms of the city of Bautzen ).
After the north-eastern part of Upper Lusatia fell to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 , it became part of the Province of Silesia . The Silesian eagle is therefore represented in the coat of arms of the district in its own coat of arms on a continuous gold background, as was the case in the coat of arms of the Prussian province of Silesia and finally the province of Lower Silesia until 1945.
The green linden branch stands as a symbol for the Sorbian population in the district, whose ancestors settled here in the 6th century .
Partnerships
The Lower Silesian Oberlausitzkreis maintained partnerships with the Bavarian districts of Neustadt an der Waldnaab and Schwandorf , the Polish district of Żary and the Czech district of Semily .
Town signs
The long district name in connection with the bilingual signage in the Sorbian settlement area of Lausitz led to a curious situation: around 10% of the place name signs in the district had to be oversized (120 cm × 85 cm) for better legibility .
cities and communes
When it was founded, the district had 47 parishes. As a result of incorporations within the district and through the city of Görlitz, the number fell to 28 communities by October 1, 2007. Of these 28 municipalities, five had city rights and 25 were grouped together in nine administrative communities or associations. The remaining three communities Krauschwitz , Markersdorf and Niesky were unified communities . In terms of the number of community associations (as of January 1, 2008), the district was in second place in the Saxon comparison, only the Vogtlandkreis had more community associations, but also more communities.
(Population figures as of December 31, 2007)
Administrative communities and administrative associations
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License Plate
On August 1, 1994, the district was assigned the GR distinguishing mark , which has been valid for the Görlitz district since January 1, 1991 . This was replaced on January 1, 1995 by the new distinctive sign NOL .
On July 31, 2008, NOL ZZ 999 was awarded as the last NOL license plate for the time being, which is also the last possible serial license plate.
As a result of the license plate liberalization , it has been available again in the Görlitz district since November 9, 2012.
literature
- From the Muskauer Heide to the Rotstein. Home book of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District . Lusatia Verlag, Bautzen 2006, ISBN 3-929091-96-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the Free State of Saxony on December 31, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2004 to 2006 according to independent cities and districts (territorial status January 1, 2007). Archived from the original on December 20, 2008 ; Retrieved August 1, 2008 .
- ↑ District election 2004: Final district result ( Memento from May 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Eckhart Leisering: Coat of arms of the independent cities and districts in the Free State of Saxony . mdv, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle / Saale 2000, ISBN 3-89812-069-4 .
- ↑ § 3 Paragraph 1 of the main statute of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia District ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Martina Hanold: Last NOL license plate awarded. In: Lausitzer Rundschau , Lokal-Rundschau for Weißwasser and Niesky. August 1, 2008. ( online version )
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