Wittlage district

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Coat of arms of the district of Wittlage
Wittlage district
Map of Germany, position of the district of Wittlage highlighted

Coordinates: 52 ° 19 ′  N , 8 ° 22 ′  E

Basic data (as of 1972)
Existing period: 1885-1972
State : Lower Saxony
Administrative region : Osnabrück
Administrative headquarters : Wittlage
Area : 314.13 km 2
Residents: 28,300 (Dec. 31, 1971)
Population density : 90 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : WTL
Circle key : 03 5 38
Circle structure: 31 municipalities
Location of the Wittlage district in the province of Hanover

The district of Wittlage was a district in the former administrative district of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony . The seat of the district administration was in Wittlage Castle , the former seat of the bailiff, in the municipality of Wittlage (today a district of Bad Essen). The most important places were Bohmte and Bad Essen . The district bordered in the north on the districts of Diepholz and Vechta , in the east on the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Lübbecke , in the south on the district of Melle and in the west on the districts of Osnabrück and Bersenbrück .

When speaking of the communities of the former district area, the terms Altkreis Wittlage and Wittlager Land are often used today.

geography

location

The southern district area is characterized by the Wiehengebirge . The highest point is officially the Schwarzen Brink (211 m) in Lintorf. However, an unnamed arable land north of Büscherheide is 215  m above sea level. NN . The northern district area is flat and characterized by moors in the northwest . Most of the district is drained northwards via the Hunte .

Neighboring areas

Beginning in 1972, the district bordered in a clockwise direction in the north with the districts of Vechta , Grafschaft Diepholz (both in Lower Saxony), the district of Lübbecke (in North Rhine-Westphalia ) and the districts of Melle , Osnabrück and Bersenbrück (all again in Lower Saxony).

history

The Wittlage district was formed in 1885 from the Wittlage office of the Kingdom of Hanover . The Wittlage office in its former form was formed in 1859 from the two offices of Hunteburg (today's Bohmte and Ostercappeln communities ) and Wittlage (today's Bad Essen community ). On July 1, 1972, the Wittlage district was combined with the Bersenbrück , Melle and Osnabrück districts to form the new Osnabrück district . The municipalities in the district were combined in the municipalities of Bad Essen, Bohmte and Ostercappeln.

Population development

year Residents
1885 18,353
1890 18,518
1900 18,090
1905 17,986
1910 18,613
1925 19,221
1933 18,970
year Residents
1939 18,828
1946 30,145
1950 30,565
1956 27,619
1961 27,038
1970 28,021
1971 28,300

District administrators

  • 1885–1890 Franz Albert Siemens
  • 1890–1900 Paul Telschow
  • 1900 -9999Count von dem Busche-Ippenburg ( substitute )
  • 1900–1905 Ferdinand von Schoenaich-Carolath
  • 1905–1911 Hans von Raumer (1870–1965)
  • 1911–1918 Ernst Dugend
  • 1918–1920 Hans Georg von Münchhausen
  • 1920–1925 Adolf Rath
  • 1925–1943 Erich Glaß
  • 1943–1945 Gustav Lemke ( substitute )

economy

The economy was long characterized by agriculture . Only after the Second World War did a certain degree of industrialization take place, particularly in Bohmte and in the eastern part of the district.

Infrastructure

The district area was originally well developed in terms of traffic. Only at the end of the 1960s did the traffic conditions deteriorate in comparison to the surrounding area due to the construction of motorways 1 and 30 .

The federal highways 51 , 65 and 218 open up the former district area. The Bremen – Münster railway line and the Wittlager Kreisbahn private railway also run through the area. The Mittelland Canal crosses the district from west to east.

Communities

The following list contains all municipalities of the district with their population as of May 27, 1970 and their current affiliation.

local community Ew. 1970 Today's
church
Bad food 2,441 Bad food
Barkhausen 385 Bad food
Booed 4,252 Booed
Brockhausen 416 Bad food
Broxten 700 Ostercappeln
Büscherheide 215 Bad food
Dahlinghausen 381 Bad food
Eielstädt 582 Bad food
Hair 689 Ostercappeln
Harpenfeld 515 Bad food
Heithöfen 185 Bad food
Herringhausen 1,265 Booed
Hitz-Jöstinghausen 565 Ostercappeln
Hördinghausen 302 Bad food
Hüsede 648 Bad food
Linne 444 Bad food
Lintorf 945 Bad food
Lockhausen 539 Bad food
Meyerhöfen 614 Booed
Niewedde 494 Ostercappeln
Nordhausen 180 Ostercappeln
Ostercappeln 1.915 Ostercappeln
Rabber 970 Bad food
Schwagstorf 1,587 Ostercappeln
Schwege 933 Booed
Stirpe-Olingen 686 Booed
Vorwalde 933 Ostercappeln
Wehrendorf 994 Bad food
Plague 1,679 Booed
Whimper 822 Bad food
Wittlage 745 Bad food

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign WTL when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today was introduced . It was issued until October 11, 1972. Due to the license plate liberalization , it has been available in the Osnabrück district since June 11, 2018 .

literature

  • Wolfgang Huge: The old district of Wittlage. Pictures from days gone by. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-86680-207-0 .
  • Wolfgang Huge: The Wittlager Land. Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2008, ISBN 978-3-86680-295-7 .
  • Wolfgang Huge: The Wittlager Land. Stories from its history. BooksOnDemand, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-2411-6 .
  • Wolfgang Huge: The district of Wittlage 1933–1972. National Socialism, Post-War Years and Economic Miracles, BooksOn Demand, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-1013-8
  • Roswitha Poppe: The district of Wittlage. His architectural and art monuments , ed. from the district of Wittlage. Bad Essen 1966.

Web links

  • Wittlage district administrative history and the district administrators on the website territorial.de (Rolf Jehke), as of November 18, 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Altkreis Wittlage , hunteburg.de, accessed on May 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Regional management and ILEK Wittlager Land , wittlagerland.eu, accessed on May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ District regulation for the province of Hanover (1884)
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 260 .
  5. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1973