Giessen (district)

The district is located in the administrative region of Gießen Giessen in Hesse. Neighboring counties are the Marburg- Biedenkopf, the Lahn- Dill-Kreis, the Vogelsberg and Wetterau.

Geography

The county casting extends in its main places of Giessen basin to the northern Wetterau in the south. However, the largest surface area in proportion takes the opposite of a Front Vogelsberg in the eastern half, in the far east are part of the Vogelsberg. To the northwest of Gießen Basin also rich parts of the Gladenbacher mountain country in the form of Krofdorf King Berger- Forst with the widely visible Dünsberg into the district. Southwest rich parts of the district in the eastern Hintertaunus into it.

The Lahn enters in the north near Odenhausen the circle area, then flows south through the town of Giessen. Here it turns west, just a few kilometers west to leave the county again.

History

The current county area was divided into many pre-1800 dominions, of which the Hesse- Darmstadt and various Solmsische counties had the largest share. Smaller parts belonged to the Duchy of Nassau. With the mediatization 1806 solmsischen areas came to the newly formed Grand Duchy of Hesse, the areas of Nassau in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna to the Prussian district of Wetzlar. 1821 was the District Administrator District casting within the province of Upper Hesse. Since 1832, the name of this district district "circle casting ", whose territory was changed several times in the course of history. 1866 were the areas west of the Lahn to the Austro-Prussian War almost entirely to Prussia.

1939 separated the city pouring out from the circle and circle was free. On January 1, 1977, the district-free city of Giessen was combined with the city of Wetzlar and 14 surrounding municipalities to the city of Lahn, which received the status of an independent city. At the same time, the district casting was combined with the Dillkreis ( based in Dillenburg ) and the district of Wetzlar to the new Lahn -Dill-Kreis. Administrative seat of the new county was an administrative district in newly formed Lahn. Because of the strong protests from the population the territorial reform was partially reversed. With effect from 1 August 1979, the city of Lahn was dissolved again and the district of Gießen formed again. Casting was a special city within the county casting. The Lahn- Dill-Kreis was continued reduced, and the city also formed again Wetzlar its county seat. Since then, the county has a total casting 18 cities and towns.

2009 moved the District Office of the Giessen downtown ( Ostanlage 33-45 ) to the outskirts. Leased buildings of the former forest barracks and later Rivers Barracks of the U.S. Army in the so-called auto mile on the road Lich now serve the accommodation of the district administration.

Policy

Council

The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:

District council chairman Karl -Heinz Funck (SPD )

District administrator of the district of Gießen is Anita Schneider ( SPD). Your predecessor, Willi Marx ( SPD ), had held the office since 1997. Full-time Deputy Mayor is since June 2009, Dirk Osswald (CDU ). Full-time District Councillor since June 2011 Christiane Schmahl ( Green ).

In the direct election on 7 June 2009 Siegfried Fricke joined (CDU ) former full-time District Councillor as chief administrative officer candidate against Anita Schneider ( SPD ), which was the choice in the first ballot to decide for themselves: from 80 232 valid votes accounted for 44 002 ( 54.8 %) to Schneider and 36 230 ( 45.2 %) to Fricke. The turnout was nearly 42 percent. On 21 January 2010 Anita Schneider took office.

District administrators

Since its founding in 1821 ( from 1977 to 1979 as a great Lahn- Dill-Kreis ) the following persons were district councils, county councils or county directors:

  • Justus Joseph Ludwig of pliers (1821-1826)
  • Christian Knorr (1826-1827)
  • Ludwig Ouvrier (1827-1832)
  • Carl Knorr (1832-1842)
  • Johann Christian Prince (1842-1848)
  • Friedrich August Küchler (1848-1866)
  • Theodor Goldmann (1866-1870)
  • Philipp Gustav August Julius Rinck of Stark (1870-1871)
  • Carl Ernst Boeckmann (1877-1888)
  • Maximilian Ludwig von Gagern (1888-1889)
  • Hermann Georg Friedrich Karl Theodor von Bechthold (1898-1902)
  • Andreas Wilhelm August Breidert Martin (1902-1910)
  • Karl Usinger (1910-1922)
  • Matthias Ludwig (1922-1924)
  • Jacob Alfred Klostermann (1934-1935)
  • Hugo Ernst Karl Lotz (1936-1944)
  • William Reeb (1944-1945)
  • Theodor Weber ( 1945)
  • Heinrich Joseph Wagenbach (CDU ) June 1, 1945 - June 30, 1946
  • Karl Benner (SPD ) July 2, 1946 - June 30, 1948
  • John Nowara aka "Neumann " (CDU ) - with fake identity June 16, 1948 - August 27, 1948
  • Alfred Dingeldey (CDU ) August 27, 1948 - January 15, 1949
  • Bone Hans von Schwerin (CDU ) April 7, 1949 - April 6, 1961
  • Georg Maraun (SPD ) April 7, 1961 - May 4, 1967
  • Ernst Türk ( SPD) May 5, 1967 - June 16, 1977
  • Karl Rehrmann (CDU ) June 17, 1977 - July 31, 1979
  • Ernst Klingelhöfer ( FWG ) August 1, 1979 - January 20, 1986
  • Rüdiger Veit (SPD ) January 21, 1986 - January 20, 1998
  • Willi Marx ( SPD) January 21, 1998 - January 20, 2010
  • Anita Schneider ( SPD) since January 21, 2010

Coat of arms

Blazon: "Divided: top in silver a red bar triangle; below in blue with a silver Antoniterkreuz " (Coat - approval in 1952 and again on 14 January 1980)

The bar represents the typical triangle in a circle pouring half-timbered houses. It also symbolizes the interplay of county and emerging communities on the foundation of local self-government. In Grünberg was a Antonite, with its income Giessen University, founded in 1607 was doped. Therefore, the circle casting carries the cross of St. Anthony in the coat of arms.

Sponsorship

1962 sponsorship was taken over for the displaced German Bohemia from among Bear.

Traffic

By the district the federal highways lead 5 (Frankfurt -Kassel), 480 ( Reiskirchener Triangle Wetzlar, not yet consistently passable ) and the 485 ( Giessen- Langgoens ). The A 45 Hanau- casting -Dortmund crosses the district area to the southwest. Several highways and county roads open up the district area, including the B 3 ( Giessen- Marburg), the B 49, B 429 and B 457

Transported by rail, the district casting is first connected to the Circle be crossed in a north-south direction of the main axis of the Main- Weser Railway from Frankfurt to Kassel. The IC stops every two hours in pouring. In the station of which branch off four more that the district be tapped routes. From casting to the east, the Vogelsberg Railway runs through Buseck, rice churches, Grünberg to Fulda. From casting to the southeast, the Lahn- Kinzig- track branches on Pohl Home, Lich and Hungen from to Gelnhausen. To the northwest operate regional express trains over Wetzlar, Herborn, Dillenburg up to Aachen. On the same route to Wetzlar further trains the Regional intercourse drive into the lower Lahn about Weilburg, Limburg an der Lahn direction of Koblenz. The transport services provide various transport companies who drive on behalf of the Rhine -Main Transport Association.

Current freight tariff points of the railways are: Buseck (wood and gas); Casting / European Quarter ( petroleum products); Casting / Gbf. / And private sidings (stem ) and Staufenberg - Mainzlar at the Lumdatalbahn ( bulk material). The private port in Lollar Station on track 13 is obtained, but ggw. not served.

Cities and Towns

(Population at 31 December 2012)

Cities

Communities

Municipalities in the county

Administrative centre Lahn-Dill-Kreis Vogelsbergkreis Wetteraukreis Gladenbach Uplands Mediatisation Hospital Brothers of St. Anthony InterCity Pohlheim Lich, Hesse Lahntal Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund Allendorf, Giessen Laubach Biebertal Fernwald Heuchelheim Rabenau, Hesse Wettenberg Krofdorf-Gleiberg Hochtaunuskreis Main-Kinzig-Kreis Main-Taunus-Kreis Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Integrated Authority File
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