Ohrekreis
The Ohrekreis was a district in the north-west of Saxony- Anhalt. On 1 July 2007 it was merged with the Bördekreis the new district beading under the Administrative Reform in Saxony- Anhalt. Neighboring districts were in the north of the Altmark Salzwedel and the district of Stendal, in the eastern district Jerichower country, in the south the county-level city of Magdeburg and the Bördekreis and to the west the district of Helmstedt in Lower Saxony and in the northwest of Gifhorn.
Geography
The territory of the lay Ohrekreis near Magdeburg and the Colbitz - Letzlinger Heath. The county was named after the river tubes that ran parallel to the Mittelland Canal from west to east through the district area and led to the Elbe. In the west and the River Aller flowed through the county.
Economy
As part of the Magdeburg district area was mainly agricultural. Around Magdeburg and Haldensleben created large industrial parks, especially in the vicinity of the A2 motorway.
Traffic
By the district ran both highway (A2 and A14 ) and railway connections, which touched the state capital Magdeburg. Furthermore ran through the county territory of the Mittelland Canal. The Greater Magdeburg was connected by the S-Bahn to the city of Magdeburg.
History
The county was created in 1994 by combining the counties Haldensleben and Wolmirstedt. There were still some municipalities of the blocks. The first and only Chief Executive of the new circle was the former district administrator Wolmirstedt, Thomas Webel ( CDU).
1680-1806 corresponded to the present district area around the Brandenburg wood circle.
In the district reform in 2007, the Ohrekreis was with its southern neighbor, the Bördekreis, merged. The name of the new circle is the district of Borde.
Coat of arms
Blazon: " oblique Links Divided by wave cut red over silver, above a silver fünfblättriger book branch, below a blue wave swash links bar. "
The approval of the coat of arms was made on 11 May 1995.
The blue wave swash links bar symbolizes the river tubes, the cross winds through the county territory that crosses three cities Oebisfelde, Haldensleben and Wolmirstedt and the district its name. The book is the large branch of the beech woodlands Flechtinger ridge. The circle colors red and white are derived from the colors of the Archdiocese or the Duchy of Magdeburg, which included the majority of the Ohrekreis.
Cities and Towns
(Population at 31 December 2006)
Unit communities
Management communities Model Joint Administration Office with its member communities
- 2 Management Community High Borde
- 3 Management Community Flechtingen
- 4 Community Management Oebisfelde - Calvörde
Community management model support community
Territorial changes
Since 1995, many changes took place in the area Ohrekreis.
Of the original 11 -governing communities were still 5 -governing communities in the dissolution of the district. At the same time, the number of municipalities remained constant.
Administration changes Communities
- Resolution of the joint management Low Borde - formation of the unified community Low flange of the member communities (1 January 2004 )
- Resolution of the Management Community Central Plateau - formation of the unified community Mittelland ( 1 July 2004)
- Resolution of the Management Community Northern Borde - inclusion of communities in the management of Community High flange (20 September 2004)
- Formation of the joint management Wolmirstedt from the community Farsleben from the administrative community Elbe- ear and the administration of Community -level city Wolmirstedt (1 January 2005 )
- Formation of the joint management Oebisfelde - Calvörde from the management communities Calvörde and Oebisfelde (1 January 2005 )
- Formation of the joint management Flechtingen from the management communities Bever Spring, Flechtinger ridge and Weferlingen (1 January 2005 )
- Formation of the joint management Elbe Heath from the administrative Communities South Heath, Southern Altmark / Elbe and the Elbe - ear (without the community Farsleben ) ( 1 January 2005)
Name Changes
- Of Calvörde stains Calvörde (16 April 2002)