Braunschweig (district)

The district Braunschweig existed until 1974. He was 462.44 km ² and had (30 June 1964) 82 271 inhabitants. Under the then sixty districts in Lower Saxony, he stood by the surface only at number 48, of the population but in 8th position.

History

The district was created in 1833 with the outline of the Duchy of Brunswick in six circles. With the entry into force of the recast cities of Procedure of the Free State of Brunswick, the City of Brunswick resigned from the district on April 1, 1925.

In the course of municipal reform in the communities of the Lower Set around Braunschweig main part of this district were annexed to the city of Braunschweig. Some communities were assigned to the surrounding counties Helmstedt, Peine and Wolfenbüttel. The city of Braunschweig - previously the administrative center of the collar circle - was the legal successor of the county of Brunswick.

Exclave Thedinghausen

A part of the district Braunschweig was for historical reasons ( belonging to the Duchy and the Free State of Brunswick an exclave ) 150 km far from Braunschweig in north- west: Situated on the Weser between Bremen and Verden area around Thedinghausen and Emtinghausen with time almost 5,000 inhabitants and about 63 km ². Here council meetings were held in the former Hotel Braunschweiger Hof regularly. Thedinghausen and Emtinghausen belong since 1 July 1972 for the district of Verden. The coat of arms of the municipality and the Thedinghausen Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen leans to this day to that of the former county of Brunswick. The main road in Thedinghausen still bears the name of Brunswick street after the former state capital and county seat.

Demographics

Area of ​​the district

In 1850 an extension of the district by the fact that the earlier the circle wood Minden (see History of the County Holzminden ) associated with " Office Thedinghausen settled both in relation to the administration of justice as to the management of the district Braunschweig " was.

Two years before the final dissolution of the district Braunschweig was the last time a change in its area item: The 122 years long associated circuit part Thedinghausen was spun off on June 30, 1972; the community Essenrode was incorporated into the newly formed unit teaching community on 1 July 1972 and came thus to the Brunswick County. While the communities of the Office Thedinghausen were assigned to the district of Verden, Essenrode had previously been part of the district Gifhorn. The Office Thedinghausen existed at the time of its spin-off from - since January 1, 1966 from the member communities Ahsen - Oetzen, Dibbersen - Donnerstedt ( with towns and Dibbersen Donnerstedt ) Eissel, Holtorf - Lunsen ( with localities Holtorf and Lunsen ) Horstedt, Thedinghausen and Werder existing - Samtgemeinde Thedinghausen and the communities Bahlum and Emtinghausen.

At the time of his resolution not belong to the area of ​​the district

• The villages Abbenrode, Alvesse, Beienrode, Bettmar, Bevenrode, Bienrode, Bodenstedtstraße, Bortfeld, Broitzem, Cremlingen Denstorf, Destedt, Dibbesdorf, Duttenstedt, Erkerode, Essehof, Essenrode, Essinghausen, Flechtorf, Fuerstenau, Gardessen, wholesale Brunsrode, wholesale Moving things Harvesse, Hemkenrode, Hötzum, Hondelage, Hordorf, small Brunsrode, small sliding things, small Schoeppenstedt, Köchingen, Lamme, teaching, song Willingen, Lucklum, Mascherode, ocean Village, Neubrückenstraße, Niedersickte, Obersickte, Rautheim, Rüningen, Schandelah, Schapen, Schulenrode, Sierße, Sonnenberg, Sophiental, Stöckheim in Braunschweig, Thune, Timmerlah, Vallstedt, Vechelade, Vechelde, Veltheim ( Ohe ) Völkenrode, Volkmarode, Waggum, Wahle, Watenbüttel Weddel, Wedtlenstedt, turning the castle, turning, turning cell Wendhausen, Wierthe and two village as well as
• The unincorporated areas Beienrode, Buchenhorst, Essehof I Essehof II, III Essehof, Meerdorfer wood, Querum, Sophiental I, II and Sophiental Wendhausen.

The villages of the dissolved district were in the city of Braunschweig incorporated incorporated into the counties Helmstedt, Peine, Verden and Wolfenbüttel as follows respectively:

• In the later congregation Erkerode:

• In the later congregation Sickte:

• In the later congregation Veltheim ( Ohe ):

• In the later congregation Emtinghausen:

• In the later congregation Thedinghausen:

District administrators and senior district directors

In the approximately 28 years from 1946 until the dissolution of the district Braunschweig in 1974 held office eleven district councils (one in two different time periods) as well as two senior district directors.

District administrators

Senior district directors

• October 1946 to January 1965: Helmut Meyer, Brunswick
• February 1965 until the dissolution of the district: Walter Geffers, Braunschweig