Koblenz (region)

The Region of Koblenz was from 1816 to 2000 existing government district, located in the city of Koblenz. It included most recently the north of Rhineland- Palatinate. With the restructuring of the provincial administration of 1 January 2000 there their districts were dissolved and transferred to the district governments in the Supervisory and Service Directorate (ADD ) or structure and approval directorates ( SGD) North and South, which is now for all the tasks and not for all tasks are responsible within their previous district. Your responsibilities spatial therefore extend partially also to the whole country. The narrower remit of SGD North comprises the territory of the former government district of Koblenz along with the former Region of Trier.

Former administrative divisions

  • Koblenz

(Valid at the resolution of 31 December 1999)

Administrative history

The history of the district of Koblenz goes back to the year 1815. At that time Prussia announced after the Congress of Vienna in its provinces in a total of 25 administrative districts of a. However, the Region of Koblenz in 1816 was within the province of the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine; In 1822, within the Rhine Province. Seat of administration was finally a built 1902-1906 Prussian government building in Koblenz. After the Second World War, the Region of Koblenz in 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

Here he was one of the first five administrative districts. The further the government districts Montabaur were (1946 from a part of the previous Prussian province of Hesse -Nassau newly created ), Trier ( 1816 built ), Rheinhessen, based in Mainz (1946 from a part of the previous People's State of Hesse newly created ) and the Palatinate with seat (new formed in 1946 from the Bavarian Rhenish Palatinate ) in Neustadt on the Wine Route.

The Region of Koblenz initially comprised the circle Coblenz (from 1887, the city of Coblenz as a city district was eliminated ) and the districts Adenau (later high Eifelkreis, 1932 resolved), Ahrweiler, old churches, Braunfels (1822 resolved or the circle Wetzlar assigned ), Cochem, Kreuznach, Linz (1822 resolved or the district Neuwied assigned ), Mayen, Meisenheim ( 1869-1932 ), Neuwied, Sankt Goar, victories (1817 in the administrative district of Arnsberg ), simmering, Wetzlar ( exclave, 1932, the administrative district of Wiesbaden ) and cell. 1937 came the district of Birkenfeld.

  • See also List of mayors in the district of Koblenz

1968 was terminated in connection with the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform of the administrative district of Montabaur and assigned its territory the Region of Koblenz. The district government in Koblenz was thus also for the counties Oberwesterwald circle (sitting Westerburg ), Loreley circle ( Sankt Goar seat ), sub- Lahn district ( seat Diez ) and Unterwesterwald circle (sitting Montabaur ) responsible.

When completed in Rhineland -Palatinate between 1969 and 1974 district reform in the rural districts into larger administrative units. From 1974 until its dissolution on 1 January 2000, the Region of Koblenz thus comprised the district-free city Koblenz and the above- mentioned 10 counties.

Government President

From 1825 to 1888 the Vice President led as Deputy Upper president ( chief of President ), the official business of the government.

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