Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis

Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia ( Sorbian Delnjošlesko - hornjołužiski wokrjes ) ​​from 1994 to 2008, a district in the east of the Free State of Saxony, on the border with Poland. Largest city in the county was white water, the administrative center was Niesky. During its existence, the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia was the geographically largest district of Saxony, and the easternmost district of Germany.

In the Saxon district reform in 2008, he was incorporated into the newly formed district of Görlitz.

  • 3.1 Kreistag
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 3.3 partnerships
  • 3.4 License Plate
  • 3.5 name signs

Geography

The territory of the district was in the foothills of the Upper Lusatian Highlands and the Zittau Mountains. It was characterized by a largely flat and sparsely populated Heath and Pond Landscape in the north and up to 400 m high hill chains, such as the Königshainer mountains, in the south. The highest elevation of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia circle was the 455 m high Rotstein. To the east of the county was bounded by the Neißetal.

On the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia limited the Brandenburg Spree-Neisse district in the north, the counties Kamenz and Bautzen in the west, the county Lobau -Zittau in the south, the city of Görlitz in the Southeast and Polish Zgorzelec and Zary counties in the east.

History

The connection of the northern part of Upper Lusatia with Silesia goes back to the year 1815. By determining the Congress of Vienna, this part of Upper Lusatia fell to Prussia, and was incorporated into the existing administrative divisions here. The area of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia circle was from 1815 to 1921 and from 1938 to 1941 part of the province of Silesia and from 1921 to 1938 and from 1941 to 1945 part of the province of Lower Silesia. After German reunification established its ties with the naming of the pre-war period. The district area corresponded roughly to the west of the Neisse -lying part of the former county Rothenburg (Colonel louse. ).

Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia was named after the Saxon district reform on 1 August 1994 from the - formed counties white water, Niesky and Görlitz country whose legal successor, he was also - existing in this form since 1952. From the district of Görlitz - country town Ostritz ( with Leuba ) and the municipality of Schönau- Berzdorf were ( with gravel village on the self ) zugeorgnet on the Principal the equally new Saxon Upper Lusatia, who later renamed to County Lobau -Zittau. On January 1, 1994 the municipality Zoblitz of the district Lobau in the city Reichenbach / OL incorporated. After the dissolution of the district Hoyerswerda 1 January 1996 the municipality Uhyst joined the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia. On January 1, 1998, the district Bärwalde of the community Lohsa ( district Kamenz ) to Boxberg / OL was umgemeindet. On January 1, 1999, the district area changed for the last time by the spin-off of the communities Ludwig village, Kunnerwitz and branches of community Schöpstal from the region, with an integration to Görlitz. Until that time, the district surrounding the city have on the German side completely; then Görlitz also bordered to the county Lobau -Zittau.

The county seat was originally located in the independent city of Görlitz, bordering on the county. With the 3rd Administrative Reform Amendment Act of 23 May 1996 he was transferred to Niesky on 16 June 1996.

District of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia circle was 1994-2001 Erich Schulze Daubitz (formerly District Administrator of the white water). He was followed from 2001 to 2008 Bernd Lange of Rothenburg.

Through a re- Administrative Reform of Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia, the city of Görlitz and the county Lobau -Zittau August 1, 2008 - exactly 14 years after the founding of the counties - together with the district Görlitz Görlitz as county seat.

Demographics

With 70 inhabitants / km ² (2007 ) was the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia one of the most sparsely populated counties in Saxony. Living in the district area (area as of 1 January 2007) in 1990 to around 114,500 people, this number fell to 111,700 within five years and in the next five years to 106,100 inhabitants. The largest population decline occurred, however, in the years 2001 to 2005, when the number fell by almost 10,000 residents to about 96,800. Between 1990 and 2006, the county area lost about 20,000 people some 17 percent of its population.

Policy

Council

The council consisted of 54 members last:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms has been newly created after the establishment of the district. Following a public tender, the pretended the colors of Upper Lusatia and Silesia a reference to traditions, the design of the Independent Initiative Group of Lower Silesia was able to prevail eV and was approved by the Regional Council in Dresden on 21 July 1995.

" In blue over a trifoliate covered with a green Lindenzweig golden wall with three battlements golden plate, wherein a rotbewehrter black eagle, covered with a rising silver crescent with the cavity is sullied with a cross. "

Because the district area belongs to the Upper Lusatia, the coat of arms of the circle of the colors blue and yellow as well as the dreigezinnte wall were used. This wall was borrowed from the coat of arms of Upper Lusatia (based on the coat of arms of the city of Bautzen ).

After the north-eastern part of Upper Lusatia in 1815 became part of the Kingdom of Prussia, it became part of the province of Silesia. The Silesian eagle is therefore represented in the coat of arms of the district in its own coat of arms to steady golden ground, as ultimately the province of Lower Silesia until 1945 was also the case in the arms of the Prussian province of Silesia.

The green linden branch is a symbol of the Sorbian population in the county, whose ancestors settled here in the 6th century.

Partnerships

Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia maintained partnerships with the Bavarian districts of Neustadt an der Waldnaab and Schwandorf, the Polish district Zary and the Czech district Semily.

License Plate

At the beginning of its existence, the motor vehicle the distinctive character of the GR then independent city Görlitz was given as the seat of the district of the district in the newly formed county. From 1 January 1995 the distinguishing sign NOL was given to the county, as expiring signs remained GR (Landkreis Görlitz), HY ( county Hoyerswerda ) LÖB (District of Lobau ), NY ( county Niesky ) and SW ( County White water ) and in the Boxberger district Bärwalde, which first belonged since 1998 to the district, represented KM ( district Kamenz ). This was represented in the district by the end of the existence of the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia circle seven distinguishing marks; five of them alone in the municipality of Boxberg / Upper Lusatia.

As for the time being last NOL NOL mark -ZZ 999 was awarded on 31 July 2008, which also represents the last possible series license plates. Due to the district reform in 2008 GR since 2008 for the whole territory of the former Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia circle again awarded since the beginning of November 2012, the vehicle owners also have the option, instead of GR to apply the distinguishing signs LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW or ZI.

Name signs

The long circle name led in conjunction with the bilingual signs in the Sorbian settlement area of ​​Lausitz a curious situation, it had a better readability around 10 % of the town signs are made in a circle in oversize (120 cm × 85 cm).

Cities and Towns

At its founding, the county had 47 municipalities. As a result of incorporations within the circle and through the town of Görlitz, the number fell to 28 municipalities until 1 October 2007. Of these 28 communities had five municipal rights and 25 were merged into nine administrative groups or associations. The remaining three communities Krauschwitz, markers village and Niesky were united communities. According to the number of associations of municipalities (as of 1 January 2008), the district was in the Saxon comparison in second place, only the Vogtland district had more community associations, but also more communities.

( Population figures from December 31, 2007)

Cities

Management communities and local government associations

  • Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Muskau with the member municipalities Bad Muskau and Gablenzgasse
  • Administration Community Boxberg / O.L. with the member communities Boxberg / O.L. and Klitten
  • Management Association Diehsa with the member communities Hohendubrau, Mücka, Quitzdorf am See and Waldhufen (VV - seat)
  • Administration Community Reichenbach / O.L. with the member communities Königshain, Reichenbach / OL, Sohland a Rotstein and four churches
  • Administration Community Rietschen with the member communities Kreba -Neudorf and Rietschen
  • Administration Community Rothenburg / O.L. with the member communities Hähnichen and Rothenburg / OL
  • Community management loop with the member municipalities United Duben, loop and Trebendorf
  • Management Association White Schoeps / Neisse with the member communities Horka, Kodersdorf (VV - seat), Neißeaue and Schöpstal
  • Verwaltungsgemeinschaft White Water / O.L. with the member communities Weißkeißel and white water

Communities

Administrative centre Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape Kamenz (district) Powiat Zgorzelec County Reichenbach (Oberlausitz) Boxberg, Saxony Schwandorf (district) Markersdorf Rothenburg/Oberlausitz Gablenz, Saxony Horka, Saxony Kreba-Neudorf Vierkirchen, Saxony Annaberg Aue-Schwarzenberg Chemnitz Delitzsch (district) Freiberg (district) Leipzig Leipziger Land Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis Muldentalkreis Stollberg (district) Torgau-Oschatz Zwickauer Land Integrated Authority File
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