Regierungsbezirk Stralsund
The county of Stralsund belonged to the Prussian province of Pomerania and existed from 1818 until 1932.
History
The county of Stralsund was formed as one of three Pomeranian administrative districts in 1818. He covered the 1815 fallen to Prussia Swedish Pomerania ( Neuvorpommern and Rügen). In the special legal position of this part of the country also the reason for the establishment of the then smallest administrative district of the state as a whole can be seen. Unlike the rest of Pomerania here were neither the General Prussian law nor the laws passed in the time of the so-called Stein-Hardenberg reforms Bergische and orders (eg City Ordinance of 1808 ). An approximation of the legal situation was only gradually in the second half of the 19th century and was finally with the introduction of the Civil Code (BGB ) on January 1, 1900 largely completed. But in certain areas were still further special legal forms found nowhere else existed in Prussia and Germany, and even went back to the time of Swedish rule, such as the so-called Tertialrecht. Therefore, there was the 1802/ 03 from Wismar Stralsund moved to Greifswald Tribunal also under the name of Upper Appeals Greifswald as the final arbiter of the ordinary courts for the district until 1848 on.
The first government was introduced on January 5, 1818 in her office by the President of the Upper Pomerania, Johann August Sack. This was preceded by several years of discussion about the status of the country. Here are three options shelled out:
The appeal of the counties and cities with the king against the formation of the government district was dismissed. The Prussian system of taxation was introduced but only after a royal cabinet order of 19 November 1821 in Neuvorpommern.
Because of its small size was one of the Regierungsbezirk Stralsund to those Prussian administrative areas, which were from the beginning to the disposition. Only a few years after its formation were discussed again about his resolution. Ultimately, it was the above-described special legal status, which prevented the over again. It was only on October 1, 1932 he was united with the administrative district of Stettin.
Administrative division in the mid-19th century
" The Stralsund government district is divided into four districts, three of which after the cities in which the Landräthe have their seat, carry her name. The fourth but after the island of Rügen, of which he is alone. New -Vorpommern has the three circles: Franzburg, Pomerania, Greifswald. Rügen is the district of Rügen.
In ecclesiastical terms, the governmental district is divided into Eleven Superintendenturen, three of the Franzburger circle, two of Grimmer circle, three of Greifswald district and three comprises the island of Rügen.
All parishes are Protestant. Only in Stralsund is a Catholic church, to keep all the Catholics in the governmental districts. " ( Provincial Calendar for New -Vorpommern and the principality of Rügen to the Community 1851, p 240)
Population development in the 19th century
Stadt-/Landkreise 1900
In 1900, the government district of Stralsund consisted of an urban district and four counties. It covered an area of 4010.88 km ², to which 873 cities and towns and distributed in the 216 340 inhabitants lived.
- City Council: Stralsund (since 1873): 31 076 inhabitants
- Counties: Franzburg: 41 704 inhabitants
- Greifswald: 61 840 inhabitants
- Pomerania: 35,540 inhabitants
- Rügen district (headquarters: Bergen): 46 270 inhabitants
Stadt-/Landkreise 1925
In 1925 lived 246 941 inhabitants in the territory of the administrative district of Stralsund.
- Urban districts: Stralsund: 39 469 inhabitants
- Greifswald (since 1912): 27 622 inhabitants
- Counties: Franzburg: 45 721 inhabitants
- Greifswald: 40 085 inhabitants
- Pomerania: 40,150 inhabitants
- The Rügen (Bergen ): 53 894 inhabitants
1925, the seat of the district office of the circle Franzburg was moved to Barth. Since February 1, 1928, the county led the official name " Franz Burg- Barth ".
Government President
After 1945
From 1946 was Stralsund from the county seat of Pommern -Barth virtually unchanged emerged circle Stralsund, from its eastern part of the district of Stralsund in 1952 in the district of Rostock GDR was formed. The western part came to the newly formed county Ribnitz Damgarten. The old district of Pomerania in 1952 lost its southern part to Loitz who came to Demmin county and district Neubrandenburg, as well as the southern part of the old district of Greifswald, who came to the new Anklam county and thus also to the district Neubrandenburg. The eastern part of the old district of Greifswald to Wolgast was formed in 1952 together with the 1945 remaining in Germany part of the island of Usedom, the new circle Wolgast. The Rügen county was divided in 1952 into the circles mountains and Putbus, but this was reversed after a few years. While Stralsund consistently kept the circle of freedom, Greifswald was in the meantime until the 1970s integrated into the circle of Greifswald.
1994, now located in the state of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern Pomerania circles, Ribnitz Damgarten and Stralsund to the district of North Western Pomerania, the circles Anklam, Greifswald and Wolgast to Mecklenburg Western Pomerania were merged. Rügen remained unchanged, as maintained Greifswald and Stralsund their circle of freedom.
The district of Vorpommern - Greifswald ( offices Jarman - Tutow, Peenetal / Loitz ) formed in the wake of the district reform Mecklenburg- Vorpommern 2011 4 September 2011 from the town of Greifswald, the counties of East Pomerania, Uecker -Randow, as well as parts of the district Demmin. The new circle from the Altkreisen North Western Pomerania, Rügen and Stralsund Vorpommern - Rügen district is called.