Saalkreis

The Saalkreis was a district in the south of Saxony- Anhalt. On 1 July 2007 it was merged with the district of Merseburg - Querfurt the new Saalekreis in the context of the district reform in Saxony- Anhalt. Neighboring counties were the counties Bernburg, Köthen and Bitterfeld in eastern Saxony district Delitzsch, Mansfeld in the south of the district Merseburg - Querfurt and west of the county land to the north. The district-free city of Halle ( Saale) sticking out of the South like a mushroom in the district area and formed this to a downwardly open ring.

• 6.1 Coat of Arms

• 8.1 Administration changes Communities
• 8.2 Changes at the community level
• 8.3 Name changes

Geography

Through the territory of the former hall circuit flows beside the River Saale and the Salza. Other small rivers are the Laweke, dignity, Kabelske, Strengbach and Götsche. While in the western part of the area mainly dominated hills and valleys, the north and east is characterized by flat planes. The Petersberg near hall is 250.4 m above sea level with. Sea level, the highest elevation of the former hall circuit and is located in the north-east.

Administrative history

The Saalkreis 1790 included the following cities and towns:

• Halle ( Saale) as the only directly to the Duchy of Magdeburg imputed Immediatstadt in Saalkreis,
• The four cities Großalsleben (which from 1816 moved to Mansfeld Seekreis ), rounders, Löbejün, Wettin
• The 1817 Hall eingemeindeten, at that time still independent cities Glaucha and Neumarkt,
• The royal offices Giebichenstein ( now part of Halle), Beesen ( now part of Halle), Brachwitz, Rothenburg, Peter Berg and Wettin,
• The electoral- Anhalt Office Großalsleben and
• 174 more villages and towns.

On January 1, 1945, there were against it:

• The four cities Ammendorf, rounders, Löbejün and Wettin
• And 79 more municipalities.

The district administrators came from since 1553 the oldest noble families of the circle: Dieskau, Rauchhaupt, Trotha and Loeben. In the Duchy of Magdeburg were appointed to district administrators:

Kingdom of Prussia

The term " Saalkreis " the possessions of the archbishopric of Magdeburg were already summarized in the area of ​​Halle, who belonged to the now secular Duchy of Magdeburg since 1680 to Brandenburg- Prussia. 1807, the Peace of Tilsit, Prussia also lost the Saalkreis to the French Empire, of which the Prussian territories were handed over to the middle Elbe to the newly founded Kingdom of Westphalia. There, the district was part of the newly formed district of Halle Saale departments. After the defeat of Napoleon, the Prussian king also Saalkreis took with his " old provinces " repossessed. 1815 from this " existing holdings " from the period before 1807 and the acquired pursuant to the provisions of the Vienna Congress Saxon areas was formed and established as lower administrative authority of Saalkreis to October 1, 1816 again the province of Saxony. The circle belonged to the governmental district Merseburg in the Prussian province of Saxony. The district office was Wettin.

For November 10, 1819 Hall were out of the hall county in the county incorporated a page:

• The vineyards between Gimritz and Passendorf,
• The Gimritzer and cross sheep,
• The manor free Imfelde,
• The village Wörmlitz.

On October 1, 1833 District Office of Wettin was moved to Halle a S..

German Empire

Since 1 July 1867, county belonged as part of the Kingdom of Prussia, the North German Confederation and from 1 January 1871 the German Reich.

On August 10, 1876, the Gutsbezirk free Imfelde from the Saalkreis in the urban district of Halle was incorporated a p. On April 1, 1900, the rural communities Cröllwitz, Giebichenstein and Trotha and the Gutsbezirks Gimritz from Saalkreis came to the town circle Halle a S.

On September 30, 1929 local government reform took place in the hall circuit according to the development in the rest of Prussia place, in which dissolved all previously independent estate districts and neighboring rural towns have been allocated. On April 1, 1942, the municipality Löbnitz a. / Linde was the Saalkreis the district of Dessau- Köthen Anhalt incorporated into the country to eliminate exclaves.

After dissolution of the Province of Saxony on July 1, 1944, the district belonged since the new Province of Halle- Merseburg, Magdeburg Region. In spring 1945 the circle area was occupied first by the U.S. Allied Forces.

GDR

For the Saalkreis in the district hall of the GDR see Saalkreis (district hall).

District administrators

See also: List ( territorial.de )

Communal Constitution to 1945

The Saalkreis divided into municipalities, rural communities and - until its almost complete resolution - into independent estate districts. With the introduction of the Prussian municipality constitutional law of 15 December 1933, issued January 1, 1934 a uniform municipal constitution for all Prussian municipalities. The former municipalities rounders ( until 1911: Cönnern ) Löbejün and Wettin led now the designation city. With the introduction of the German church order of January 30, 1935 April 1, 1935, the leader principle was enforced at the community level. On February 15, 1937, the municipality Ammendorf received the designation awarded " city ". A new circle Constitution was not created; it still was the district regulations for the provinces of East and West Prussia, Brandenburg, Pomerania, Silesia and Saxony on 19 March 1881.

Place names

The established place names have been retained until 2007. However spellings were eliminated with "c".

1911:

• Cönnern: rounders

1937:

• Canena: Kanena
• Custrena: Kustrena
• Mucrena: Mukrena

Policy

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 13 March 1995, the Home Office, it already conferred on May 31, 1937 coat of arms was confirmed.

Blazon: " em; Field 1 and 4: shared by red and silver, Field 2: Gold in a black reinforced red lion, Field 3: Gold two blue poles ".

Cities and Towns

(Population at 31 December 2006)

Unit communities

Management communities with their member communities

Office of the Management Community *

• 2 Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Eastern Saalkreis

• 3 Management Community Saalkreis North

• 4 Community Management Western Saalkreis

• 5 administrative community dignity / Salza

Territorial changes

Since 1995, many changes took place in the area Saalkreis.

Of the original 9 -governing communities were still 5 -governing communities in the dissolution of the district. At the same time, the number of municipalities from 59 reduced to 40

Administration changes Communities

• The municipality of Hohenweiden from the administrative community and the Western Saaleaue communities Döllnitz and Lochau from the administrative community Kabelske valley in the municipality in the district of Merseburg Schkopau cross- ford (1 August 2004)
• Formation of the joint management Saalkreis north of the administrative community Northern Saalkreis and the administrative community Wettin ( inclusion of the community in the management of Community Kloschwitz Western Saalkreis ) (1 January 2005; name since 13 October 2005)
• Formation of the joint management Eastern Saalkreis from the administrative community Saalkreis - East and the administrative community Landsberg (January 1, 2005; name since the 18th August 2005)
• Resolution of VG Western Saaleaue - Integration of Anger village in the administrative community dignity / Salza; Incorporation of the other two member communities by Teutschenthal (1 January 2005 )
• Resolution of VG Kabelske Valley - formation of the unified community Kabelsketal ( incorporation of the municipality Queis to Landsberg ) ( 1 January 2005)
• The municipality of Brachstedt from the VG Eastern Saalkreis in the administrative community Götschetal -Peter Berg ( 30 March 2006)

Changes at the community level

• Resolution of the communities Holleben and Zscherben - incorporation to Teutschenthal (1 January 2005 )
• Resolution of the municipality Mösthinsdorf - incorporation to Ostrava ( 1 January 2005)
• Resolution of the communities Queis, Sietzsch and Spickendorf - incorporation to Landsberg (1 January 2005 )
• Resolution of the municipality Russias - incorporation to Landsberg (17th February 2005)
• Formation of the parish Götschetal from the communities Gutenberg, Nehlitz, Sennewitz, Teicha and Wallwitz ( Saalkreis ) ( 1 July 2006)

Name Changes

• Of Wallwitz to Wallwitz ( Saalkreis ) ( 1 January 1998)