fbpx
Wikipedia

Regierungsbezirk

January 09, 2024

A Regierungsbezirk (German pronunciation: [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsbəˌtsɪʁk] ⓘ) means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany. Currently, four of sixteen Bundesländer (states of Germany) are split into Regierungsbezirke. Beneath these are rural and urban districts.

Federal LevelFederal StatesCity States(Governmental Districts)(Rural) Districts(Collective Municipalities)Municipalities(Municipalities)Urban Districts
Administrative divisions of Germany (clickable image)
Regierungsbezirke in Germany as of 1 August 2008. The map also shows the former Regierungsbezirke of Lower Saxony, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony.

Regierungsbezirke (pronounced [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsbəˌt͡sɪʁkə] ⓘ) serve as regional mid-level local government units in four of Germany's sixteen federal states: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. Each of the nineteen Regierungsbezirke features a non-legislative governing body called a Regierungspräsidium (governing presidium) or Bezirksregierung (district government) headed by a Regierungspräsident (governing president), concerned mostly with administrative decisions on a local level for districts within its jurisdiction.[1] Saxony has Direktionsbezirke (directorate districts) with more responsibilities shifted from the state parliament.

Translations edit

Regierungsbezirk is a German term variously translated into English as "governmental district",[2] "administrative district"[3][4] or "province",[5][6] with the first two being the closest literal translations.

History edit

The first Regierungsbezirke were established in the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Prussia in 1808. During the course of the Prussian reforms between 1808 and 1816, Prussia subdivided its provinces into 25 Regierungsbezirke, eventually featuring 37 such districts within 12 provinces. By 1871, at the time of German unification, the concept of Regierungsbezirke had been adopted by most States of the German Empire. Similar entities were initially established in other states under different names, including Kreishauptmannschaft (district captainship) in Saxony, Kreis (district) in Bavaria and Württemberg (not to be confused with the present-day Kreis or Landkreis districts), and province in Hesse. The names of these equivalent administrative divisions were standardized to Regierungsbezirk in Nazi Germany, but after World War II these naming reforms were reverted.

The Regierungsbezirke in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in modern Germany are in direct continuation of those created in the Prussian Rhine and Westphalia provinces in 1816. Regierungsbezirke never existed in Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Saarland.

In 1946, Lower Saxony was founded by the merger of the three former Free States of Brunswick, Oldenburg, Schaumburg-Lippe, and the former Prussian province of Hanover. Brunswick and Oldenburg became Verwaltungsbezirke [fɛɐ̯ˈvaltʊŋsbəˌt͡sɪʁkə] ⓘ(roughly administrative regions of extended competence) alongside six less autonomous Prussian-style Regierungsbezirke comprising the Province of Hanover and Schaumburg-Lippe. These differences in autonomy and size were levelled on 1 January 1978, when four Regierungsbezirke replaced the two Verwaltungsbezirke and the six Regierungsbezirke: Brunswick and Oldenburg, Aurich, Hanover (remaining mostly the same), Hildesheim, Lüneburg, Osnabrück and Stade.

Following the reunification of Germany in 1990, the territory of the former East Germany was organized into six re-established new federal states, including a reunified Berlin. Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt established three Regierungsbezirke each, while the other new states didn't implement them.

2000s disbandment and reorganization edit

During the 2000s, four German states discontinued the use of Regierungsbezirke. On 1 January 2000, Rhineland-Palatinate disbanded its three Regierungsbezirke of Koblenz, Rheinhessen-Pfalz and Trier. The employees and assets of the three Bezirksregierungen (German pronunciation: [bəˈt͡sɪʁksʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋən] ⓘ) were converted into three public authorities responsible for the whole state, each covering a part of the former responsibilities of the Bezirksregierung (German: [bəˈt͡sɪʁksʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋ] ⓘ).

On 1 January 2004, Saxony-Anhalt disbanded its three Regierungsbezirke of Dessau, Halle and Magdeburg. The responsibilities are now covered by a Landesverwaltungsamt (county administration office) with three offices at the former seats of the Bezirksregierungen. On 1 January 2005, Lower Saxony followed suit, disbanding its remaining four Regierungsbezirke of Brunswick, Hanover, Lüneburg, and Weser-Ems.

On 1 August 2008, Saxony restructured its counties (Landkreise, German: [ˈlantˌkʁaɪ̯zə] ⓘ), changed the name of its Regierungsbezirke to Direktionsbezirke (directorate districts), and moved some responsibilities to the districts. The Direktionsbezirke were still named Chemnitz, Dresden, and Leipzig, but a border change was necessary because the new district of Mittelsachsen crossed the borders of the old Regierungsbezirke. On 1 March 2012, the Direktionsbezirke were merged into one Landesdirektion (county directorate).

Regierungsbezirke by state edit

Currently, only four German states out of 16 in total are divided into Regierungsbezirke; all others are directly divided into districts without mid-level agencies. Those four states are divided into a total of 19 Regierungsbezirke, ranging in population from 5,255,000 (Düsseldorf) to 1,065,000 (Gießen):

List of historic former Regierungsbezirke edit

References edit

  1. ^ Regional Governments in France, Germany, Poland and The Netherlands (HTML version of PowerPoint presentation) – Cachet, A (coordinator), Erasmus University, Rotterdam[dead link]
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. ^
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  5. ^ Jablonsky, David. The Nazi Party in Dissolution: Hitler and the Verbotzeit 1923–25, London: Routledge, 1989, p. 27.
  6. ^ Shapiro, Henry D. and Jonathan D. Sarna, Ethnic Diversity and Civic Identity, Illinois: UIP, 1992, p. 135.

External links edit

  Media related to Regierungsbezirk at Wikimedia Commons

January 09, 2024
regierungsbezirk, german, pronunciation, ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsbəˌtsɪʁk, means, governmental, district, type, administrative, division, germany, currently, four, sixteen, bundesländer, states, germany, split, into, beneath, these, rural, urban, districts, administrative, . A Regierungsbezirk German pronunciation ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsbeˌtsɪʁk means governmental district and is a type of administrative division in Germany Currently four of sixteen Bundeslander states of Germany are split into Regierungsbezirke Beneath these are rural and urban districts Administrative divisions of Germany clickable image Regierungsbezirke in Germany as of 1 August 2008 The map also shows the former Regierungsbezirke of Lower Saxony Rhineland Palatinate Saxony Anhalt and Saxony Regierungsbezirke pronounced ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsbeˌt sɪʁke serve as regional mid level local government units in four of Germany s sixteen federal states Baden Wurttemberg Bavaria Hesse and North Rhine Westphalia Each of the nineteen Regierungsbezirke features a non legislative governing body called a Regierungsprasidium governing presidium or Bezirksregierung district government headed by a Regierungsprasident governing president concerned mostly with administrative decisions on a local level for districts within its jurisdiction 1 Saxony has Direktionsbezirke directorate districts with more responsibilities shifted from the state parliament Contents 1 Translations 2 History 2 1 2000s disbandment and reorganization 3 Regierungsbezirke by state 4 List of historic former Regierungsbezirke 5 References 6 External linksTranslations editRegierungsbezirk is a German term variously translated into English as governmental district 2 administrative district 3 4 or province 5 6 with the first two being the closest literal translations History editThe first Regierungsbezirke were established in the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Prussia in 1808 During the course of the Prussian reforms between 1808 and 1816 Prussia subdivided its provinces into 25 Regierungsbezirke eventually featuring 37 such districts within 12 provinces By 1871 at the time of German unification the concept of Regierungsbezirke had been adopted by most States of the German Empire Similar entities were initially established in other states under different names including Kreishauptmannschaft district captainship in Saxony Kreis district in Bavaria and Wurttemberg not to be confused with the present day Kreis or Landkreis districts and province in Hesse The names of these equivalent administrative divisions were standardized to Regierungsbezirk in Nazi Germany but after World War II these naming reforms were reverted The Regierungsbezirke in the state of North Rhine Westphalia in modern Germany are in direct continuation of those created in the Prussian Rhine and Westphalia provinces in 1816 Regierungsbezirke never existed in Bremen Hamburg Schleswig Holstein and Saarland In 1946 Lower Saxony was founded by the merger of the three former Free States of Brunswick Oldenburg Schaumburg Lippe and the former Prussian province of Hanover Brunswick and Oldenburg became Verwaltungsbezirke fɛɐ ˈvaltʊŋsbeˌt sɪʁke roughly administrative regions of extended competence alongside six less autonomous Prussian style Regierungsbezirke comprising the Province of Hanover and Schaumburg Lippe These differences in autonomy and size were levelled on 1 January 1978 when four Regierungsbezirke replaced the two Verwaltungsbezirke and the six Regierungsbezirke Brunswick and Oldenburg Aurich Hanover remaining mostly the same Hildesheim Luneburg Osnabruck and Stade Following the reunification of Germany in 1990 the territory of the former East Germany was organized into six re established new federal states including a reunified Berlin Saxony and Saxony Anhalt established three Regierungsbezirke each while the other new states didn t implement them 2000s disbandment and reorganization edit During the 2000s four German states discontinued the use of Regierungsbezirke On 1 January 2000 Rhineland Palatinate disbanded its three Regierungsbezirke of Koblenz Rheinhessen Pfalz and Trier The employees and assets of the three Bezirksregierungen German pronunciation beˈt sɪʁksʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋen were converted into three public authorities responsible for the whole state each covering a part of the former responsibilities of the Bezirksregierung German beˈt sɪʁksʁeˌɡiːʁʊŋ On 1 January 2004 Saxony Anhalt disbanded its three Regierungsbezirke of Dessau Halle and Magdeburg The responsibilities are now covered by a Landesverwaltungsamt county administration office with three offices at the former seats of the Bezirksregierungen On 1 January 2005 Lower Saxony followed suit disbanding its remaining four Regierungsbezirke of Brunswick Hanover Luneburg and Weser Ems On 1 August 2008 Saxony restructured its counties Landkreise German ˈlantˌkʁaɪ ze changed the name of its Regierungsbezirke to Direktionsbezirke directorate districts and moved some responsibilities to the districts The Direktionsbezirke were still named Chemnitz Dresden and Leipzig but a border change was necessary because the new district of Mittelsachsen crossed the borders of the old Regierungsbezirke On 1 March 2012 the Direktionsbezirke were merged into one Landesdirektion county directorate Regierungsbezirke by state editCurrently only four German states out of 16 in total are divided into Regierungsbezirke all others are directly divided into districts without mid level agencies Those four states are divided into a total of 19 Regierungsbezirke ranging in population from 5 255 000 Dusseldorf to 1 065 000 Giessen Baden Wurttemberg Freiburg Karlsruhe Stuttgart Tubingen Bavaria Upper Bavaria Lower Bavaria Upper Palatinate Upper Franconia Middle Franconia Lower Franconia Swabia Hesse Darmstadt Giessen Kassel North Rhine Westphalia Arnsberg Cologne Detmold Dusseldorf MunsterList of historic former Regierungsbezirke editPrussia Berlin comprising the city and several suburbs incorporated into Regierungsbezirk Potsdam of Brandenburg in 1822 Kleve Province of Julich Cleves Berg incorporated into Dusseldorf region in 1822 Reichenbach Province of Silesia incorporated into Breslau and Liegnitz regions in 1820 Stralsund Province of Pomerania incorporated into Stettin Region in 1932 Dissolved in 1919 20 after cession of territory according to the Treaty of Versailles Bromberg Province of Posen Danzig Province of West Prussia see Free City of Danzig Lorraine Imperial Land of Alsace Lorraine Lower Alsace Imperial Land of Alsace Lorraine Marienwerder Province of West Prussia re established as West Prussia region of the East Prussia province in 1922 Posen Province of Posen Upper Alsace Imperial Land of Alsace Lorraine Established after the 1939 Invasion of Poland dissolved in 1945 Hohensalza Reichsgau Wartheland Kattowitz Province of Silesia Upper Silesia from 1941 Litzmannstadt Kalisch until 1941 Reichsgau Wartheland Posen Reichsgau Wartheland Zichenau Province of East Prussia Former eastern territories dissolved in 1945 Allenstein Province of East Prussia Breslau Province of Silesia Lower Silesia 1919 1938 1941 1945 Frankfurt Province of Brandenburg Gumbinnen Province of East Prussia Koslin Province of Pomerania Konigsberg Province of East Prussia Liegnitz Province of Silesia Lower Silesia 1919 1938 1941 1945 Oppeln Province of Silesia Upper Silesia 1919 1938 1941 1945 Posen West Prussia Schneidemuhl Province of Pomerania established in 1938 Stettin Province of Pomerania Allied occupied Germany Erfurt dissolved in 1944 1945 Frankfurt dissolved in 1945 Province of Brandenburg Liegnitz Province of Silesia dissolved in 1945 Magdeburg dissolved in 1945 reestablished in 1990 and redissolved in 2004 Merseburg dissolved in 1944 1945 Minden Province of Westphalia incorporated into Detmold in 1947 Potsdam dissolved in 1945 Province of Brandenburg Schleswig dissolved in 1946 Province of Schleswig Holstein Sigmaringen Province of Hohenzollern incorporated into Wurttemberg Hohenzollern in 1946 Stettin dissolved in 1945 Province of PomeraniaReferences edit Regional Governments in France Germany Poland and The Netherlands HTML version of PowerPoint presentation Cachet A coordinator Erasmus University Rotterdam dead link regierung oberbayern bayern de Archived from the original on 3 January 2013 Retrieved 3 February 2013 regierung oberfranken bayern de regierung unterfranken bayern de Archived from the original on 18 June 2015 Retrieved 3 February 2013 Jablonsky David The Nazi Party in Dissolution Hitler and the Verbotzeit 1923 25 London Routledge 1989 p 27 Shapiro Henry D and Jonathan D Sarna Ethnic Diversity and Civic Identity Illinois UIP 1992 p 135 External links edit nbsp Media related to Regierungsbezirk at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Regierungsbezirk amp oldid 1182770050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.