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Military government weekly information bulletin
Number 74 (January 1947)
[Highlights of policy], pp. [4]-18
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- he restoration of democratic self-govern- ment at municipal, county, and state levels was completed in the US Zone by the end of the 1946, climaxing some 18 months of instigating democratic procedures in Ger- many. The process involved both legislation and elections. In the fall of 1945, new mu- nicipal government codes (Gemeindeordnun- gen) were drafted by the German Land governments and approved by Military Gov- ernment. In February 1946, county govern- ment codes (Kreisordnungen) were similarly put into effect. Under these codes, represen- tative councils were elected - the municipal A view of the assembly which drafted a new constitution for Wuerttemberg-Baden. (Gemeinde) councils in January, the councils of the rural counties (Landkreise) in April, and the councils of the larger cities (Stadt- kreise) in May. (A Stadtkreis is a city which is at the same time a county. In general, all cities with more than 2uw hhabaan'ts are Stadtkreise or city-counties). These munici- pal and county councilt in turn ieeited their principal executive 6officers such as Buerger- meister or Oberbuergermeister i4th6 case 'of,"' Gemeinden and St4dtkreise, and Laendrat in the case of Landlrpise. a The restoration of democratic state (Land) governments was a more eodmplicated matter.t Signal Car s"'Ahto A ne
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