On the basis of a proposal drawn up by a commission of experts, some of the state tasks were transferred to districts and municipalities.
The previous distinguishing symbols ANA, ASZ, AU, MAB, MEK, STL, SZB and ZP can be issued again as of 9 November 2012.
There are no differences in the allocation of number groups for the city and the municipalities in the rest of the Görlitz district.
The previous distinguishing symbols LÖB, NOL, NY, WSW and ZI can be allocated again as of 9 November 2012.
[5] The vehicle registration number is L and can be distinguished from the city of Leipzig by a different allocation group.
The previous distinguishing symbols BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL and WUR can be assigned again as of 9 November 2012.
The citizens voted against this request with a narrow majority of 52.67% and thus in favor of retaining the license plate FG .
The previous distinguishing signs BED , DL , FLÖ , HC , MW and RL can be issued again as of 9 November 2012.
In Zwickau and Plauen, the planned loss of district freedom led to a disagreement between the Interior Ministry and the mayors of the cities.
Many historical reasons (from the time before the division of Upper Lusatia as a result of the Napoleonic Wars) also spoke in favour of Bautzen, e.g. B. that the Kamenz district is the main settlement area of the Sorbs and that Bautzen has in fact been the “capital” of the Sorbs since ancient times.
It was hoped that at least some offices of the Bautzen district would be brought to the city (which was successful) and that it would become the location for the rescue control center in Upper Lusatia.
The city of Zwickau has also expressed interest in this plan because it too fears receiving less financial support.
[citation needed] The city of Plauen then filed a lawsuit before the Saxon Constitutional Court and applied for an interim injunction against the district reform.
The Constitutional Court of the Free State of Saxony rejected the town of Aue's application for a municipal review of the law on 27 June 2008.
This step was already demanded by many district administrators in the Leipzig area in 1994, but was met with resistance from the state government at the time.
The so-called "City-Environment Act" also stipulated that the city of Borna was obliged to build a district office.
The Constitutional Court of the Free State of Saxony rejected the city of Grimma's application for a municipal review of legal norms on 27 June 2008.
Ultimately, Borna's structural weakness, the expected better economic development due to the district seat and the greater importance of the existing links with the surrounding area of the city are said to have led to this selection.
The successful tourist and economic development of the Leipzig Neuseenland, a former mining landscape, is closely linked to the district seat in Borna.
Critics complained that it will lead to a division of Upper Lusatia, which would contradict the wishes of most citizens.
In addition, a large Upper Lusatia district is the logical consequence of the dramatic population decline.
While the majority of citizens rejected the planned district reform in surveys and preferred a merger with Bautzen, politicians sent out contradictory signals.
The head of the Saxon State Chancellery, Hermann Winkler, whose constituency is in Grimma, agreed to the Interior Ministry's draft, even though Borna was chosen as the new district town.
Borna was chosen over Grimma as the future district seat, primarily because of the existing structural weakness in the southern Leipzig area due to the former brown coal opencast mines and because of the expected more favorable future economic development.
However, this is very questionable from a technical point of view, as Borna has already shrunk increasingly over the past 15 years and therefore no economic improvement is to be expected.
In addition, Borna is only the third largest city in the new district in terms of population (after Grimma and Markkleeberg).
In addition, a former barracks site in Borna was extensively restored and converted into a district office for around 16 million euros.
However, this is also questionable, as the Muldental district has also invested around 15 million euros in the renovation of its administrative buildings in the past.
The opponents argued firstly that there are no common identities or relationships between the peripheral parts of the district (for example Schkeuditz and Oschatz).