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(Redirected from Leipzig (Bezirk))

District of Leipzig
Bezirk Leipzig
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990

Coat of arms of Leipzig

Coat of arms


Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalLeipzig
Area 
• 1989
4,966 km2 (1,917 sq mi)
Population 

• 1989

1,360,900
Government
SED First Secretary 

• 1952

Karl Schirdewan

• 1953–1970

Paul Fröhlich

• 1970–1989

Horst Schumann

• 1989–1990

Roland Wötzel
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk 

• 1952–1959

Karl Adolphs

• 1959–1974

Erich Grützner

• 1974–1989

Rolf Opitz

• 1989–1990

Joachim Draber

• 1990–1990

Rudolf Krause (asRegierungsbevollmächtigter)
History 

• Established

1952

• Disestablished

1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxony (1945–1952)
Thuringia
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Saxony
Thuringia
Today part ofGermany

The Bezirk Leipzig was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany that would last from 1952 to 1990. Leipzig would be reabsorbed into Saxony after the reunification of Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig.

History[edit]

The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished following German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Saxony except kreise of Altenburg and Schmölln, became part of Thuringia.

Geography[edit]

Position[edit]

The Bezirk Leipzig, correspondent to the area of the actual Direktionsbezirk Leipzig, bordered with the BezirkeofHalle, Cottbus, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt and Gera.

Subdivision[edit]

The Bezirk was divided into 13 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 12 rural districts (Landkreise):

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Media related to Leipzig District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons


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