Bezirk Halle

Bezirk Halle
District
Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Halle within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 51°30′N 12°0′E / 51.500°N 12.000°E / 51.500; 12.000
Country	German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions	20 Kreise and 3 Stadtkreise
Formed	1952
Dissolved	1990
Seat	Halle
Area
• Total	8,771 km2 (3,387 sq mi)
Population  (1989)[1]
• Total	1,776,500
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	K, V

The Bezirk Halle was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Halle.

History[]

The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished as a consequence of the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt except Artern kreis, which became part of Thuringia.

Geography[]

Position[]

The Bezirk Halle bordered with the Bezirke of Magdeburg, Potsdam, Cottbus, Leipzig, Gera and Erfurt.

Subdivision[]

The Bezirk was divided into 23 Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 20 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban districts : Dessau; Halle; Halle-Neustadt.^[2]
• Rural districts : Artern; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

See also[]

• Regierungsbezirk Halle
• Regierungsbezirk Dessau

References[]

External links[]

Media related to Halle District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons