Bezirk Leipzig
Bezirk Leipzig | |
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District | |
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Coordinates: 51°20′N 12°45′E / 51.333°N 12.750°E | |
Country | German Democratic Republic |
Subdivisions | 12 Kreise and 1 Stadtkreis |
Formed | 1952 |
Dissolved | 1990 |
Seat | Leipzig |
Area | |
• Total | 4,966 km2 (1,917 sq mi) |
Population (1989)[1] | |
• Total | 1,360,900 |
• Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
Vehicle registration | S, U |
The Bezirk Leipzig was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig.
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 following German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Saxony except kreise of Altenburg and Schmölln, became part of Thuringia.
Geography[]
Position[]
The Bezirk Leipzig, correspondent to the area of the actual Direktionsbezirk Leipzig, bordered with the Bezirke of Halle, Cottbus, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt and Gera.
Subdivision[]
The Bezirk was divided into 13 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 12 rural districts (Landkreise):
- Urban district : Leipzig.
- Rural districts : ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
See also[]
- Direktionsbezirk Leipzig
References[]
- ^ "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989
External links[]
Media related to Leipzig District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Bezirk Leipzig
- Districts of East Germany
- 20th century in Saxony
- 1952 establishments in East Germany
- 1990 disestablishments in Germany
- States and territories established in 1952