Bezirk Leipzig
Bezirk Leipzig | |
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District | |
 Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the German Democratic Republic | |
| 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 : Altenburg; Borna; Delitzsch; Döbeln; Eilenburg; Geithain; Grimma; Leipzig-Land; Oschatz; Schmölln; Torgau; Wurzen.
See also
References
- ^ "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989
External links
Media related to Leipzig District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons
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