Bezirk Frankfurt

District of Frankfurt (Oder) Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder)
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Frankfurt within the German Democratic Republic
Capital	Frankfurt (Oder)
Area
• 1989	7,186 km2 (2,775 sq mi)
Population
• 1989	713,800
Government
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
• 1952–1958	Gerhard Grüneberg
• 1958–1961	Eduard Goetzel
• 1961–1971	Erich Mückenberger
• 1971–1988†	Hans-Joachim Hertwig
• 1988–1989	Christa Zellmer
• 1989–1990	Bernd Meier
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk
• 1952–1956	Franz Peplinski
• 1956–1960	Günter Springer
• 1960–1963	Hans Albrecht
• 1963–1969	Harry Mönch
• 1969–1989	Siegfried Sommer
• 1989–1990	Gundolf Baust
• 1990	Britta Schellin (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
Legislature	Bezirkstag Frankfurt (Oder)
History
• Established	1952
• Disestablished	1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Brandenburg (1945-1952) Brandenburg
Today part of	Germany

The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt (Oder).

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 due to the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Brandenburg.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Frankfurt bordered with East Berlin and the Bezirke of Neubrandenburg, Potsdam and Cottbus. It bordered also with Poland.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 12 Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 9 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban districts : Eisenhüttenstadt, Frankfurt (Oder), Schwedt.
• Rural districts : Angermünde; Bad Freienwalde; Beeskow; Bernau; Eberswalde; Eisenhüttenstadt-Land; Fürstenwalde; Seelow; Strausberg.