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Bezirk Leipzig

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

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
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party 
• 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 (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
LegislatureBezirkstag Leipzig
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

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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

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Position

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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

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

See also

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References

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Media related to Leipzig District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons