Bezirk Leipzig

Bezirk Leipzig
District
Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 51°20′N 12°45′E / 51.333°N 12.750°E / 51.333; 12.750
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 July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to the 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.

References

See also

• Direktionsbezirk Leipzig

External links

Media related to Bezirk Leipzig at Wikimedia Commons

Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (1949–90)
Bezirke (1952–90)	East Berlin Cottbus Dresden Erfurt Frankfurt (Oder) Gera Halle Karl-Marx-Stadt Leipzig Magdeburg Neubrandenburg Potsdam Rostock Schwerin Suhl
States (1949–52; 1990)	East Berlin (de facto) Brandenburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia