Bezirk Halle

The Bezirk Halle was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Halle.

Bezirk Halle
District
Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Halle within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 51°30′N 12°0′E
CountryGerman Democratic Republic
Subdivisions20 Kreise and 3 Stadtkreise
Formed1952
Dissolved1990
SeatHalle
Area
 • Total8,771 km2 (3,387 sq mi)
Population
 (1989)[1]
 • Total1,776,500
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Vehicle registrationK, V

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-Anhalt except Artern kreis, which became part of Thuringia.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Halle bordered with the Bezirke of Magdeburg, Potsdam, Cottbus, Leipzig, Gera and Erfurt.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 23 Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 20 rural districts (Landkreise):

  • Urban districts : Dessau; Halle; Halle-Neustadt.[2]
  • Rural districts : Artern; Aschersleben; Bernburg; Bitterfeld; Eisleben; Gräfenhainichen; Hettstedt; Hohenmölsen; Köthen; Merseburg; Naumburg; Nebra; Quedlinburg; Querfurt; Roßlau; Saalkreis; Sangerhausen; Weißenfels; Wittenberg; Zeitz.
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See also

References
  1. "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989
  2. Former city, now a quarter part of Halle

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