Bezirk Leipzig

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

Bezirk Leipzig
District
Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 51°20′N 12°45′E
CountryGerman Democratic Republic
Subdivisions12 Kreise and 1 Stadtkreis
Formed1952
Dissolved1990
SeatLeipzig
Area
 • Total4,966 km2 (1,917 sq mi)
Population
 (1989)[1]
 • Total1,360,900
 • Density270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Vehicle registrationS, U

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.
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See also

References
  1. "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989

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