Bezirk Potsdam

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

District of Potsdam
Bezirk Potsdam
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Potsdam
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Potsdam within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalPotsdam
Area 
 1989
12,568 km2 (4,853 sq mi)
Population 
 1989
1,123,800
History
History 
 Established
1952
 Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Brandenburg (1945-1952)
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Brandenburg [[File:Flag of

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Saxony-Anhalt
Today part ofGermany

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 following German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Brandenburg.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Potsdam was the largest Bezirk in the GDR and the only one bordering with West Berlin. In addition, it bordered with East Berlin and the Bezirke of Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Frankfurt (Oder), Cottbus, Halle and Magdeburg.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 15 Kreise: 2 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 15 rural districts (Landkreise):

  • Urban districts : Brandenburg an der Havel; Potsdam.
  • Rural districts : Belzig; Brandenburg; Gransee; Jüterbog; Königs Wusterhausen; Kyritz; Luckenwalde; Nauen; Neuruppin; Oranienburg; Potsdam; Pritzwalk; Rathenow; Wittstock; Zossen.

References

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