Bezirk Potsdam

District of Potsdam

Bezirk Potsdam

District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Potsdam within the German Democratic Republic
Capital| Potsdam
Area|

• 1989

| 12,568 km2 (4,853 sq mi)
Population|

• 1989

| 1,123,800
Government|
SED First Secretary|

• 1952–1956

| Kurt Seibt

• 1956–1957

| Eduard Götzl (acting)

• 1957–1964

| Kurt Seibt

• 1964–1976†

| Werner Wittig

• 1976–1989

| Günther Jahn

• 1989–1990

| Heinz Vietze
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk|

• 1952–1953

| Curt Wach

• 1953–1957

| Josef Stadler

• 1957–1960

| Herbert Rutschke

• 1960–1962

| Franz Peplinski

• 1963–1971

| Herbert Puchert

• 1971–1974

| Günter Pappenheim

• 1974–1977

| Werner Eidner

• 1977–1990

| Herbert Tzschoppe

• 1990

| Jochen Wolf (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History|

• Established

| 1952

• Disestablished

| 1990

Preceded by | Succeeded by

|

|  | Brandenburg (1945–1952)

|

| Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
| Brandenburg |

|

Saxony-Anhalt |
Today part of| Germany

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

## 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 Brandenburg.

## Geography

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### Position

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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

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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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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

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International|

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