Bezirk Leipzig
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| common_name | Leipzig |
| conventional_long_name | District of Leipzig |
| native_name | Bezirk Leipzig |
| subdivision | District (Bezirk) |
| nation | East Germany |
| image_flag | Flag of Leipzig.svg |
| image_coat | DDR Wappen Leipzig.png |
| image_map | District of Leipzig in German Democratic Republic.svg |
| image_map_caption | Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the German Democratic Republic |
| capital | Leipzig |
| stat_area1 | 4966 |
| stat_pop1 | 1,360,900 |
| stat_year1 | 1989 |
| leader1 | Karl Schirdewan |
| leader2 | Paul Fröhlich |
| leader3 | Horst Schumann |
| leader4 | Roland Wötzel |
| year_leader1 | 1952 |
| year_leader2 | 1953–1970† |
| year_leader3 | 1970–1989 |
| year_leader4 | 1989–1990 |
| title_leader | First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party |
| title_deputy | Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk |
| deputy1 | Karl Adolphs |
| deputy2 | Erich Grützner |
| deputy3 | Rolf Opitz |
| deputy4 | Joachim Draber |
| deputy5 | Rudolf Krause (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) |
| year_deputy1 | 1952–1959 |
| year_deputy2 | 1959–1974 |
| year_deputy3 | 1974–1989 |
| year_deputy4 | 1989–1990 |
| year_deputy5 | 1990–1990 |
| legislature | Bezirkstag Leipzig |
| p1 | Saxony (1945–1952) |
| flag_p1 | Flag of Saxony.svg |
| p2 | Thuringia |
| flag_p2 | Flag of Thuringia.svg |
| s1 | Saxony |
| flag_s1 | Flag of Saxony.svg |
| s2 | Thuringia |
| flag_s2 | Flag of Thuringia.svg |
| year_start | 1952 |
| year_end | 1990 |
| today | Germany |
| p3 | Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952) |
| flag_p3 | Flagge Preußen - Provinz Sachsen.svg |
| :: |
| common_name = Leipzig | conventional_long_name = District of Leipzig | native_name = Bezirk Leipzig | subdivision = District (Bezirk) | nation = East Germany | image_flag = Flag of Leipzig.svg | image_coat = DDR Wappen Leipzig.png | image_map = District of Leipzig in German Democratic Republic.svg | image_map_caption = Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the German Democratic Republic | capital = Leipzig | coordinates = | stat_area1 = 4966 | stat_pop1 = 1,360,900 | stat_year1 = 1989 | leader1 = Karl Schirdewan | leader2 = Paul Fröhlich | leader3 = Horst Schumann | leader4 = Roland Wötzel | year_leader1 = 1952 | year_leader2 = 1953–1970† | year_leader3 = 1970–1989 | year_leader4 = 1989–1990 | title_leader = First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party |title_deputy = Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk |deputy1 = Karl Adolphs |deputy2 = Erich Grützner |deputy3 = Rolf Opitz |deputy4 = Joachim Draber |deputy5 = Rudolf Krause (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) |year_deputy1 = 1952–1959 |year_deputy2 = 1959–1974 |year_deputy3 = 1974–1989 |year_deputy4 = 1989–1990 |year_deputy5 = 1990–1990 |legislature = Bezirkstag Leipzig | p1 = Saxony (1945–1952) | flag_p1 = Flag of Saxony.svg | p2 = Thuringia | flag_p2 = Flag of Thuringia.svg | s1 = Saxony | flag_s1 = Flag of Saxony.svg | s2 = Thuringia | flag_s2 = Flag of Thuringia.svg | year_start = 1952 | year_end = 1990 | today = Germany | p3 = Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952) | flag_p3 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Sachsen.svg
The Bezirk Leipzig was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany that would last from 1952 to 1990. Leipzig would be reabsorbed into Saxony after the reunification of Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig.
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 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
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