Bezirk Potsdam

Bezirk Potsdam
District
Location of Bezirk Potsdam within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 52°30′N 13°0′E / 52.500°N 13.000°E / 52.500; 13.000
Country	German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions	15 Kreise and 2 Stadtkreise
Formed	1952
Dissolved	1990
Seat	Potsdam
Area
• Total	12,568 km2 (4,853 sq mi)
Population (1989)[1]
• Total	1,123,800
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	D, P

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

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 Brandenburg.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Potsdam, the greatest one of DDR and the only bordering with West Berlin, bordered with East Berlin and the Bezirke of Schwerin, Neubrandenburg, Frankfurt (Oder), Cottbus, Halle and Magdeburg.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 17 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

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