The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old Germanstates. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished following German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Brandenburg.
bezirk, potsdam, district, bezirk, east, germany, administrative, seat, main, town, potsdam, district, potsdamdistrict, bezirk, east, germany1952, 1990coat, armslocation, within, german, democratic, republiccapitalpotsdamarea, 198912, population, 19891, 800gov. The Bezirk Potsdam was a district Bezirk of East Germany The administrative seat and the main town was Potsdam District of PotsdamBezirk PotsdamDistrict Bezirk of East Germany1952 1990Coat of armsLocation of Bezirk Potsdam within the German Democratic RepublicCapitalPotsdamArea 198912 568 km2 4 853 sq mi Population 19891 123 800GovernmentSED First Secretary 1952 1956Kurt Seibt 1956 1957Eduard Goetzel acting 1957 1964Kurt Seibt 1964 1976 Werner Wittig 1976 1989Gunther Jahn 1989 1990Heinz VietzeChairman of the Council of the Bezirk 1952 1953Curt Wach 1953 1957Josef Stadler 1957 1960Herbert Rutschke 1960 1962Franz Peplinski 1963 1971Herbert Puchert 1971 1974Gunter Pappenheim 1974 1977Werner Eidner 1977 1990Herbert Tzschoppe 1990Jochen Wolf as Regierungsbevollmachtigter History Established1952 Disestablished1990Preceded by Succeeded by Brandenburg 1945 1952 Saxony Anhalt 1945 1952 Brandenburg Saxony AnhaltToday part ofGermany Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Position 2 2 Subdivision 3 ReferencesHistory editThe 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 editPosition edit 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 edit 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 Juterbog Konigs Wusterhausen Kyritz Luckenwalde Nauen Neuruppin Oranienburg Potsdam Pritzwalk Rathenow Wittstock Zossen References edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bezirk Potsdam amp oldid 1224661405, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,