District of Schwerin Bezirk Schwerin | |||||||||||||
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District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||||||
1952–1990 | |||||||||||||
Location of Bezirk Schwerin within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||||||
Capital | Schwerin | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
• 1989 | 8,672 km2 (3,348 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1989 | 595,200 | ||||||||||||
Government | |||||||||||||
SED First Secretary | |||||||||||||
• 1952–1974 | Bernhard Quandt | ||||||||||||
• 1974–1989 | Heinz Ziegner | ||||||||||||
• 1989 | Hans-Jürgen Audehm | ||||||||||||
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||||||
• 1952–1958 | Wilhelm Bick | ||||||||||||
• 1958–1960 | Josef Stadler | ||||||||||||
• 1960–1968 | Michael Grieb | ||||||||||||
• 1968–1989 | Rudi Fleck | ||||||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Siegfried Hempelt (acting) | ||||||||||||
• 1990 | Georg Diederich (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
The Bezirk Schwerin was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Schwerin.
The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990, it was disestablished due to the German reunification. Most of the Bezirk Schwerin became part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the exception of the district of Perleberg, which went to Brandenburg and Amt Neuhaus, which went to Lower Saxony in former West Germany.
The Bezirk Schwerin bordered with the Bezirke of Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Potsdam and Magdeburg. It bordered also with West Germany.
The Bezirk was divided into 11 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreise) and 10 rural districts (Landkreise):
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