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Bezirk Frankfurt

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Formed
  
1952

Vehicle registration
  
E

Founded
  
1952

Date dissolved
  
1990

Seat
  
Frankfurt (Oder)

Area
  
7,186 km²

Population
  
713,800 (1989)

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Country
  
German Democratic Republic

Subdivisions
  
9 Kreise and 3 Stadtkreise

The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt (Oder).

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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.

Position

The Bezirk Frankfurt bordered with East Berlin and the Bezirke of Neubrandenburg, Potsdam and Cottbus. It bordered also with Poland.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 12 Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 9 rural districts (Landkreise):

  • Urban districts : Eisenhüttenstadt, Frankfurt (Oder), Schwedt.
  • Rural districts : Angermünde; Bad Freienwalde; Beeskow; Bernau; Eberswalde; Eisenhüttenstadt-Land; Fürstenwalde; Seelow; Strausberg.

    • References

    Bezirk Frankfurt Wikipedia
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