Formed 1952 Area 4,966 km² | Dissolved 1990 Vehicle registration S, U Population 1.361 million (1989) | |
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Subdivisions 12 Kreise and 1 Stadtkreis | ||
The Bezirk Leipzig was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig.
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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 Saxony except kreise of Altenburg and Schmölln, became part of Thuringia.
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):
References
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