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Bezirk Potsdam

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Formed
  
1952

Seat
  
Potsdam

Area
  
12,568 km²

Dissolved
  
1990

Vehicle registration
  
D, P

Population
  
1.124 million (1989)

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Country
  
German Democratic Republic

Subdivisions
  
15 Kreise and 2 Stadtkreise

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

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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 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

    Bezirk Potsdam Wikipedia
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