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Bezirk Rostock

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Formed
  
1952

Seat
  
Rostock

Area
  
7,075 km²

Population
  
916,500 (1989)

Dissolved
  
1990

Vehicle registration
  
A

Founded
  
1952

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Country
  
German Democratic Republic

Subdivisions
  
10 Kreise and 4 Stadtkreise

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

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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 dissolved due to the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Position

The Bezirk Rostock, the northernmost of DDR, was situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, in front of the Danish coasts. It bordered with the Bezirke of Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. It bordered also with Poland and West Germany.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 14 Kreise: 4 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 10 rural districts (Landkreise):

  • Urban districts : Greifswald; Rostock; Stralsund; Wismar.
  • Rural districts : Bad Doberan; Greifswald; Grevesmühlen; Grimmen; Ribnitz-Damgarten; Rostock-Land; Rügen; Stralsund; Wismar; Wolgast.

    • References

    Bezirk Rostock Wikipedia
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