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District of SchwerinBezirk Schwerin
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Schwerin Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Schwerin within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalSchwerin
Area 
• 19898,672 km (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
Preceded by Succeeded by
Mecklenburg (1945-1952)
Brandenburg (1945-1952)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Brandenburg
Today part ofGermany

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

History

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.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Schwerin bordered with the Bezirke of Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Potsdam and Magdeburg. It bordered also with West Germany.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 11 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreise) and 10 rural districts (Landkreise):

References

Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (1949–90)
Bezirke (1952–90) Map of the DDR
States (1949–52; 1990)
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