Bezirk Neubrandenburg

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Bezirk Neubrandenburg

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

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District of Neubrandenburg
Bezirk Neubrandenburg
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
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Location of Bezirk Neubrandenburg within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalNeubrandenburg
Area 
 1989
10,948 km2 (4,227 sq mi)
Population 
 1989
620,500
Government
SED First Secretary 
 1952–1953
Willi Wiebershausen
 1953–1960
Max Steffen
 1960–1963
Georg Ewald
 1963–1989
Johannes Chemnitzer
 1989
Wolfgang Herrmann
 1989–1990
Jürgen Zelm
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk 
 1952–1953
Wilhelm Steudte
 1953–1957
Hans Jendretzky
 1957–1959
Horst Brasch
 1959–1962
Kurt Guter
 1962–1967
Lothar Geissler
 1967–1972
Adolf Garling
 1972–1977
Gottfried Sperling
 1977–1990
Heinz Simkowski
 1990
Wolfgang Otto (acting)
 1990
Martin Brick (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History 
 Established
1952
 Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mecklenburg (1945–1952)
Brandenburg (1945–1952)
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Brandenburg
Today part ofGermany
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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 following German reunification, becoming again mostly part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Also rural districts of Prenzlau and Templin (on 3 October 1990), municipalities of Nechlin, Wollschow, Woddow, Bagemühl and Grünberg with city of Brüssow in Pasewalk district and municipalities of Fahrenholz, Güterberg, Jagow, Lemmersdorf, Lübbenow, Milow, Trebenow, Wilsickow, Wismar (Uckerland) and Wolfshagen in Strasburg one part of the one of Brandenburg on 9 May 1992.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Neubrandenburg bordered with the Bezirke of Rostock, Schwerin, Potsdam and Frankfurt (Oder). It bordered also with Poland and a little part of it was located by the Stettin Bay, a lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 15 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 14 rural districts (Landkreise):

  • Urban districts : Neubrandenburg.
  • Rural districts : Altentreptow [de]; Anklam; Demmin; Malchin; Neubrandenburg-Land; Neustrelitz; Pasewalk; Prenzlau; Röbel/Müritz; Strasburg; Templin; Teterow; Ueckermünde; Waren.

References

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