Bezirk Frankfurt
| District of Frankfurt (Oder) Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||
.jpg) Coat of arms
| |||||||||
 Location of Bezirk Frankfurt within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||
| Capital | Frankfurt (Oder) | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1989 | 7,186 km2 (2,775 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 713,800 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| SED First Secretary | |||||||||
• 1952–1958 | Gerhard Grüneberg | ||||||||
• 1958–1961 | Eduard Goetzel | ||||||||
• 1961–1971 | Erich Mückenberger | ||||||||
• 1971–1988† | Hans-Joachim Hertwig | ||||||||
• 1988–1989 | Christa Zellmer | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Bernd Meier | ||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||
• 1952–1956 | Franz Peplinski | ||||||||
• 1956–1960 | Günter Springer | ||||||||
• 1960–1963 | Hans Albrecht | ||||||||
• 1963–1969 | Harry Mönch | ||||||||
• 1969–1989 | Siegfried Sommer | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Gundolf Baust | ||||||||
• 1990 | Britta Schellin (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt (Oder).
History[edit]
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, becoming again part of the state of Brandenburg.
Geography[edit]
Position[edit]
The Bezirk Frankfurt bordered with East Berlin and the Bezirke of Neubrandenburg, Potsdam and Cottbus. It bordered also with Poland.
Subdivision[edit]
The Bezirk was divided into 12 Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 9 rural districts (Landkreise):
- Urban districts : Eisenhüttenstadt, Frankfurt (Oder), Schwedt.
- Rural districts : Angermünde; Bad Freienwalde; Beeskow; Bernau; Eberswalde; Eisenhüttenstadt-Land; Fürstenwalde; Seelow; Strausberg.
References[edit]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
