Bezirk Dresden




District in 15 Kreise and 2 Stadtkreise, German Democratic Republic













































Bezirk Dresden
District

Coat of arms of Bezirk Dresden
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Dresden within the German Democratic Republic
Location of Bezirk Dresden within the German Democratic Republic

Coordinates: 51°10′N 14°10′E / 51.167°N 14.167°E / 51.167; 14.167Coordinates: 51°10′N 14°10′E / 51.167°N 14.167°E / 51.167; 14.167
Country German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions 15 Kreise and 2 Stadtkreise
Formed 1952
Dissolved 1990
Seat Dresden
Area

 • Total 6,738 km2 (2,602 sq mi)
Population
(1989)[1]

 • Total 1,757,400
 • Density 260/km2 (680/sq mi)
Vehicle registration R, Y

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




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Geography


    • 2.1 Position


    • 2.2 Subdivision




  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





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 Saxony.



Geography



Position


The Bezirk Dresden, mainly correspondent to the area of the actual Direktionsbezirk Dresden and the easternmost one of DDR, bordered with the Bezirke of Cottbus, Leipzig and Karl-Marx-Stadt. It bordered also with Czechoslovakia and Poland.



Subdivision


The Bezirk was divided into 17 Kreise: 2 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 15 rural districts (Landkreise):




  • Urban districts : Dresden; Görlitz.


  • Rural districts : Bautzen; Bischofswerda; Dippoldiswalde; Dresden-Land; Freital; Görlitz; Großenhain; Kamenz; Löbau; Meißen; Niesky; Pirna; Riesa; Sebnitz; Zittau.



See also


  • Direktionsbezirk Dresden


References





  1. ^ "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989




External links


Media related to Dresden District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons










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