Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt




District in 21 Kreise and 5 Stadtkreise, German Democratic Republic












































Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
District

Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the German Democratic Republic
Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the German Democratic Republic

Coordinates: 50°45′N 12°45′E / 50.750°N 12.750°E / 50.750; 12.750
Country German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions 21 Kreise and 5 Stadtkreise
Formed 1952
Dissolved 1990
Seat Karl-Marx-Stadt
Area

 • Total 6,009 km2 (2,320 sq mi)
Population
(1989)[1]

 • Total 1,859,500
 • Density 310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Vehicle registration T, X

The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Karl-Marx-Stadt, renamed Chemnitz after the reunification of Germany.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Geography


    • 2.1 Position


    • 2.2 Subdivision




  • 3 References


  • 4 See also


  • 5 External links





History


The Chemnitz District (renamed, with the city, after Karl Marx on 10 May 1953) 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, its territory becoming again part of the state of Saxony.



Geography



Position


The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, corresponded to the area of the actual Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz and the southernmost one of DDR, bordered with the Bezirke of Gera, Leipzig and Dresden. It bordered also with Czechoslovakia and West German Upper Franconia.



Subdivision


The Bezirk was divided into 26 Kreise: 5 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 21 rural districts (Landkreise):




  • Urban districts : Johanngeorgenstadt; Karl-Marx-Stadt; Plauen; Schneeberg; Zwickau.


  • Rural districts : Annaberg; Aue; Auerbach; Brand-Erbisdorf; Flöha; Freiberg; Glauchau; Hainichen; Hohenstein-Ernstthal; Karl-Marx-Stadt-Land; Klingenthal; Marienberg; Oelsnitz; Plauen-Land; Reichenbach; Rochlitz; Schwarzenberg; Stollberg; Werdau; Zschopau; Zwickau-Land.



References





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




See also


  • Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz


External links


Media related to Karl-Marx-Stadt District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons










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