Bezirk Cottbus
Bezirk Cottbus was a district (Bezirk) of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was Cottbus.
| District of Cottbus | |||||||||||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||||||||||
Coat of arms
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Location of Bezirk Cottbus within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||||||||||
| Capital | Cottbus | ||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||
• 1989 | 8,262 km2 (3,190 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||||
• 1989 | 884,700 | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||||||
| SED First Secretary | |||||||||||||||||
• 1952–1953 | Franz Bruk | ||||||||||||||||
• 1953–1969 | Albert Stief | ||||||||||||||||
• 1969–1989 | Werner Walde | ||||||||||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Wolfgang Thiel | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||||||||||
• 1952–1959 | Werner Manneberg | ||||||||||||||||
• 1959–1962 | Heinz Krüger | ||||||||||||||||
• 1962 | Rudolf Müller (acting) | ||||||||||||||||
• 1962–1971 | Hans Schmidt | ||||||||||||||||
• 1971–1989 | Irma Uschkamp | ||||||||||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Peter Siegesmund | ||||||||||||||||
• 1990 | Karl-Heinz Kretschmer (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||||||||
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