Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The district would last from 1952 up to the Reunification of Germany in 1990. The administrative seat and the main town was Karl-Marx-Stadt, renamed back to Chemnitz during the reunification of Germany.
| District of Karl-Marx-Stadt Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt | |||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
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Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||
| Capital | Karl-Marx-Stadt | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1989 | 6,009 km2 (2,320 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 1,859,500 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
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