Bezirk Leipzig

The Bezirk Leipzig was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany that would last from 1952 to 1990. Leipzig would be reabsorbed into Saxony after the reunification of Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig.

District of Leipzig
Bezirk Leipzig
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990

Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalLeipzig
Area 
 1989
4,966 km2 (1,917 sq mi)
Population 
 1989
1,360,900
Government
SED First Secretary 
 1952
Karl Schirdewan
 1953–1970
Paul Fröhlich
 1970–1989
Horst Schumann
 1989–1990
Roland Wötzel
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk 
 1952–1959
Karl Adolphs
 1959–1974
Erich Grützner
 1974–1989
Rolf Opitz
 1989–1990
Joachim Draber
 1990–1990
Rudolf Krause (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History 
 Established
1952
 Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxony (1945–1952)
Thuringia
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Saxony
Thuringia
Today part ofGermany
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