Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
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 back to Chemnitz after the reunification of Germany.
Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt | |
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District | |
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 Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the German Democratic Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°45′N 12°45′E | |
| 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 |
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.
See also
References
- "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989
External links
Media related to Karl-Marx-Stadt District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons
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