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Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt

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District of Karl-Marx-Stadt
Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Karl-Marx-Stadt
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalKarl-Marx-Stadt
Area 
• 1989
6,009 km2 (2,320 sq mi)
Population 
• 1989
1,859,500
Government
SED First Secretary 
• 1952–1959
Walter Buchheim
• 1960–1963
Rolf Weihs
• 1963–1976
Paul Roscher
• 1976–1989
Siegfried Lorenz
• 1989–1990
Norbert Kertscher
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk 
• 1952–1960
Max Müller
• 1960–1963
Werner Felfe
• 1963–1981
Heinz Arnold
• 1981–1990
Lothar Fichtner
• 1990
Albrecht Buttolo (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History 
• Established
1952
• Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxony (1945–1952)
Saxony
Today part ofGermany

The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The district existed from 1952 until 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.

History

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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

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Position

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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

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

See also

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References

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