Bezirk Neubrandenburg

The Bezirk Neubrandenburg was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Neubrandenburg.

District of Neubrandenburg Bezirk Neubrandenburg
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Neubrandenburg within the German Democratic Republic
Capital	Neubrandenburg
Area
• 1989	10,948 km2 (4,227 sq mi)
Population
• 1989	620,500
Government
SED First Secretary
• 1952–1953	Willi Wiebershausen
• 1953–1960	Max Steffen
• 1960–1963	Georg Ewald
• 1963–1989	Johannes Chemnitzer
• 1989	Wolfgang Herrmann
• 1989–1990	Jürgen Zelm
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk
• 1952–1953	Wilhelm Steudte
• 1953–1957	Hans Jendretzky
• 1957–1959	Horst Brasch
• 1959–1962	Kurt Guter
• 1962–1967	Lothar Geissler
• 1967–1972	Adolf Garling
• 1972–1977	Gottfried Sperling
• 1977–1990	Heinz Simkowski
• 1990	Wolfgang Otto (acting)
• 1990	Martin Brick (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History
• Established	1952
• Disestablished	1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Mecklenburg (1945–1952) Brandenburg (1945–1952) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Brandenburg
Today part of	Germany

History

The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished following German reunification, becoming again mostly part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Also rural districts of Prenzlau and Templin (on 3 October 1990), municipalities of Nechlin, Wollschow, Woddow, Bagemühl and Grünberg with city of Brüssow in Pasewalk district and municipalities of Fahrenholz, Güterberg, Jagow, Lemmersdorf, Lübbenow, Milow, Trebenow, Wilsickow, Wismar (Uckerland) and Wolfshagen in Strasburg one part of the one of Brandenburg on 9 May 1992.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Neubrandenburg bordered with the Bezirke of Rostock, Schwerin, Potsdam and Frankfurt (Oder). It bordered also with Poland and a little part of it was located by the Stettin Bay, a lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 15 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 14 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban districts : Neubrandenburg.
• Rural districts : Altentreptow; Anklam; Demmin; Malchin; Neubrandenburg-Land; Neustrelitz; Pasewalk; Prenzlau; Röbel/Müritz; Strasburg; Templin; Teterow; Ueckermünde; Waren.

External links

Media related to Neubrandenburg District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons