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

Bezirk Leipzig
District
Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 51°20′N 12°45′E
Country	German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions	12 Kreise and 1 Stadtkreis
Formed	1952
Dissolved	1990
Seat	Leipzig
Area
• Total	4,966 km2 (1,917 sq mi)
Population  (1989)[1]
• Total	1,360,900
• Density	270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	S, U

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 part of the state of Saxony except kreise of Altenburg and Schmölln, became part of Thuringia.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Leipzig, correspondent to the area of the actual Direktionsbezirk Leipzig, bordered with the Bezirke of Halle, Cottbus, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt and Gera.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 13 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 12 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban district : Leipzig.
• Rural districts : Altenburg; Borna; Delitzsch; Döbeln; Eilenburg; Geithain; Grimma; Leipzig-Land; Oschatz; Schmölln; Torgau; Wurzen.

See also

• Direktionsbezirk Leipzig

References

External links

Media related to Leipzig District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons

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[ru] Лейпциг (округ)