Common Name: | Frankfurt (Oder) |
Conventional Long Name: | District of Frankfurt (Oder) |
Native Name: | Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder) |
Subdivision: | District (Bezirk) |
Nation: | East Germany |
Image Map Caption: | Location of Bezirk Frankfurt within the German Democratic Republic |
Capital: | Frankfurt (Oder) |
Stat Area1: | 7186 |
Stat Pop1: | 713,800 |
Stat Year1: | 1989 |
Leader1: | Gerhard Grüneberg |
Leader2: | Eduard Goetzel |
Leader3: | Erich Mückenberger |
Leader4: | Hans-Joachim Hertwig |
Leader5: | Christa Zellmer |
Leader6: | Bernd Meier |
Year Leader1: | 1952–1958 |
Year Leader2: | 1958–1961 |
Year Leader3: | 1961–1971 |
Year Leader4: | 1971–1988† |
Year Leader5: | 1988–1989 |
Year Leader6: | 1989–1990 |
Title Leader: | SED First Secretary |
Title Deputy: | Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk |
Deputy1: | Franz Peplinski |
Deputy2: | Günter Springer |
Deputy3: | Hans Albrecht |
Deputy4: | Harry Mönch |
Deputy5: | Siegfried Sommer |
Deputy6: | Gundolf Baust |
Deputy7: | Britta Schellin |
Year Deputy1: | 1952–1956 |
Year Deputy2: | 1956–1960 |
Year Deputy3: | 1960–1963 |
Year Deputy4: | 1963–1969 |
Year Deputy5: | 1969–1989 |
Year Deputy6: | 1989–1990 |
Year Deputy7: | 1990 |
P1: | Brandenburg (1945-1952) |
Flag P1: | Flag of Brandenburg (1945-1952).svg |
S1: | Brandenburg |
Flag S1: | Flag of Brandenburg.svg |
Year Start: | 1952 |
Year End: | 1990 |
Today: | Germany |
The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt (Oder).
The district 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, becoming again part of the state of Brandenburg.
The Bezirk Frankfurt bordered with East Berlin and the Bezirke of Neubrandenburg, Potsdam and Cottbus. It bordered also with Poland.
The Bezirk was divided into 12 Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 9 rural districts (Landkreise):