Bezirk Halle Explained

Common Name:Halle
Conventional Long Name:District of Halle
Native Name:Bezirk Halle
Subdivision:District (Bezirk)
Nation:East Germany
Image Map Caption:Location of Bezirk Halle within the German Democratic Republic
Capital:Halle
Stat Area1:8771
Stat Pop1:1,776,500
Stat Year1:1989
Leader1:Bernard Koenen
Leader2:Heinz Glaser
Leader3:Franz Bruk
Leader4:Bernard Koenen
Leader5:Horst Sindermann
Leader6:Werner Felfe
Leader7:Hans-Joachim Böhme
Leader8:Roland Claus
Year Leader1:1952–1953
Year Leader2:1953–1954
Year Leader3:1954–1958
Year Leader4:1958–1963
Year Leader5:1963–1971
Year Leader6:1971–1981
Year Leader7:1981–1989
Year Leader8:1989–1990
Title Leader:SED First Secretary
Title Deputy:Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk
Deputy1:Werner Bruschke
Deputy2:Helmut Becker
Deputy3:Otto Leopold
Deputy4:Helmut Klapproth
Deputy5:Alfred Kolodniak
Deputy6:Wolfgang Süss
Deputy7:Klaus Keitel
Year Deputy1:1952–1954
Year Deputy2:1954–1958
Year Deputy3:1958–1966
Year Deputy4:1966–1984
Year Deputy5:1984–1990
Year Deputy6:1990
Year Deputy7:1990
P1:Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Flag P1:Flagge Preußen - Provinz Sachsen.svg
S1:Saxony-Anhalt
Flag S1:Flag of Saxony-Anhalt (state).svg
S2:Thuringia
Flag S2:Flag of Thuringia.svg
Year Start:1952
Year End:1990
Today:Germany

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

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 as a consequence of the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt except Artern kreis, which became part of Thuringia.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Halle bordered with the Bezirke of Magdeburg, Potsdam, Cottbus, Leipzig, Gera and Erfurt.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 23 Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 20 rural districts (Landkreise):

See also

Notes and References

  1. Former city, now a quarter part of Halle