Bezirk Halle

Bezirk Halle
District
Location of Bezirk Halle within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 51°30′N 12°0′E / 51.500°N 12.000°E / 51.500; 12.000
Country	German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions	20 Kreise and 3 Stadtkreise
Formed	1952
Dissolved	1990
Seat	Halle
Area
• Total	8,771 km2 (3,387 sq mi)
Population (1989)[1]
• Total	1,776,500
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	K, V

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 July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to 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):

• Urban districts : Dessau; Halle; Halle-Neustadt.^[2]
• Rural districts : Artern; Aschersleben; Bernburg; Bitterfeld; Eisleben; Gräfenhainichen; Hettstedt; Hohenmölsen; Köthen; Merseburg; Naumburg; Nebra; Quedlinburg; Querfurt; Roßlau; Saalkreis; Sangerhausen; Weißenfels; Wittenberg; Zeitz.

See also

• Regierungsbezirk Halle
• Regierungsbezirk Dessau

References

External links

Media related to Bezirk Halle at Wikimedia Commons

Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (1949–90)
Bezirke (1952–90)	East Berlin Cottbus Dresden Erfurt Frankfurt (Oder) Gera Halle Karl-Marx-Stadt Leipzig Magdeburg Neubrandenburg Potsdam Rostock Schwerin Suhl
States (1949–52; 1990)	East Berlin (de facto) Brandenburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia