District of Halle
Bezirk Halle
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Halle
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Halle within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalHalle
Area 
 1989
8,771 km2 (3,387 sq mi)
Population 
 1989
1,776,500
History 
 Established
1952
 Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
Today part ofGermany

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):

  • Urban districts : Dessau; Halle; Halle-Neustadt.[1]
  • Rural districts : Artern; Aschersleben; Bernburg; Bitterfeld; Eisleben; Gräfenhainichen; Hettstedt; Hohenmölsen; Köthen; Merseburg; Naumburg; Nebra; Quedlinburg; Querfurt; Roßlau; Saalkreis; Sangerhausen; Weißenfels; Wittenberg; Zeitz.

See also

References

  1. Former city, now a quarter part of Halle

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