The Bezirk Halle was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Halle.
| District of Halle Bezirk Halle | |||||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 Location of Bezirk Halle within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||||
| Capital | Halle | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1989 | 8,771 km2 (3,387 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1989 | 1,776,500 | ||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||
HistoryEdit
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.
GeographyEdit
PositionEdit
The Bezirk Halle bordered with the Bezirke of Magdeburg, Potsdam, Cottbus, Leipzig, Gera and Erfurt.
SubdivisionEdit
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 alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Former city, now a quarter part of Halle
External linksEdit
Media related to Halle District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons