| District of Halle Bezirk Halle | |||||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||||
.svg) Flag  Coat of arms | |||||||||||
 Location of Bezirk Halle within theGerman Democratic Republic | |||||||||||
| Capital | Halle/Saale | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1989 | 8,771 km2 (3,387 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1989 | 1,776,500 | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| First Secretary of theSocialist Unity Party | |||||||||||
• 1952–1953 | Bernard Koenen | ||||||||||
• 1953–1954 | Heinz Glaser | ||||||||||
• 1954–1958 | Franz Bruk | ||||||||||
• 1958–1963 | Bernard Koenen | ||||||||||
• 1963–1971 | Horst Sindermann | ||||||||||
• 1971–1981 | Werner Felfe | ||||||||||
• 1981–1989 | Hans-Joachim Böhme | ||||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Roland Claus | ||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||||
• 1952–1954 | Werner Bruschke | ||||||||||
• 1954–1958 | Helmut Becker | ||||||||||
• 1958–1966 | Otto Leopold | ||||||||||
• 1966–1984 | Helmut Klapproth | ||||||||||
• 1984–1990 | Alfred Kolodniak | ||||||||||
• 1990 | Wolfgang Süss | ||||||||||
• 1990 | Klaus Keitel(asRegierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Bezirkstag Halle | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||
TheBezirk Halle was adistrict (Bezirk) ofEast Germany. The administrative seat and the main town wasHalle.
The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the oldGermanstates. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished as a consequence of theGerman reunification, becoming again part of the state ofSaxony-Anhalt exceptArtern kreis, which became part ofThuringia.
The Bezirk Halle bordered with theBezirke ofMagdeburg,Potsdam,Cottbus,Leipzig,Gera andErfurt.
TheBezirk was divided into 23Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 20 rural districts (Landkreise):
Media related toHalle District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons
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