| District of Rostock Bezirk Rostock | |||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||
 Flag  Coat of arms | |||||||||
 Location of Bezirk Rostock within theGerman Democratic Republic | |||||||||
| Capital | Rostock | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1989 | 7,075 km2 (2,732 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 916,500 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| SED First Secretary | |||||||||
• 1952–1961 | Karl Mewis | ||||||||
• 1961–1975 | Harry Tisch | ||||||||
• 1975–1989 | Ernst Timm | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Ulrich Peck | ||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||
• 1952 | Erhard Holweger | ||||||||
• 1952–1959 | Hans Warnke | ||||||||
• 1959–1961 | Harry Tisch | ||||||||
• 1961–1969 | Karl Deuscher | ||||||||
• 1969–1986 | Willy Marlow | ||||||||
• 1986–1989 | Eberhard Kühl | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Götz Kreuer | ||||||||
• 1990 | Hans-Joachim Kalendrusch(asRegierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
TheBezirk Rostock was adistrict (Bezirk) ofEast Germany. The administrative seat and the main town wasRostock.
The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the oldGermanstates. After 3 October 1990 it was dissolved followingGerman reunification, becoming again part of the state ofMecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The Bezirk Rostock, the northernmost of DDR, was situated on the coast of theBaltic Sea, in front of theDanish coasts. It bordered with theBezirke ofSchwerin andNeubrandenburg. It bordered also withPoland andWest Germany.
TheBezirk was divided into 14Kreise: 4 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 10 rural districts (Landkreise):
Media related toRostock District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons
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