The Bezirk Frankfurt, also Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Frankfurt (Oder).
| District of Frankfurt (Oder) Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder) | |||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||
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 Location of Bezirk Frankfurt within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||
| Capital | Frankfurt (Oder) | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1989 | 7,186 km2 (2,775 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 713,800 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party | |||||||||
• 1952–1958 | Gerhard Grüneberg | ||||||||
• 1958–1961 | Eduard Götzl | ||||||||
• 1961–1971 | Erich Mückenberger | ||||||||
• 1971–1988† | Hans-Joachim Hertwig | ||||||||
• 1988–1989 | Christa Zellmer | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Bernd Meier | ||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||
• 1952–1956 | Franz Peplinski | ||||||||
• 1956–1960 | Günter Springer | ||||||||
• 1960–1963 | Hans Albrecht | ||||||||
• 1963–1969 | Harry Mönch | ||||||||
• 1969–1989 | Siegfried Sommer | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Gundolf Baust | ||||||||
• 1990 | Britta Schellin (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||
| Legislature | Bezirkstag Frankfurt (Oder) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
History
editThe district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished due to the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Brandenburg.
Geography
editPosition
editThe Bezirk Frankfurt bordered with East Berlin and the Bezirke of Neubrandenburg, Potsdam and Cottbus. It bordered also with Poland.
Subdivision
editThe Bezirk was divided into 12 Kreise: 3 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 9 rural districts (Landkreise):
- Urban districts : Eisenhüttenstadt, Frankfurt (Oder), Schwedt.
- Rural districts : Angermünde; Bad Freienwalde; Beeskow; Bernau; Eberswalde; Eisenhüttenstadt-Land; Fürstenwalde; Seelow; Strausberg.