Bezirk Schwerin

The Bezirk Schwerin was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Schwerin.

District of Schwerin Bezirk Schwerin
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Schwerin within the German Democratic Republic
Capital	Schwerin
Area
• 1989	8,672 km2 (3,348 sq mi)
Population
• 1989	595,200
Government
SED First Secretary
• 1952–1974	Bernhard Quandt
• 1974–1989	Heinz Ziegner
• 1989	Hans-Jürgen Audehm
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk
• 1952–1958	Wilhelm Bick
• 1958–1960	Josef Stadler
• 1960–1968	Michael Grieb
• 1968–1989	Rudi Fleck
• 1989–1990	Siegfried Hempelt (acting)
• 1990	Georg Diederich (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History
• Established	1952
• Disestablished	1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Mecklenburg (1945-1952) Brandenburg (1945-1952) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Brandenburg
Today part of	Germany

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 due to the German reunification. Most of the Bezirk Schwerin became part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the exception of the district of Perleberg, which went to Brandenburg and Amt Neuhaus, which went to Lower Saxony in former West Germany.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Schwerin bordered with the Bezirke of Rostock, Neubrandenburg, Potsdam and Magdeburg. It bordered also with West Germany.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 11 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreise) and 10 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban district : Schwerin.
• Rural districts : Bützow; Gadebusch; Güstrow; Hagenow; Ludwigslust; Lübz; Parchim; Perleberg; Schwerin-Land; Sternberg.