Bezirk Rostock
The Bezirk Rostock was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Rostock.
Bezirk Rostock | |
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District | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Bezirk Rostock within the German Democratic Republic | |
Coordinates: 54°10′N 12°40′E | |
Country | German Democratic Republic |
Subdivisions | 10 Kreise and 4 Stadtkreise |
Formed | 1952 |
Dissolved | 1990 |
Seat | Rostock |
Area | |
• Total | 7,075 km2 (2,732 sq mi) |
Population (1989)[1] | |
• Total | 916,500 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Vehicle registration | A |
History
The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states. After October 3, 1990, it was dissolved due to the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Geography
Position
The Bezirk Rostock, the northernmost of DDR, was situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, in front of the Danish coasts. It bordered with the Bezirke of Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. It bordered also with Poland and West Germany.
Subdivision
The Bezirk was divided into 14 Kreise: 4 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 10 rural districts (Landkreise):
- Urban districts : Greifswald; Rostock; Stralsund; Wismar.
- Rural districts : Bad Doberan; Greifswald; Grevesmühlen; Grimmen; Ribnitz-Damgarten; Rostock-Land; Rügen; Stralsund; Wismar; Wolgast.
References
- "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989
External links
Media related to Rostock District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons
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