Bezirk Rostock

District of Rostock Bezirk Rostock
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Rostock within the German 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 (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History
• Established	1952
• Disestablished	1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Mecklenburg (1945–1952) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Today part of	Germany

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

The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was dissolved following German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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.

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.

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