District reforms in the GDR

The article District reforms in the GDR covers the implementation of area reforms at district level, i.e. the urban and rural districts (urban districts and districts) in the GDR . The changes to the district structures made after the integration of the GDR into the Federal Republic of Germany can be found in the article District reforms in Germany after 1990 .

District reforms

In all five states of the GDR, laws to change the district and municipal boundaries were passed in April 1950, the implementation of which came into effect on July 1, 1950. In connection with the change in the district and municipality boundaries, a law on changing the boundaries of the federal states of July 13, 1950 came into effect retrospectively on July 1, 1950 .

With effect from July 25, 1952, the federal states were dissolved. Districts took their place . At this time, a major district reform also came into force.

On December 4, 1952, there were small corrective measures to this major reform. The number of circles remained unchanged.

In the following years, small regional reforms led to the creation and dissolution of urban districts and changes in the number of districts.

In the case of the circles, these affected changes

1956 the amalgamation of the districts of Bergen and Putbus to form the district of Rügen,
1957 the dissolution of the Loburg district ,
1965 the incorporation of the Seehausen district into the Osterburg district ,
1988 the dissolution of the districts Kalbe (Milde) and Tangerhütte

These changes affected the city districts

1953 the formation of the urban district of Stalinstadt ,
1954 the formation of the urban district Cottbus ,
1957 the incorporation of the previous Johanngeorgenstadt district into the Schwarzenberg district ,
1958 the incorporation of the previous urban district of Schneeberg into the district of Aue ,
1961 the formation of the urban district of Schwedt / Oder ,
1967 the formation of the urban districts of Halle-Neustadt and Suhl
1969 the formation of the urban district of Neubrandenburg
1974 the creation of the Greifswald district

1990 the incorporation of the Halle-Neustadt district into the Halle (Saale) district

Designations

Since the "order of the structure and the operation of the state bodies of the circle" of 24 July 1952, now one of the were districts belonging counties as circles out. The district regulations of the dissolved states were suspended on January 25, 1957 by Section 49 of the Act on Local Organs of State Power of January 18, 1957.

In § 2 of this, the “city council” is designated for the “city district” and the “district council” for the “district” as the “local people's representatives”. The same designations are also used in Section 1 of the “Law on Local People's Representations and their Organs in the German Democratic Republic” of July 12, 1973. Only in the law on the local people's representatives in the German Democratic Republic of July 4, 1985 is there no longer any talk of districts - on the other hand, of "districts" in the sole meaning of district, e.g. B. in Section 39. Almost five years later, the “Law on the Self-Administration of Municipalities and Districts in the GDR (Municipal Constitution)” of May 17, 1990 returns to the designation “District”. For the first time, municipalities that are not part of a district are no longer referred to as "urban districts", but only as "urban districts".

Berlin (capital of the GDR)

On the status of the eastern part of the city → East Berlin

1961 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Nauen district, Potsdam district, around West Staaken , then part of East Berlin (!)

Brandenburg

When the German Democratic Republic was founded, the following urban and rural districts existed in the country:

City districts: Brandenburg an der Havel , Cottbus , Eberswalde , Forst (Lausitz) , Frankfurt (Oder) , Guben , Potsdam , Rathenow and Wittenberge

Counties: Angermünde , Beeskow-Storkow , Calau , Cottbus , Guben , Lebus , Lübben , Luckau , Luckenwalde , Niederbarnim , Oberbarnim , Osthavelland , Ostprignitz , Prenzlau , Ruppin , Spremberg , Teltow , Templin , Westhavelland , Westprignitz and Zauch-Belzig

On July 25, 1952, it was dissolved into the districts of Cottbus (main part), Frankfurt and Potsdam . On October 3, 1990, it was rebuilt from the Cottbus, Frankfurt and Potsdam districts. The Hoyerswerda and Weißwasser districts were ceded to Saxony and Jessen to Saxony-Anhalt. The district of Perleberg became from the district of Schwerin and the districts of Prenzlau and Templin were reclassified from the district of Neubrandenburg to Brandenburg.

1950 , July 1st:

resolution

of the district of Beeskow-Storkow and division into the districts of Frankfurt (Oder) , Fürstenwalde (main part) and Lübben (Spreewald)
of the district of Calau and division into the districts of Lübben (Spreewald) , Luckau , Senftenberg (main part) and Spremberg (Lausitz)
of the district of Guben and division into the districts of Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder)
of the district of Jerichow II , Saxony-Anhalt, and division into the districts of Genthin , Saxony-Anhalt, (main part) and Westhavelland
of the district of Lebus and division into the districts of Frankfurt (Oder) , Fürstenwalde and Seelow

Inclusion

of the urban district of Cottbus in the district of Cottbus
of the urban district of Eberswalde in the district of Oberbarnim
of the urban district of Forst in the district of Cottbus
from the urban district of Frankfurt (Oder) to the district of Frankfurt (Oder)
of the urban district of Guben in the district of Cottbus
of the Rathenow district in the Westhavelland district
of the Wittenberge district in the Westprignitz district

Neoplasm

of the district of Frankfurt (Oder) from the city of Frankfurt (Oder) and communities in the districts of Beeskow-Storkow , Guben , Lebus and Lübben (Spreewald)
of the district of Fürstenwalde from communities in the districts of Beeskow-Storkow , Lebus and Niederbarnim
of the district of Seelow from the district of Lebus and communities of the districts of Niederbarnim and Oberbarnim
of the Senftenberg district from the Calau district and the communities Illmersdorf of the Cottbus district and Pademack of the Luckau district (incorporated into Zinnitz )

enlargement

of the city district of Brandenburg / Havel around communities in the district of Zauch-Belzig and the community of Klein Kreutz in the district of Westhavelland
of the district of Angermünde to the communities of the district of Randow , Mecklenburg, when the communities are assigned to the districts of Oberbarnim , Prenzlau and Templin
of the Cottbus district around the city districts of Cottbus , Forst (Lausitz) and Guben, as well as communities in the Guben district when municipalities are assigned to the Lübben (Spreewald) districts (when two communities in the Lübben district are acquired) and Spremberg (Lausitz) and the Illmersdorf community to the Senftenberg district
of the district of Lübben (Spreewald) around communities in the districts of Beeskow-Storkow , Calau , Cottbus (when two communities are assigned to the district of Cottbus) and Luckau when municipalities are assigned to the district of Frankfurt (Oder)
of the district of Luckau to the communities of the districts of Calau , Luckenwalde and Schweinitz , Saxony-Anhalt, as well as the community of Staakow of the district of Teltow with cession of communities to the district of Lübben (Spreewald) and the community of Pademack to the district of Senftenberg (incorporation into Zinnitz )
of the Niederbarnim district to the municipalities of the Oberbarnim district when municipalities are assigned to the Fürstenwalde district
of the Oberbarnim district around the Eberswalde district and municipalities of the Angermünde district when municipalities are assigned to the Niederbarnim district
of the Osthavelland district to the municipalities of the Zauch-Belzig district and the Lietzow municipality of the Westhavelland district
of the district of Ostprignitz around the community of Klein Porep (previously Porep) of the district of Parchim , Mecklenburg
of the district of Prenzlau to the communities of the districts of Angermünde , Randow , Mecklenburg, and Templin in the event of the assignment of communities to the district of Pasewalk , Mecklenburg
of the district of Ruppin around the municipality of Buchholz in the district of Neustrelitz , Mecklenburg
of the district of Spremberg (Lausitz) around communities of the district of Cottbus and the community of Rehnsdorf of the district of Calau (incorporated into Heinersbrück )
of the district of Teltow to the communities of the district of Luckenwalde (when the community Schöneweide moved from the district of Teltow to the district of Luckenwalde) and the community of Schiaß of the district of Zauch-Belzig when the municipality of Staakow was transferred to the district of Luckau
of the district of Templin to the communities of the districts of Angermünde and Neustrelitz , Mecklenburg, when municipalities are assigned to the district of Prenzlau
of the district of Westhavelland around the urban district of Rathenow and communities of the district of Jerichow II , Saxony-Anhalt, with the transfer of the community of Lietzow to the district of Osthavelland
of the district of Westprignitz around the urban district of Wittenberge

1950 , August 1st:

enlargement

of the Templin district to the Buchholz community of the Ruppin district

1950 , October 15:

enlargement

of the Niederbarnim district around the Stolpe-Süd district of Berlin (West) (!)

1951 , August 1st:

enlargement

of the Fürstenwalde district around the municipality of Berkenbrück in the Seelow district

1952 , July 25th:

resolution

of the district of Frankfurt (Oder) and division into the urban district of Frankfurt (Oder) and the districts of Beeskow , Fürstenberg , Fürstenwalde and Guben
of the Niederbarnim district and subdivided into the Bernau , Fürstenwalde , Gransee , Oranienburg and Strausberg districts
of the district of Oberbarnim and division into the districts of Bad Freienwalde , Eberswalde and Fürstenwalde
of the district of Osthavelland and division into the districts of Nauen , Neuruppin , Oranienburg and Potsdam-Land
of the district of Ostprignitz and division into the districts of Kyritz , Parchim , Pritzwalk and Wittstock
of the Ruppin district and subdivided into the Gransee , Kyritz , Neuruppin and Oranienburg districts
of the district of Teltow and division into the districts of Königs Wusterhausen , Luckenwalde , Potsdam-Land and Zossen
of the district of Westhavelland and division into the districts of Brandenburg-Land , Nauen and Rathenow
of the district of Westprignitz and division into the districts of Havelberg , Ludwigslust , Perleberg and Pritzwalk
of the district of Zauch-Belzig and division into the districts of Belzig , Brandenburg-Land and Potsdam-Land

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
October 7, 1949	9	21st
July 1, 1950	2	21st

Mecklenburg (-Vorpommern)

When the German Democratic Republic was founded, the following urban and rural districts existed in the country (without the addition of Western Pomerania ):

City districts: Greifswald , Güstrow , Rostock , Schwerin , Stralsund and Wismar

Counties: Anklam , Demmin , Greifswald , Grimmen , Güstrow , Hagenow , Ludwigslust , Malchin , Neubrandenburg , Neustrelitz , Parchim , Randow , Rostock , Rügen , Schönberg , Schwerin , Stralsund , Ueckermünde , Usedom , Waren and Wismar

On July 25, 1952, it was dissolved into the districts of Neubrandenburg (main part), Rostock and Schwerin (main part). On October 3, 1990 it was rebuilt from the districts of Neubrandenburg, Rostock and Schwerin under the name Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The Perleberg , Prenzlau and Templin districts were ceded to the State of Brandenburg.

1950 , July 1st:

resolution

of the district of Randow and division into the districts of Angermünde , Brandenburg, Pasewalk and Prenzlau , Brandenburg

Inclusion

of the urban district of Greifswald in the district of Greifswald
of the urban district of Güstrow in the district of Güstrow
of the district of Ueckermünde in the district of Pasewalk

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Demmin and Malchin

Neoplasm

of the Pasewalk district from the Ueckermünde district and communities in the Prenzlau , Brandenburg, and Randow districts

renaming

of the district of Schönberg in the district of Grevesmühlen

enlargement

of the urban district of Rostock to communities of the district of Rostock
of the urban district of Wismar to communities of the district of Wismar
of the district of Anklam to communities in the district of Greifswald
of the Demmin district to the communities of the Grimmen and Malchin districts (when the community of Grammentin changes to the Malchin district) when the Lebbin community is transferred to the Neubrandenburg district
of the district of Greifswald around the city district of Greifswald and around the community of Mesekenhagen of the district of Grimmen when municipalities are assigned to the district of Anklam
of the district of Güstrow to the urban district of Güstrow
of the district of Hagenow around the municipality of Rögnitz of the district of Schwerin
of the Ludwigslust district around the municipality of Stolpe in the Parchim district
of the district of Neubrandenburg to communities of the district of Malchin and the community of Lebbin of the district of Demmin
of the Neustrelitz district to communities in the Waren district
of the Parchim district to communities in the Ostprignitz district (Brandenburg)
of the district of Rostock to communities of the district of Stralsund
of the district of Waren to communities of the district of Malchin with the assignment of communities to the district of Neustrelitz
of the district of Wismar around the municipality of Hohen Pritz of the district of Parchim

1951 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Wismar to communities of the district of Güstrow

1952 , July 25th:

resolution

of the district of Rostock and division into the districts of Bad Doberan , Ribnitz-Damgarten , Rostock-Land (main part) and Teterow
of the district of Rügen and division between the districts of Bergen and Putbus
of the district of Schwerin and division into the districts of Gadebusch , Wismar-Land and Schwerin-Land (main part)
of the district of Stralsund and division into the districts of Bergen , Ribnitz-Damgarten and Stralsund-Land (main part)
of the district of Wismar and division into the districts of Bad Doberan , Sternberg and Wismar-Land (main part)

Inclusion

of the district of Usedom in the district of Wolgast

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
October 7, 1949	6th	21st
July 1, 1950	4th	20th

Saxony

When the German Democratic Republic was founded, the following urban and rural districts existed in the country:

City districts: Chemnitz , Dresden , Görlitz , Leipzig , Plauen and Zwickau

Counties: Annaberg , Aue , Auerbach , Bautzen , Borna , Chemnitz , Dippoldiswalde , Döbeln , Dresden , Flöha , Freiberg , Glauchau , Grimma , Großenhain , Hoyerswerda , Kamenz , Leipzig , Löbau , Marienberg , Meißen , Niesky , Oelsnitz , Oschatz , Pirna , Plauen , Rochlitz , Stollberg , Zittau and Zwickau

On July 25, 1952, it was dissolved into the districts of Chemnitz (from May 10, 1953 to December 31, 1989, Karl-Marx-Stadt district ) , Dresden and Leipzig (main part). On October 3, 1990, it was re-established as the Free State of Saxony from the districts of Chemnitz, Dresden and Leipzig. The Altenburg and Schmölln districts were ceded to the state of Thuringia. The Hoyerswerda and Weißwasser districts were reclassified from the Cottbus district to Saxony.

1950 , July 1st:

resolution

of the Stollberg district and subdivided into the Aue , Chemnitz and Zwickau districts

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Freiberg and Marienberg

enlargement

of the city district of Chemnitz to communities in the district of Chemnitz
of the urban district of Dresden around communities in the districts of Dresden and Pirna
of the urban district of Plauen to communities of the district of Plauen
of the Aue district to communities in the Stollberg district
of the district of Chemnitz to the municipalities of the district of Stollberg upon assignment of municipalities to the city of Chemnitz
of the district of Döbeln around the communities of Wetterwitz of the district of Meißen and Zaschwitz of the district of Oschatz with the cession of communities to the district of Flöha
of the district of Dresden to the communities of the districts of Großenhain and Meißen as well as the community of Hänichen of the district of Dippoldiswalde when the communities are assigned to the urban district of Dresden
of the district of Flöha to the municipalities of the district of Döbeln
of the Freiberg district to communities in the Dippoldiswalde district
of the district of Großenhain around the municipality of Lüttichau of the district of Kamenz upon assignment of the municipality of Medingen to the district of Dresden
of the district of Plauen to the municipalities of the district of Auerbach when municipalities are assigned to the urban district of Plauen
of the district of Zwickau to communities in the district of Stollberg

1951 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Görlitz to communities in the district of Niesky

1951 , December 17th:

Outsourcing

the city of Johanngeorgenstadt from the Aue district
the town of Schneeberg from the Aue district

Neoplasm

of the district of Schwarzenberg from communities of the district of Aue

1952 , July 25th:

resolution

of the district of Chemnitz and division into the districts of Chemnitz-Land (main part), Hohenstein-Ernstthal and Stollberg
of the district of Dresden and division into the districts of Bischofswerda , Dresden-Land (main part) and Freital
of the district of Leipzig and division into the districts of Borna and Leipzig-Land (main part)
of the district of Plauen and division into the districts of Plauen-Land (main part) and Reichenbach
of the district of Zwickau and division into the districts of Auerbach , Reichenbach , Schmölln , Stollberg , Werdau and Zwickau-Land (main part)

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
October 7, 1949	6th	29
July 1, 1950	6th	28
17th December 1951	8th	29

Saxony-Anhalt

When the German Democratic Republic was founded, the following urban and rural districts existed in the country:

City districts: Aschersleben , Bernburg , Burg , Dessau , Eisleben , Halberstadt , Halle (Saale) , Köthen , Magdeburg , Merseburg , Naumburg , Quedlinburg , Salzwedel , Schönebeck , Stendal , Weißenfels , Wittenberg , Zeitz and Zerbst

Counties: Ballenstedt , Bernburg , Bitterfeld , Blankenburg , Calbe (Saale) , Delitzsch , Dessau-Köthen , Eckartsberga , Gardelegen , Haldensleben , Jerichow I , Jerichow II , Liebenwerda , Mansfelder Gebirgskreis , Mansfelder Seekreis , Merseburg , Oschersleben , Osterburg , Quedlinburg , Querfurt , Saalkreis , Salzwedel , Sangerhausen , Schweinitz , Stendal , Torgau , Wanzleben , Weißenfels , Wernigerode , Wittenberg , Wolmirstedt , Zeitz and Zerbst

On July 25, 1952, it was dissolved into the districts of Halle (main part), Magdeburg and Cottbus (partially). On October 3, 1990 it was rebuilt from the districts of Halle and Magdeburg. The Artern district was ceded to Thuringia. The Jessen district was reclassified from the Cottbus district to Saxony-Anhalt.

1950 , July 1st:

resolution

of the district of Ballenstedt and incorporation into the district of Quedlinburg
of the district of Blankenburg and division into the districts of Quedlinburg and Wernigerode
of the district of Calbe (Saale) and division into the districts of Bernburg , Köthen and Schönebeck (main part)
of the Dessau-Köthen district and subdivided into the Dessau district and the Bitterfeld and Köthen districts (main part)
of the district of Eckartsberga and division into the districts of Kölleda (grt) and Querfurt
of the district of Jerichow I and division into the districts of Burg (main part) and Schönebeck
of the district of Jerichow II and division into the districts of Burg , Genthin (main part) and Westhavelland , Brandenburg
of the Mansfeld mountain district and division into the districts of Eisleben , Quedlinburg and Sangerhausen
of the Mansfelder Seekreis and division into the districts of Bernburg , Eisleben (main part), Querfurt and Saalkreis

Inclusion

of the urban district of Aschersleben in the district of Bernburg
of the urban district of Bernburg in the district of Bernburg
of the urban district of Burg in the district of Burg
of the urban district of Köthen in the district of Köthen
of the Lutherstadt Eisleben district in the Eisleben district
of the urban district of Lutherstadt Wittenberg in the district of Wittenberg
of the urban district of Merseburg in the district of Merseburg
of the urban district of Naumburg in the district of Weißenfels
of the urban district of Quedlinburg in the district of Quedlinburg
of the urban district of Salzwedel in the district of Salzwedel
of the urban district of Schönebeck in the district of Schönebeck
of the urban district of Stendal in the district of Stendal
of the urban district of Weißenfels in the district of Weißenfels
of the urban district of Zeitz in the district of Zeitz
of the urban district of Zerbst in the district of Zerbst

Neoplasm

of the district of Burg from the urban district of Burg and municipalities of the district of Jerichow I and the municipality of Reesen of the district of Jerichow II
of the district of Eisleben from the urban district of Eisleben and communities of the Mansfeld mountain district and the Mansfeld lake district
of the district of Genthin from municipalities of the district of Jerichow II
of the district of Kölleda from municipalities in the district of Eckartsberga
of the district of Köthen from the urban district of Köthen and communities of the districts of Calbe (Saale) and Dessau-Köthen
of the district of Schönebeck from the urban district of Schönebeck and communities in the districts of Bernburg , Calbe (Saale) , Jerichow I and Wanzleben

renaming

of the district of Schweinitz in the district of Herzberg

enlargement

of the Dessau district around the municipality of Kochstedt in the Dessau-Köthen district
of the urban district of Halle / Saale to communities of the Saalkreis and the community of Passendorf of the district of Merseburg
of the district of Bernburg around the city districts of Aschersleben and Bernburg , communities of the district of Calbe (Saale) and the Saalkreis as well as the community of Westdorf of the district of Quedlinburg
of the district of Bitterfeld to the communities of the district of Dessau-Köthen and the community of Döbern of the district of Delitzsch with the assignment of communities to the Saalkreis
of the district of Gardelegen to the municipalities of the district of Salzwedel upon assignment of municipalities to the district of Haldensleben
of the district of Haldensleben to communities in the district of Gardelegen
of the district of Köthen to communities of the district of Calbe (Saale) and the community of Wieskau of the Saalkreis
of the district of Merseburg around the urban district of Merseburg , communities of the district of Querfurt and the community of Großkayna of the district of Weißenfels (when municipalities are assigned to the district of Weißenfels) with assignment of the communities of Passendorf to the urban district of Halle / Saale and Angersdorf to the Saalkreis
of the district of Oschersleben (Bode) to the communities of the district of Haldensleben with the transfer of the community of Heteborn to the district of Quedlinburg
of the district of Quedlinburg around the urban district of Quedlinburg , the district of Ballenstedt and communities of the districts of Blankenburg and Mansfelder Gebirgskreis as well as the communities of Heteborn of the district of Oschersleben (Bode) and Straßberg of the district of Sangerhausen when the community of Westdorf was transferred to the district of Bernburg
of the district of Querfurt to the communities of the district of Eckartsberga and the Mansfelder Seekreis as well as the community of Landgrafroda of the district of Sangerhausen with the transfer of communities to the district of Merseburg and the community of Roßbach to the district of Weißenfels
of the Saalkreis around communities in the districts of Bitterfeld , Delitzsch and Mansfelder Seekreis and the community of Angersdorf in the district of Merseburg with the cession of communities to the urban district of Halle / Saale and the district of Bernburg and the community of Pritschöna to the district of Merseburg and the community of Wieskau to the district of Köthen
of the district of Salzwedel around the urban district of Salzwedel and municipalities of the district of Osterburg when municipalities are assigned to the district of Gardelegen
of the district of Sangerhausen to the communities of the Mansfeld mountain district with the cession of the communities of Straßberg to the district of Quedlinburg and Landgrafroda to the district of Querfurt
of the district of Stendal around the urban district of Stendal
of the district of Weißenfels around the city districts of Naumburg and Weißenfels , communities of the district of Merseburg (when the community Großkayna is assigned to the district of Merseburg) and the community of Roßbach of the district of Querfurt when communities are assigned to the district of Zeitz
of the district of Wernigerode to communities of the district of Blankenburg
of the district of Wittenberg around the urban district of Wittenberg and the municipality of Boßdorf of the district of Zauch-Belzig , Brandenburg
of the district of Zeitz around the urban district of Zeitz and communities of the district of Weißenfels and the community of Mumsdorf of the district of Altenburg , Thuringia
of the district of Zerbst to the urban district of Zerbst

1952 , July 25th:

resolution

of the district of Kölleda and division into the districts of Apolda , Artern , Naumburg , Nebra and Sömmerda
of the district of Liebenwerda and division into the districts of Bad Liebenwerda , Herzberg , Senftenberg and Torgau

Inclusion

of the urban district of Halberstadt in the district of Halberstadt

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
October 7, 1949	19th	33
July 1, 1950	4th	30th

Thuringia

When the German Democratic Republic was founded, the following urban and rural districts existed in the country:

City districts: Altenburg , Apolda , Arnstadt , Eisenach , Erfurt , Gera , Gotha , Greiz , Jena , Mühlhausen / Thuringia , Nordhausen and Weimar

Counties: Altenburg , Arnstadt , Eisenach , Gera , Gotha , Greiz , Hildburghausen , Langensalza , Meiningen , Mühlhausen , Nordhausen , Rudolstadt , Saalfeld , Schleiz , Schmalkalden , Sondershausen , Sonneberg , Stadtroda , Suhl , Weimar , Weißensee and Worbis

On July 25, 1952, it was dissolved in the districts of Erfurt , Gera and Suhl and partially in the district of Leipzig . On October 3rd, 1990 it was re-established as the Free State of Thuringia from the districts of Erfurt, Gera and Suhl. The Altenburg and Schmölln districts were reclassified from the Leipzig district and the Artern district was reclassified from the Halle district to Thuringia.

1950 , July 1st:

resolution

of the district of Langensalza and division into the districts of Erfurt , Mühlhausen and Sondershausen
of the district of Schmalkalden and division into the districts of Meiningen and Suhl
of the district of Stadtroda and division into the districts of Gera and Jena (main part)
of the district of Weißensee and division into the urban district of Erfurt and the districts of Arnstadt , Erfurt (main part), Gotha and Sondershausen

Inclusion

of the urban district of Altenburg in the district of Altenburg
of the urban district of Apolda in the district of Weimar
of the urban district of Arnstadt in the district of Arnstadt
of the Eisenach district in the Eisenach district
of the urban district of Gotha in the district of Gotha
of the urban district of Greiz in the district of Greiz
of the urban district of Mühlhausen / Thuringia in the district of Mühlhausen
of the urban district of Nordhausen in the district of Nordhausen

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Hildburghausen and Suhl

Neoplasm

of the Bad Salzungen district from communities in the Eisenach and Meiningen districts
of the district of Erfurt from communities in the districts of Gotha , Langensalza , Weimar and Weißensee and the communities of Molsdorf and Rockhausen in the district of Arnstadt
of the district of Jena from municipalities of the district of Stadtroda

enlargement

of the Erfurt district to include communities in the Weißensee district and the Bischleben community in the Gotha district
of the urban district of Gera to the municipalities of the district of Gera
of the district of Altenburg around the urban district of Altenburg and the municipality of Bröckau of the district of Zeitz , Saxony-Anhalt, when the municipality of Mumsdorf is assigned to the district of Zeitz
the district Arnstadt to the urban district of Arnstadt and the communities Röhrensee the district Gotha , Riechheim the district Weimar and Kirchheim the district Weissensee at the sale of the communities Masserberg in the district of Hildburghausen , Molsdorf and Rockhausen to the district Erfurt , Pennewitz to the district Rudolstadt and Gehlberg at the district of Suhl
of the Eisenach district around the Eisenach district and municipalities of the Mühlhausen district when municipalities are assigned to the Bad Salzungen district
of the district of Gera to the municipalities of the district of Stadtroda upon assignment of municipalities to the urban district of Gera and the municipality of Wittchendorf to the district of Greiz
of the district of Gotha around the urban district of Gotha and the community of Tröchtelborn of the district of Weißensee with the assignment of communities to the district of Erfurt and the communities of Bischleben to the district of Erfurt , Röhrensee to the district of Arnstadt and the municipality of Craula to the district of Mühlhausen
of the district of Greiz around the urban district of Greiz and the municipality of Wittchendorf of the district of Gera
of the Hildburghausen district around the municipality of Masserberg in the Arnstadt district
of the district of Jena to the community Göttern of the district of Weimar
of the district of Meiningen to communities in the district of Schmalkalden
of the district of Mühlhausen around the urban district of Mühlhausen / Thuringia and communities of the districts of Langensalza , Nordhausen and Sondershausen as well as the community of Craula of the district of Gotha when municipalities are assigned to the district of Eisenach
of the district of Nordhausen around the urban district of Nordhausen
of the district of Rudolstadt to the communities of the districts of Saalfeld and Weimar and the community of Pennewitz of the district of Arnstadt
of the Schleiz district to communities in the Saalfeld district
of the district of Sondershausen to communities in the districts of Langensalza , Nordhausen and Weißensee
of the district of Sonneberg to communities in the district of Saalfeld
of the district of Suhl to the communities of the district of Schmalkalden and the district of Hildburghausen , the community of Gehlberg of the district of Arnstadt and the municipality of Oberhof of the district of Gotha
of the district of Weimar around the urban district of Apolda with the assignment of communities to the districts of Erfurt and Rudolstadt and the communities of Riechheim to the district of Arnstadt and Göttern to the district of Jena

1952 , February 1st:

enlargement

of the Bad Salzungen district around the municipality of Meimers in the Meiningen district
of the district of Suhl to the municipality of Hohleborn of the district of Meiningen

1952 , July 25th:

resolution

of the district of Erfurt and division into the districts of Erfurt-Land (main part), Langensalza , Sömmerda and Weimar-Land
of the district of Gera and division into the districts of Gera-Land (main part), Schmölln and Zeulenroda
of the district of Jena and division into the districts of Apolda , Eisenberg , Jena-Land (main part), Naumburg , Stadtroda and Weimar-Land
of the district of Weimar and division into the districts of Apolda , Sömmerda and Weimar-Land (main part)

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
October 7, 1949	12	22nd
July 1, 1950	4th	21st

Chemnitz district

On July 25, 1952, the Chemnitz district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the state of Saxony, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949. On May 10, 1953, it was renamed the Karl-Marx-Stadt district . With legal effect from January 1, 1990, the district was renamed the Chemnitz district again (renamed).

1952 , July 25th:

Neoplasm

of the Brand-Erbisdorf district from municipalities in the Dippoldiswalde and Freiberg districts
of the Chemnitz-Land district from communities in the Chemnitz and Rochlitz districts
of the district of Hainichen from communities in the districts of Döbeln , Flöha and Rochlitz and the community of Bräunsdorf in the district of Freiberg
of the Hohenstein-Ernstthal district from communities in the Glauchau district and from the Wüstenbrand community in the Chemnitz district
of the Klingenthal district from communities in the Auerbach and Oelsnitz districts
of the Plauen-Land district from municipalities in the Plauen district
of the Reichenbach district from municipalities in the Auerbach , Plauen and Zwickau districts
of the Stollberg district from communities in the Aue , Chemnitz and Zwickau districts
of the Werdau district from communities in the Gera and Zwickau districts and the Fraureuth and Gottesgrün communities in the Greiz district
of the district of Zschopau from communities in the districts of Annaberg , Flöha and Marienberg
of the district of Zwickau-Land from municipalities in the districts of Glauchau and Zwickau

enlargement

of the district of Flöha to a municipality of the district of Freiberg with assignment of municipalities to the districts of Flöha and Zschopau
of the Freiberg district to the municipalities of the Meißen district when municipalities are assigned to the Brand-Erbisdorf , Flöha and Marienberg districts and the Bräunsdorf community to the Hainichen district
of the Grimma district to communities in the Döbeln district
of the district of Marienberg to the communities of the district of Freiberg with the assignment of communities to the district of Zschopau
of the Rochlitz district to the municipalities of the Borna , Döbeln and Grimma districts when municipalities are assigned to the Chemnitz-Land , Geithain and Hainichen districts

1952 , December 4th:

Exchange of territory

between the Aue and Zwickau-Land districts

enlargement

of the urban district of Zwickau to communities in the district of Zwickau-Land
of the district of Annaberg around the municipality of Neundorf of the district of Zschopau
of the Chemnitz-Land district to communities in the districts of Flöha and Rochlitz
of the Freiberg district around the community of Bräunsdorf of the Hainichen district with the assignment of the Mohorn community to the Freital district, Dresden district
of the district of Glauchau around the community of Waldsachsen of the district of Werdau
of the district of Hainichen around the community of Gunnersdorf of the district of Flöha with the assignment of communities to the district of Freiberg and the community of Grunau to the district of Döbeln , district of Leipzig
of the district of Klingenthal around the municipality of Landwüst in the district of Oelsnitz
of the Plauen-Land district to communities in the Zeulenroda district, Gera district
of the Stollberg district around the community of Hohndorf of the Hohenstein-Ernstthal district
of the Werdau district around the communities Braunichswalde and Gösau of the Schmölln district, Leipzig district, with the transfer of the Waldsachsen communities to the Glauchau district and Gottesgrün to the Greiz district, Gera district
of the district of Zschopau to communities of the district of Flöha
of the district of Zwickau-Land to municipalities of the district of Auerbach when municipalities are assigned to the urban district of Zwickau

1953 , May 10th:

renaming

of the city district of Chemnitz in Karl-Marx-Stadt
the circle Chemnitz country in county Karl-Marx-Stadt-Land

1990 , January 1st:

renaming

of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district in Chemnitz (retroactive renaming after the referendum on April 23, 1990)
the circle Karl-Marx-Stadt-Land in district Chemnitz-Land (retroactive renaming)

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	5	21st
June 20, 1957	4th	21st
November 23, 1958	3	21st

The table also refers to the Karl-Marx-Stadt district.

Cottbus district

On July 25, 1952, the Cottbus district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the states of Brandenburg, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Neoplasm

of the Bad Liebenwerda district from municipalities in the Liebenwerda district
of the district of Calau from communities in the districts of Lübben (Spreewald) , Luckau and Senftenberg
of the Finsterwalde district from municipalities in the Luckau district
of the Forst district from municipalities in the Cottbus and Spremberg (Lausitz) districts
of the district of Guben from communities in the districts of Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder)
of the Jessen district from communities in the districts of Herzberg , Torgau and Wittenberg
of the Weißwasser district from communities in the Niesky district and the Kromlau community in the Spremberg district (Lausitz)

enlargement

of the Cottbus district to the municipalities of the Lübben (Spreewald) , Senftenberg and Spremberg (Lausitz) districts when municipalities are assigned to the Forst and Guben districts
of the district of Herzberg to the communities of the districts of Liebenwerda and Torgau with the assignment of communities to the districts of Jessen and Jüterbog
of the district of Luckau to communities in the district of Luckenwalde , district of Potsdam, when communities are assigned to the districts of Calau and Finsterwalde
of the Senftenberg district to the municipalities of the Hoyerswerda and Liebenwerda districts when municipalities are assigned to the Calau and Cottbus districts and the Kausche (†) municipality to the Spremberg district and the Lauta municipality to the Hoyerswerda district
of the Spremberg district around the municipality of Kausche (†) of the Senftenberg district when municipalities are assigned to the Cottbus and Forst districts and the Kromlau municipality to the Weißwasser district

1952 , December 4th:

enlargement

of the district of Calau around the community of Wüstenhain of the district of Cottbus with the assignment of the community of Terpt to the district of Luckau
of the district of Luckau around the communities Terpt of the district of Calau and Mehlsdorf of the district of Jüterbog , district of Potsdam
of the district of Lübben to communities in the district of Beeskow , district of Frankfurt
of the Spremberg district around the municipality of Straussdorf (†) in the Cottbus district

1954 , March 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Cottbus from the Cottbus district

1954 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the Bad Liebenwerda district around the municipality of Prösen in the Riesa district, Dresden district

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Herzberg district to communities in the Luckau district

1966 , December 15th:

enlargement

of the district of Lübben around the municipality of Zaue of the district of Beeskow , district of Frankfurt (merger with the municipality of Ressen (district of Lübben) to form the municipality of Ressen-Zaue)

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	-	14th
March 1, 1954	1	14th

Dresden district

On July 25, 1952, the Dresden district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the state of Saxony, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Hoyerswerda and Senftenberg

Neoplasm

of the Bischofswerda district from communities in the Bautzen , Kamenz and Pirna districts and the Kleinröhrsdorf community in the Dresden district
of the Dresden-Land district from municipalities in the Dresden and Pirna districts
of the Freital district from municipalities in the Dippoldiswalde , Dresden and Meißen districts and the Colmnitz municipality in the Freiberg district
of the district of Görlitz-Land from communities in the districts of Löbau , Niesky and Zittau
of the Riesa district from communities in the Großenhain and Oschatz districts
of the district of Sebnitz from municipalities of the district of Pirna

enlargement

of the district of Bautzen to the communities of the district of Löbau with the assignment of communities to the district of Bischofswerda
of the district of Pirna to the communities of the district of Dippoldiswalde with the assignment of communities to the districts of Bischofswerda , Dresden-Land and Sebnitz

1952 , December 4th:

enlargement

of the district of Bautzen to the communities of the district of Kamenz with the assignment of communities to the district of Löbau
of the district of Bischofswerda to the communities of the district of Kamenz when the community of Leppersdorf is assigned to the district of Dresden-Land
of the Dresden-Land district around the communities of Leppersdorf in the Bischofswerda district and Steinbach in the Meißen district
of the Freital district to communities in the Meißen district and the Mohorn community in the Freiberg district, Chemnitz district
of the Grossenhain district around the municipality of Görzig in the Riesa district
of the district of Löbau to communities of the district of Bautzen
of the Riesa district around the communities of Prösen of the Bad Liebenwerda district, Cottbus district, Staucha of the Meißen district and Paußnitz of the Oschatz district, Leipzig district, when the community of Görzig cedes to the Großenhain district
of the district of Sebnitz to communities of the district of Pirna

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Bautzen around the municipality of Doberschütz (near Neschwitz) of the district of Kamenz
of the Bautzen district around the Neudorf / Spree community in the Hoyerswerda district, Cottbus district

1960 , January 1st:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Großenhain and Riesa

1969 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Pirna around the municipality of Elbersdorf of the district of Sebnitz (incorporated into Porschdorf )

1979 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Löbau around the municipality of Breitendorf of the district of Bautzen

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	2	15th

District of Erfurt

On July 25, 1952, the Erfurt district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the state of Thuringia, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Neoplasm

of the Apolda district from communities in the Jena and Weimar districts and the Auerstedt community in the Kölleda district
of the Erfurt-Land district from municipalities in the Erfurt and Gotha districts
of the district of Heiligenstadt from communities of the district of Worbis
of the Langensalza district from communities in the Erfurt , Gotha and Mühlhausen districts
of the Sömmerda district from communities in the districts of Erfurt , Kölleda , Sondershausen and Weimar
of the Weimar-Land district from communities in the Jena , Rudolstadt and Weimar districts and the Ollendorf community in the Erfurt district

enlargement

of the Arnstadt district around the municipality of Crawinkel in the Gotha district
of the Eisenach district around the municipality of Hallungen in the Mühlhausen district
of the district of Nordhausen to communities in the district of Sangerhausen (when the community Bösenrode changes from the district of Nordhausen to the district of Sangerhausen) when municipalities are assigned to the district of Worbis
of the district Sondershausen around the community Friedrichsrode of the district Nordhausen and the community Keula of the district Mühlhausen
of the district of Worbis to the communities of the districts of Mühlhausen and Nordhausen in the event of the assignment of communities to the district of Heiligenstadt

1952 , December 4th:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Heiligenstadt and Worbis

enlargement

of the Erfurt-Land district around the Kranichborn community of the Sömmerda district and the Ollendorf community of the Weimar-Land district
of the Gotha district to communities in the Langensalza district
of the Langensalza district to the municipalities of the Mühlhausen district when municipalities are assigned to the Gotha district
of the district of Mühlhausen to the municipalities of the district of Worbis upon assignment of municipalities to the district of Langensalza
of the Weimar-Land district around the Rohrbach community of the Apolda district with the cession of communities to the Jena-Land district, Gera district, and the Ollendorf community to the Erfurt-Land district

1956 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Sondershausen district to communities in the Sömmerda district

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Arnstadt district around the municipality of Röhrensee in the Gotha district

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	2	13

Frankfurt (Oder) district

On July 25, 1952, the Frankfurt district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the state of Brandenburg, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Outsourcing

the city of Frankfurt (Oder) from the district of Frankfurt (Oder)

Neoplasm

of the Bad Freienwalde district from municipalities in the Oberbarnim district
of the Beeskow district from communities in the districts of Frankfurt (Oder) , Fürstenwalde and Lübben (Spreewald)
of the Bernau district from municipalities in the Niederbarnim district
of the Eberswalde district from communities in the districts of Angermünde and Oberbarnim
of the Fürstenberg district from municipalities in the Frankfurt (Oder) district
of the Strausberg district from communities in the Fürstenwalde , Niederbarnim , Oberbarnim and Seelow districts

enlargement

of the district of Fürstenwalde to communities in the districts of Frankfurt (Oder) , Niederbarnim and Seelow with the assignment of communities to the districts of Beeskow and Strausberg

1952 , December 4th:

enlargement

of the Bad Freienwalde district to the Hohensaaten community of the Eberswalde district
of the district of Beeskow to the municipality of Leeskow of the district of Guben , district of Cottbus, when municipalities are assigned to the district of Lübben , district of Cottbus, and the municipality of Münchehofe to the district of Königs Wusterhausen , district of Potsdam
of the district of Bernau around the municipality of Marienwerder of the district of Eberswalde
of the district of Eberswalde to communities of the district of Templin , district of Neubrandenburg, when the communities of Marienwerder are assigned to the district of Bernau and Hohensaaten to the district of Bad Freienwalde
of the district of Seelow around the municipality of Boossen in the district of Fürstenwalde

1953 , February 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of EKO-Wohnstadt from the Fürstenberg district

1953 , May 7th:

renaming

of the urban district EKO-Wohnstadt in Stalinstadt

1956 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Angermünde district around the municipality of Polßen in the Prenzlau district, Neubrandenburg district

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Eberswalde district to communities in the Angermünde district

1961 , September 17th:

Outsourcing

the city of Schwedt / Oder from the Angermünde district

1961 , November 13th:

renaming

of the city district of Stalinstadt in Eisenhüttenstadt
the circle Furstenberg in county Eisenhüttenstadt country

1973 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Frankfurt (Oder) to communities of the Eisenhüttenstadt-Land district

1974 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Frankfurt (Oder) around the municipality of Boossen in the district of Seelow

1974 , March 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Bad Freienwalde around the municipality of Metzdorf of the district of Strausberg (merger with the municipality of Kunersdorf [district of Bad Freienwalde] to form the municipality of Kunersdorf / Metzdorf)

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	1	9
February 1, 1953	2	9
17th September 1961	3	9

Gera district

On July 25, 1952, the Gera district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the state of Thuringia, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Neoplasm

of the Eisenberg district from communities in the Jena and Zeitz districts
of the Gera-Land district from municipalities in the Gera district
of the Jena-Land district from municipalities in the Jena district
of the Lobenstein district from communities in the Saalfeld and Schleiz districts
of the Pößneck district from municipalities in the Gera , Saalfeld and Schleiz districts
of the district of Stadtroda from communities in the district of Jena
of the Zeulenroda district from communities in the Gera , Greiz and Plauen districts and the Läwitz community in the Schleiz district

enlargement

of the district of Saalfeld around the community of Lothra of the district of Schleiz with the assignment of communities to the districts of Lobenstein and Pößneck

1952 . December 4th:

Exchange of territory

between the Pößneck and Schleiz districts

enlargement

of the Eisenberg district around the municipality of Beulbar-Ilmsdorf in the Stadtroda district

of the Gera-Land district around communities in the Schmölln district, Leipzig district, and the communities Schwarzbach in the Pößneck district and Forstwolfersdorf in the Zeulenroda district

of the Greiz district to communities in the Zeulenroda district and the Gottesgrün community in the Werdau district, Chemnitz district

of the Jena-Land district to communities in the Weimar-Land district, Erfurt district

of the district of Lobenstein to communities of the district of Saalfeld

of the Rudolstadt district to communities in the Saalfeld district

of the Zeulenroda district to the communities of the Schleiz district and the Tischendorf community of the Pößneck district when the communities are ceded to the Greiz and Plauen-Land districts, Chemnitz district, and the Forstwolfersdorf community to the Gera-Land

1956 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Jena-Land district around the community of Stöben in the Naumburg district, Halle district
of the Zeulenroda district around the community of Braunsdorf in the Pößneck district

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Pößneck district around the municipality of Dreba in the Schleiz district

1958 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the Gera-Land district to communities in the Werdau district, Karl-Marx-Stadt district

1968 , June 1st:

enlargement

of the Gera-Land district around the municipality of Friedmannsdorf in the Greiz district

1969 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Jena around the community of Göschwitz of the district of Jena-Land

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	2	11

Halle district

On July 25, 1952, the Halle district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Bernburg and Schönebeck , Magdeburg district

Neoplasm

of the Artern district from communities in the districts of Kölleda , Querfurt , Sangerhausen and Sondershausen
of the Aschersleben district from communities in the districts of Bernburg and Quedlinburg
of the Graefenhainichen district from communities in the Bitterfeld , Köthen and Wittenberg districts
of the district of Hettstedt from municipalities in the districts of Bernburg , Eisleben and Sangerhausen
of the Hohenmölsen district from communities in the Weißenfels and Zeitz districts
of the Naumburg district from communities in the districts of Jena , Kölleda , Weißenfels and Zeitz
of the Nebra district from communities in the Kölleda and Querfurt districts
of the Roßlau district from municipalities in the Zerbst district

enlargement

of the urban district of Dessau around the municipality of Mosigkau in the district of Köthen
of the district of Bernburg to the communities of the districts of Eisleben , Köthen and Saalkreis when communities are assigned to the districts of Aschersleben , Hettstedt and Staßfurt , district of Magdeburg
of the district of Bitterfeld to the municipalities of the administrative district of Köthen with the assignment of municipalities to the district of Graefenhainichen
of the district of Eisleben around communities in the district of Sangerhausen and the community of Wansleben on the lake of the Saalkreis with the cession of communities to the districts of Bernburg and Hettstedt
of the Köthen district to communities in the Schönebeck district
of the Merseburg district around the community of Roßbach in the Weißenfels district
of the Saalkreis around municipalities in the Merseburg district
of the district of Sangerhausen around the community of Bösenrode of the district of Nordhausen

1952 , December 4th:

enlargement

of the district of Bernburg around the community of Wedlitz of the district of Schönebeck , district of Magdeburg, when municipalities are assigned to the district of Hettstedt
of the district of Hettstedt to communities of the district of Bernburg
of the district of Merseburg around the community of Gröst of the district of Nebra
of the Naumburg district around the municipality of Pödelist in the Weißenfels district
of the hall circle around the municipality of Steuden of the district of Eisleben
of the Weißenfels district around the community of Gröbitz of the Hohenmölsen district
of the district of Wittenberg around the municipality of Korgau of the district of Torgau , district of Leipzig

1956 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Nebra district around the Wendelstein community of the Artern district (incorporated into Memleben )
of the district of Weißenfels around the community Poserna of the district of Hohenmölsen
of the Zeitz district around the municipality of Bröckau in the Schmölln district, Leipzig district

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Zeitz district around the Goldschau community in the Naumburg district

1967 , May 12th:

Neoplasm

of the city of Halle-Neustadt from districts of the city of Halle (Saale)

1979 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the hall circle around the community Schwittersdorf of the district Eisleben (incorporation after Beesenstedt )

1990 , May 6th:

Inclusion

of the urban district of Halle-Neustadt in the urban district of Halle (Saale)

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	2	20th
May 12, 1967	3	20th
May 6, 1990	2	20th

Karl-Marx-Stadt district

The district was created on May 10, 1953 by renaming the Chemnitz district . With legal effect from January 1, 1990, the district was renamed the Chemnitz district again (renamed).

1953 , May 10th:

renaming

of the city district of Chemnitz in Karl-Marx-Stadt
the circle Chemnitz in county Karl-Marx-Stadt-Land

1956 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Aue district around the municipality of Lichtenau in the Zwickau-Land district

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Glauchau around the communities Niederwiera of the district of Altenburg , district of Leipzig, and Köthel of the district of Schmölln , district of Leipzig

1957 , June 20th:

enlargement

of the Schwarzenberg district around the Johanngeorgenstadt district

1958 , November 23:

enlargement

of the Aue district around the Schneeberg district

1967 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Karl-Marx-Stadt-Land district around the municipality of Merzdorf in the Hainichen district (incorporated into Niederlichtenau )

1968 , September 1st:

enlargement

of the Plauen-Land district around the municipality of Ramoldsreuth (†) of the Oelsnitz district (incorporated into Großzöbern )

1990 , January 1st:

renaming

of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district in Chemnitz
the circle Karl-Marx-Stadt-Land in district Chemnitz-Land (rear naming)

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	5	21st
June 20, 1957	4th	21st
November 23, 1958	3	21st

The table also refers to the Chemnitz district.

Leipzig district

On July 25, 1952, the Leipzig district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Neoplasm

of the Eilenburg district from communities in the Bitterfeld , Delitzsch and Torgau districts
of the Geithain district from municipalities in the Borna and Rochlitz districts
of the Leipzig-Land district from the Leipzig district and from communities in the Grimma , Merseburg and Weißenfels districts
of the Schmölln district from municipalities in the Altenburg , Gera , Zeitz and Zwickau districts
of the Wurzen district from municipalities in the Grimma district

enlargement

of the Borna district to the municipalities of the Leipzig district when the municipalities are assigned to the Rochlitz district
of the Delitzsch district around the Wiesenena community of the Saalkreis
of the district of Döbeln to communities in the district of Oschatz with the assignment of communities to the districts of Grimma and Hainichen and the community of Schweikershain to the district of Rochlitz
of the district of Oschatz to the communities of the districts of Grimma and Torgau with the transfer of communities to the district of Döbeln
of the district of Torgau to the municipalities of the districts of Liebenwerda and Wittenberg when municipalities are assigned to the districts of Eilenburg , Herzberg , Jessen and Oschatz

1952 , December 4th:

enlargement

of the Altenburg district to communities in the Zeitz district, Halle district, when the communities of Thräna are assigned to the Borna district and Steinbach to the Geithain district
of the Borna district around the communities of Thräna in the Altenburg district and Neukirchen-Wyhra in the Geithain district
of the Döbeln district to the municipalities of the Meißen district, Dresden district, and the Grunau municipality of the Hainichen district, Chemnitz district, when municipalities are assigned to the Oschatz district
the circle Eilenburg to municipalities in the district Torgau and around the town Bad Duben the district Gräfenhainichen , County Hall, at the sale of the community Kollau to the county Wurzen
of the district of Geithain around the community of Steinbach of the district of Altenburg with the assignment of the community of Neukirchen-Wyhra to the district of Borna
of the district of Oschatz around the community of Neusornzig of the district of Döbeln upon assignment of the communities of Paußnitz to the district of Riesa , district of Dresden, Wohlau to the district of Torgau and Frauwalde to the district of Wurzen
of the district of Torgau around the communities of Döbrichau of the district of Herzberg , district of Cottbus, and Wohlau of the district of Oschatz with the transfer of communities to the district of Eilenburg
of the Wurzen district around the Kollau community of the Eilenburg district and the Frauwalde community of the Oschatz district

1953 , April 1st:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Eilenburg and Torgau

enlargement

of the district of Oschatz around the community of Gävertitz of the district of Döbeln

1953 , May 1st:

enlargement

of the Leipzig-Land district around the municipality of Zehmen (†) of the Borna district

1954 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Grimma around the municipality of Bockwitz of the district of Döbeln

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Altenburg district around the municipality of Ruppersdorf (†) of the Borna district (incorporated into Wintersdorf )

1973 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the Wurzen district around the municipality of Lossa in the Eilenburg district (incorporation into Thallwitz )

1974 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Altenburg district around the municipality of Zipsendorf in the Zeitz district (incorporated into Meuselwitz )
of the Geithain district around the Ballendorf community in the Grimma district
of the Leipzig-Land district around the municipality of Löbschütz in the Borna district (incorporated into Zwenkau )

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	1	12

Magdeburg district

On July 25, 1952, the Magdeburg district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the state of Saxony-Anhalt, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Bernburg , Halle district, and Schönebeck

Neoplasm

of the district of Halberstadt from the urban district of Halberstadt and from communities in the districts of Oschersleben (Bode) and Wernigerode
of the district of Havelberg from communities in the districts of Genthin and Westprignitz
of the district of Kalbe (Milde) from municipalities in the districts of Gardelegen , Osterburg , Salzwedel and Stendal
of the district of Klötze from municipalities in the districts of Gardelegen and Salzwedel
of the Loburg district from communities in the Burg district
of the Seehausen district from communities in the Osterburg district
of the Staßfurt district from communities in the districts of Bernburg , Quedlinburg , Schönebeck and Wanzleben and the community of Kroppenstedt in the district of Oschersleben (Bode)
of the Tangerhütte district from communities in the Stendal and Wolmirstedt districts and the Ottersburg community in the Gardelegen district

enlargement

of the urban district of Magdeburg around the community of Groß Ottersleben in the district of Wanzleben
of the Burg district around the municipality of Krüssau in the Genthin district
of the district of Haldensleben to the communities of the district of Gardelegen with the assignment of communities to the districts of Oschersleben and Wanzleben
of the district of Oschersleben to the communities of the district of Haldensleben and the community of Altbrandsleben of the district of Wanzleben with the assignment of communities to the district of Halberstadt and the community of Kroppenstedt to the district of Staßfurt
of the Osterburg district to the municipalities of the Stendal district when municipalities are assigned to the Seehausen district
of the district of Schönebeck to the municipalities of the district of Burg upon assignment of municipalities to the district of Staßfurt
of the district of Wanzleben to the communities of the districts of Haldensleben and Wolmirstedt with the transfer of communities to the district of Staßfurt and the community of Altbrandsleben to the district of Oschersleben and the community of Groß Ottersleben to the urban district of Magdeburg
of the district of Wernigerode to communities in the districts of Nordhausen and Quedlinburg in the event of the assignment of communities to the district of Halberstadt

1952 , December 4th:

enlargement

of the district of Salzwedel around the municipality of Saalfeld in the district of Kalbe (Milde)
of the district of Stendal to communities in the district of Gardelegen

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Klötze around the community of Gehrendorf of the district of Haldensleben
of the Osterburg district around the municipality of Natterheide in the Kalbe (Milde) district
of the district of Wernigerode to communities of the district of Halberstadt

1957 , June 20th:

Dissolution of the Loburg district and division into the Brandenburg-Land , Potsdam, Burg (main part) and Zerbst districts

enlargement

of the Burg district to communities in the Loburg district
of the Zerbst district to communities in the Loburg district

1965 , July 2nd:

Inclusion

of the Seehausen district in the Osterburg district

1974 , April 17th:

enlargement

of the Stendal district around the district Dalchau (independent until 1968) of the Altenzaun community of the Osterburg district (reunification to Arneburg )

1979 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Magdeburg around the municipality of Olvenstedt of the Wolmirstedt district

1988 , January 1st:

resolution

of the district of Kalbe (Milde) and division into the districts of Gardelegen , Osterburg and Salzwedel
of the district of Tangerhütte and division into the districts of Stendal and Wolmirstedt

enlargement

of the district of Gardelegen around the municipalities of the district of Kalbe (Milde)
of the Osterburg district around communities in the Kalbe district (Milde)
of the district of Salzwedel around the municipalities of the district of Kalbe (Milde)
of the district of Stendal to communities of the district of Tangerhütte
of the Wolmirstedt district to communities in the Tangerhütte district

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	1	21st
June 20, 1957	1	20th
July 2, 1965	1	19th
January 1, 1988	1	17th

Neubrandenburg district

On July 25, 1952, the Neubrandenburg district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the states of Mecklenburg and Brandenburg, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Exchange of territory

between the Prenzlau and Templin districts

Neoplasm

of the Altentreptow district from municipalities in the Demmin , Malchin and Neubrandenburg districts
of the Röbel / Müritz district from communities in the Waren district
of the Strasburg district from communities in the districts of Neubrandenburg , Pasewalk and Prenzlau
of the Teterow district from communities in the Güstrow , Malchin , Rostock and Waren districts
of the Ueckermünde district from communities in the Anklam and Pasewalk districts and the Mariawerth community in the Neubrandenburg district

enlargement

of the district of Anklam to the municipalities of the district of Greifswald with the assignment of municipalities to the districts of Ueckermünde and Wolgast
of the Demmin district to the municipalities of the Grimmen district when municipalities are assigned to the Altentreptow and Malchin districts
of the Malchin district to communities in the Demmin district
of the Neustrelitz district to communities in the Waren district
of the Pasewalk district to the municipalities of the Prenzlau district when municipalities are assigned to the Strasburg and Ueckermünde districts
of the district of Prenzlau to the communities of the district of Angermünde with the assignment of communities to the districts of Pasewalk and Strasburg

1952 , December 4th:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Röbel / Müritz and Waren

enlargement

of the Demmin district to communities in the Malchin district
of the district of Neubrandenburg to communities in the districts of Altentreptow and Strasburg
of the Neustrelitz district to the Pieverstorf municipality of the Waren district
of the Pasewalk district around the municipality of Viereck in the Ueckermünde district
of the Prenzlau district around the municipality of Polßen in the Angermünde district, Frankfurt district

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Röbel / Müritz district around the community of Göhren of the district of Waren (merger with the community of Lebbin to Göhren-Lebbin )
of the district of Waren around the community of Klein Luckow of the Teterow district, Schwerin district (incorporated into Vollrathsruhe )

1962 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Prenzlau district around the municipality of Kröchlendorff of the Templin district

1969 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Neubrandenburg from the district of Neubrandenburg

1973 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the Demmin district around the community Groß Toitin of the Altentreptow district (incorporation after Jarmen )

1974 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Röbel / Müritz district around the municipality of Knüppeldamm in the Waren district (incorporated into Fincken )

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	-	14th
1st January 1969	1	14th

Potsdam district

On July 25, 1952, the Potsdam district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the state of Brandenburg, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Neoplasm

of the district of Belzig from municipalities in the districts of Burg and Zauch-Belzig

of the Brandenburg-Land district from municipalities in the Burg , Genthin , Westhavelland and Zauch-Belzig districts and from districts of the Brandenburg / Havel district

of the Gransee district from communities in the Ruppin and Templin districts and the Schluft community in the Niederbarnim district

of the Jüterbog district from the municipalities of the Herzberg , Luckenwalde , Wittenberg and Zauch-Belzig districts

of the district of Königs Wusterhausen from communities in the districts of Fürstenwalde and Teltow

of the Kyritz district from communities in the Ostprignitz and Ruppin districts

of the Nauen district from municipalities in the Osthavelland and Westhavelland districts

of the Neuruppin district from communities in the Osthavelland and Ruppin districts

of the district of Oranienburg from communities in the districts of Niederbarnim , Osthavelland and Ruppin

of the Potsdam-Land district from communities in the Osthavelland , Teltow and Zauch-Belzig districts and from districts of the Potsdam urban district

of the Pritzwalk district from communities in the Ostprignitz and Westprignitz districts

of the Rathenow district from communities in the Genthin and Westhavelland districts

of the Wittstock district from communities in the Ostprignitz district

of the district of Zossen from communities in the districts of Luckenwalde and Teltow

enlargement

of the urban district of Brandenburg / Havel to the municipalities of the Westhavelland district upon assignment of municipalities to the Brandenburg-Land district
of the Luckenwalde district to the municipalities of the Teltow district when municipalities are assigned to the Jüterbog , Luckau and Zossen districts

1952 , December 4th:

Exchange of territory

between the Pritzwalk and Wittstock districts

enlargement

of the district of Brandenburg-Land to communities of the Loburg district, Magdeburg district, when the community of Groß Kreutz is assigned to the Potsdam-Land district
of the Koenigs Wusterhausen district around the Münchehofe community in the Beeskow district, Frankfurt district
of the district of Nauen to communities of the district of Rathenow and to the community of Zootzen of the district of Neuruppin
of the district of Oranienburg around the municipality of Teschendorf of the district of Gransee
of the Potsdam-Land district around the community of Groß Kreutz of the Brandenburg-Land district when the community of Gröben is assigned to the Zossen district
of the district of Zossen around the communities of Groß Ziescht of the district of Luckau , Cottbus district, and Groeben of the Potsdam-Land district

1954 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Zossen around the community of Kummersdorf-Gut in the district of Luckenwalde

1956 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Nauen district around the municipality of Wutzetz in the Kyritz district

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Luckenwalde around the municipality of Niebendorf-Heinsdorf of the district of Jüterbog
of the Rathenow district to communities in the Havelberg district, Magdeburg district

1957 , June 20th:

enlargement

of the Brandenburg-Land district to communities in the Loburg district, Magdeburg district

1958 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Rathenow district to communities in the Kyritz district

1961 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Nauen district around the West Staaken district of East Berlin (!) (as a municipality of Staaken)

1962 , March 29th:

enlargement

of the Potsdam-Land district around the municipality of Ruhlsdorf in the Zossen district

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	2	15th

Rostock district

On July 25, 1952, the Rostock district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the state of Mecklenburg, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Neoplasm

of the Bad Doberan district from communities in the Rostock and Wismar districts
of the Bergen district from communities in the Rügen district and the Hiddensee community in the Stralsund district
of the Putbus district from municipalities in the Rügen district
of the Ribnitz-Damgarten district from communities in the Rostock and Stralsund districts
of the Rostock-Land district from municipalities in the Rostock district
of the Stralsund-Land district from municipalities in the Grimmen and Stralsund districts
of the district of Wismar-Land from communities in the districts of Grevesmühlen , Schwerin and Wismar
of the Wolgast district from the Usedom district and communities in the Anklam and Greifswald districts

1952 , December 4th:

enlargement

of the Grimmen district around the municipality of Abtshagen in the Stralsund-Land district
of the Ribnitz-Damgarten district to communities in the Rostock-Land district
of the district of Wismar-Land around the municipality of Klein Warin of the district of Sternberg
of the Wolgast district to communities in the Greifswald district

1956 , January 1st:

Inclusion

of the Bergen district in the Rügen district
of the Putbus district in the Rügen district

Neoplasm

of the district of Rügen from the districts of Bergen and Putbus (re-establishment)

enlargement

of the Grimmen district around the municipality of Papenhagen in the Stralsund-Land district

of the Stralsund-Land district to communities in the Ribnitz-Damgarten district when the Papenhagen community cedes to the Grimmen district

1958 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Rostock-Land district to communities in the Teterow district, Neubrandenburg district

1960 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Rostock around the municipality of Hinrichsdorf of the Rostock-Land district

1968 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Greifswald district to communities in the Wolgast district

1974 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Greifswald from the Greifswald district

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	3	11
January 1, 1956	3	10
1st January 1968	4th	10

Schwerin district

On July 25, 1952, the Schwerin district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the states of Mecklenburg and Brandenburg, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Neoplasm

of the Bützow district from communities in the Güstrow district
of the district of Gadebusch from communities in the districts of Grevesmühlen and Schwerin and the community of Rögnitz in the district of Hagenow
of the district of Lübz from communities in the district of Parchim
of the Perleberg district from communities in the Westprignitz district
of the Schwerin-Land district from municipalities in the Schwerin district
of the Sternberg district from communities in the Wismar district

enlargement

of the Ludwigslust district to the municipalities of the Westprignitz district when municipalities are assigned to the Parchim district
of the Parchim district to the municipalities of the Ludwigslust and Ostprignitz districts when municipalities are assigned to the Lübz district

reduction

of the district of Hagenow , assignment of the community of Rögnitz to the district of Gadebusch

1952 , December 4th:

enlargement

of the district of Güstrow around the community of Groß Ridsenow of the district of Teterow , district of Neubrandenburg
of the district of Hagenow around the municipality of Tripkau of the district of Ludwigslust
of the Perleberg district to parishes in the Parchim district

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Gadebusch to communities in the district of Grevesmühlen , Rostock district
of the district of Waren , district of Neubrandenburg, around the municipality of Klein Luckow of the district of Teterow (incorporation after Vollrathsruhe )

1960 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Güstrow around the community of Linstow of the district of goods , district of Neubrandenburg

1961 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the Schwerin-Land district around the municipality of Kraak in the Hagenow district

1970 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Schwerin around the municipality of Wüstmark of the district of Schwerin-Land

1973 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Ludwigslust district around the community Milow of the Perleberg district

1974 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Ludwigslust district around the municipality of Möllenbeck in the Parchim district

1974 , April 25th:

enlargement

of the Ludwigslust district around the municipality of Mellen in the Perleberg district

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	1	10

District of Suhl

On July 25, 1952, the Suhl district was newly formed. Before that, its urban and rural districts belonged to the state of Thuringia, which had belonged to the GDR since October 7, 1949.

1952 , July 25th:

Neoplasm

of the Ilmenau district from municipalities in the Arnstadt , Rudolstadt and Suhl districts
of the Neuhaus am Rennweg district from communities in the Rudolstadt and Sonneberg districts
of the Schmalkalden district from communities in the Meiningen and Suhl districts

enlargement

of the Meiningen district to communities in the Bad Salzungen and Hildburghausen districts when communities are assigned to the Schmalkalden district
of the district of Suhl to the communities of the district of Hildburghausen with the assignment of communities to the districts of Ilmenau and Schmalkalden

1952 , December 4th:

enlargement

of the district of Suhl to communities of the district of Hildburghausen

1957 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the Hildburghausen district to communities in the Meiningen district
of the district of Suhl to communities of the district of Hildburghausen

1967 , May 12th:

Outsourcing

the city of Suhl from the Suhl district

1976 , March:

enlargement

of the district of Kronach , Bavaria , Federal Republic of Germany around the now uninhabited district of Kleinlichtenhain in the municipality of Lichtenhain near Graefenthal in the district of Neuhaus am Rennweg (incorporated into the municipality of Kleintettau) after the German-German border commission had clarified the unclear course of the border since the beginning of the zoning in 1948

1979 , April 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Suhl to communities of the district of Suhl-Land

Number of urban and rural districts
date	City districts number	Counties number
July 25, 1952	-	8th
May 12, 1967	1	8th

Number of city districts and districts from 1952

date	District (s)	City districts change	Circles change	City districts number	Circles number
July 1, 1952	Formation of the districts with the new district division			23	194
February 1, 1953	Frankfurt (Oder)	+ 1	0	24	194
March 1, 1954	cottbus	+ 1	0	25th	194
January 1, 1956	Rostock	0	- 1	25th	193
June 20, 1957	Magdeburg and Karl-Marx-Stadt	- 1	- 1	24	192
November 23, 1958	Karl Marx City	- 1	0	23	192
17th September 1961	Frankfurt (Oder)	+ 1	0	24	192
July 2, 1965	Magdeburg	0	- 1	24	191
May 12, 1967	Halle and Suhl	+ 2	0	26th	191
1st January 1969	Neubrandenburg	+ 1	0	27	191
1st January 1974	Rostock	+ 1	0	28	191
January 1, 1988	Magdeburg	0	- 2nd	28	189
May 6, 1990	Hall	- 1	0	27	189

Legal basis

Territorial changes of January 1, 1957 by resolution of the Council of Ministers of the GDR on December 14 and 21, 1956, see GDR GBl. 1957, 11
Territorial changes of June 20, 1957 by resolution of the Council of Ministers of the GDR of June 19, 1957, see GDR GBl. 1957, 345

Appendix - Territory changes after the end of World War II

Already after the end of the Second World War , the cession of territory to Poland and the division of Germany into four zones of occupation led to the first changes in the district structure in the area of the later GDR. In the following years, too, there were - mostly - minor changes. All changes between the end of the war in 1945 and the founding of the GDR on October 7, 1949 are listed here.

1945 :

resolution

of the district of Greifenhagen and division into the district of Randow and Poland

Neoplasm

of the Randow district from districts of the independent city of Stettin and from communities in the districts of Greifenhagen and Ueckermünde

Reclassification

from communities in the district of Ueckermünde to Poland
from communities in the district of Usedom-Wollin to Poland

renaming

of the district of Franzburg-Barth in the district of Stralsund
of the district of Usedom-Wollin in the district of Usedom

enlargement

of the district of Hagenow , Mecklenburg, to the communities of the district of Lüneburg east of the Elbe

1945 , July 1st:

Reclassification

of the Calvörde office from the Helmstedt district of the state of Braunschweig in the Gardelegen district
of the eastern part of the district of Blankenburg from the state of Braunschweig to the province of Saxony

enlargement

of the district of Gotha to communities of the district of Weißensee
of the district of Helmstedt , Braunschweig, to the municipality of Preußisch Offleben of the district of Haldensleben , province of Saxony
of the district of Meiningen around the municipality of Barchfeld in the district of Herrschaft Schmalkalden
of the district of Osterode am Harz by two communities in the district of Grafschaft Hohenstein
of the district of Saalfeld to communities of the district of Ziegenrück
of the Schleiz district to communities in the Ziegenrück district
of the district of Stadtroda to communities of the district of Weißenfels

1945 , July 5th:

Reclassification of municipalities in the Randow district to Poland

1945 , July 9th:

Reclassification

of the Silesian district of Görlitz, east of the Lusatian Neisse , to Poland
of the reduced district of Görlitz in the state of Saxony
east of the Lusatian Neisse and the Oder region of the Guben district to Poland
of the Silesian district of Hoyerswerda in the state of Saxony
of the area of the Koenigsberg district east of the Oder . to Poland

east of the Lusatian Neisse region of the Silesian district of Rothenburg (Ob. Laus.) to Poland

of the reduced district of Rothenburg (Ob. Laus.) in the state of Saxony

the east of the Neisse lying area of the county Sorau to Poland

the east of the Neisse lying area of the county Zittau to Poland

1945 , August 8th:

Inclusion

of the district of Heiligenstadt in the district of Eichsfeld
of the district of Worbis in the district of Eichsfeld

Neoplasm

of the Eichsfeld district from the Heiligenstadt and Worbis districts

1945 , September 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Osterode am Harz to communities of the district of Grafschaft Hohenstein

1945 , September 17th:

Exchange of territory

between the districts of Witzenhausen and Eichsfeld

1945 , October:

renaming

of the district of Rothenburg (Ob. Laus.) in the district of Weißwasser

1945 , October 1st:

resolution

of the district of Ziegenrück and incorporation into the districts of Saalfeld and Schleiz

enlargement

of the district of Arnstadt around the community of Stützerbach of the district of Schleusingen
of the district of Sangerhausen to the communities of the exclave Allstedt of the district of Weimar
of the Schleusingen district around the town of Zella-Mehlis in the Meiningen district
of the district of Herrschaft Schmalkalden around the municipality of Kleinschmalkalden in the district of Gotha
of the district of Rostock around the municipality of Ahrenshoop of the district of Stralsund

1945 , October 19:

renaming

of the district of Grafschaft Hohenstein in the district of Nordhausen

1945 , November 28th:

Exchange of territory

between the district of the Duchy of Lauenburg and the district of Schönberg , Mecklenburg

enlargement

of the district of Hagenow , Mecklenburg, to communities of the district of Duchy of Lauenburg

1946 :

enlargement

of the district of Zerbst to municipalities of the district of Jerichow I

1946 , January 1st:

Outsourcing

the city of Salzwedel from the district of Salzwedel

1946 , January 30th:

renaming

of the Schleusingen district in the Suhl district

of the district of Herrschaft Schmalkalden in the district of Schmalkalden

1946 , March 12th:

renaming

of the Jüterbog-Luckenwalde district in the Luckenwalde district

1946 , March 15th:

resolution

of the district of Königsberg Nm.

enlargement

of the district of Angermünde to parts of the district of Königsberg Nm.
of the district of Lebus to municipalities of the district of Königsberg Nm.
of the district of Oberbarnim to municipalities of the district of Königsberg Nm.

1946 , April 1st:

resolution

of the district of Sorau

enlargement

of the Cottbus district to communities in the Sorau district
of the Spremberg (Lausitz) district to communities in the Sorau district
of the urban district of Forst to a municipality in the district of Sorau

1946 , June 10th:

enlargement

of the district of Nordhausen around the municipality of Kraja in the district of Eichsfeld

1946 , July 1st:

enlargement

of the district of Eisenach around the community Schnellmannshausen of the district of Mühlhausen and communities of the district of Meiningen

1946 , August 1st:

enlargement

the independent city of Jena to the municipalities of the district of Stadtroda
of the Altenburg district around the municipality of Selka in the Gera district

1946 , September 30th:

enlargement

of the district of Nordhausen to communities in the district of Eichsfeld
of the district of Mühlhausen around the municipality of Lengenfeld unterm Stein of the district of Eichsfeld

renaming

of the Eichsfeld district in the Worbis district (based in Heiligenstadt)

1947 , January 16:

resolution

the districts of Görlitz and Weißwasser

Neoplasm

of the district of Weißwasser-Görlitz from the districts of Görlitz and Weißwasser

1948 , January 12th:

renaming

of the district of Weißwasser-Görlitz in the district of Niesky

1948 , October 1st:

enlargement

of the Stralsund district around the municipality of Hiddensee in the Rügen district

1948 , December 1st:

enlargement

of the Malchin district to communities in the Demmin district

1949 , January 1st:

enlargement

of the urban district of Görlitz to communities in the district of Niesky
of the Demmin district to a municipality in the Grimmen district

literature

Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 .

Remarks

↑ Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990
↑ According to DDR GBl. 1957, 11 already on January 1, 1957 change of the municipality Metzdorf to the district Bad Freienwalde

[1] Law on the self-administration of municipalities and districts in the GDR (municipal constitution) of May 17, 1990

[2] According to DDR GBl. 1957, 11 already on January 1, 1957 change of the municipality Metzdorf to the district Bad Freienwalde

District reforms in the GDR

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