Bezirk Schwerin

Bezirk Schwerin
District
Location of Bezirk Schwerin within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 53°30′N 11°40′E / 53.500°N 11.667°E / 53.500; 11.667
Country	German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions	10 Kreise and 1 Stadtkreise
Formed	1952
Dissolved	1990
Seat	Schwerin
Area
• Total	8,672 km² (3,348 sq mi)
Population (1989)^[1]
• Total	595,200
• Density	69/km² (180/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	B

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

History

The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern except district of Perleberg went to Brandenburg.

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

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

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

Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (1949–90)

Bezirke (1952–90)	East Berlin Cottbus Dresden Erfurt Frankfurt (Oder) Gera Halle Karl-Marx-Stadt Leipzig Magdeburg Neubrandenburg Potsdam Rostock Schwerin Suhl

States (1949–52; 1990)	East Berlin (de facto) Brandenburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 144284292 GND: 4053951-9

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