District of Dresden Bezirk Dresden | |||||||||
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District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
1952–1990 | |||||||||
Location of Bezirk Dresden within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||
Capital | Dresden | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1989 | 6,738 km2 (2,602 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 1,757,400 | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
SED First Secretary | |||||||||
• 1952–1957 | Hans Riesner | ||||||||
• 1957–1960 | Fritz Reuter | ||||||||
• 1960–1973 | Werner Krolikowski | ||||||||
• 1973–1989 | Hans Modrow | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Hans-Joachim Hahn | ||||||||
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||
• 1952–1958 | Rudolf Jahn | ||||||||
• 1958–1961 | Walter Weidauer | ||||||||
• 1961–1963 | Günter Witteck | ||||||||
• 1963–1982 | Manfred Scheler | ||||||||
• 1982–1989 | Günter Witteck | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Wolfgang Sieber | ||||||||
• 1990 | Michael Kunze | ||||||||
• 1990 | Siegfried Ballschuh (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
The Bezirk Dresden was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany that lasted from 1952 to 1990. Dresden would be reabsorbed back into Saxony after the reunification of Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Dresden.