Bezirk Rostock

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

History

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

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Rostock, the northernmost of DDR, was situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, in front of the Danish coasts. It bordered with the Bezirke of Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. It bordered also with Poland and West Germany.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 14 Kreise: 4 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 10 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban districts : Greifswald; Rostock; Stralsund; Wismar.
• Rural districts : Bad Doberan; Greifswald; Grevesmühlen; Grimmen; Ribnitz-Damgarten; Rostock-Land; Rügen; Stralsund; Wismar; Wolgast.

References

External links

Media related to Rostock District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons

1. FC Hansa Rostock
2. Karl Mewis
3. Marita Koch
4. Jan Ullrich
5. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
6. St. Mary's Church, Rostock
7. Rostock (disambiguation)
8. Bezirk Neubrandenburg
9. Bezirk Frankfurt
10. Bezirk Schwerin
11. Andrea Bölk
12. Ulrike Poppe
13. Andreas Raelert
14. Joachim Streich
15. Jens Voigt
16. Steffen Baumgart
17. Michael Raelert
18. Timeline of Rostock
19. Kreis Putbus
20. Carsten Jancker