Bezirk Schwerin

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 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990, it was disestablished due to the German reunification. Most of the Bezirk Schwerin became part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the exception of the district of Perleberg, which went to Brandenburg and Amt Neuhaus, which went to Lower Saxony in former West Germany.

Geography

Position

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

Subdivision

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.

References

1. Schwerin
2. Till Lindemann
3. Werner Lindemann
4. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
5. Bastian Dankert
6. Bezirk Rostock
7. Bezirk Potsdam
8. Bezirk Magdeburg
9. Bernd Karrenbauer
10. Stefanie Weichelt
11. Bezirk Neubrandenburg
12. Siegfried Wustrow
13. Dieter Gonschorek
14. Peter Larisch
15. Bastian Reinhardt
16. Christina Voß
17. Marco Spanehl
18. Heike Balck
19. André Thieme
20. Nadine Beckel