Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt

District of Karl-Marx-Stadt
Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Karl-Marx-Stadt
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalKarl-Marx-Stadt
Area 
• 1989
6,009 km2 (2,320 sq mi)
Population 
• 1989
1,859,500
Government
SED First Secretary 
• 1952–1959
Walter Buchheim
• 1960–1963
Rolf Weihs
• 1963–1976
Paul Roscher
• 1976–1989
Siegfried Lorenz
• 1989–1990
Norbert Kertscher
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk 
• 1952–1960
Max Müller
• 1960–1963
Werner Felfe
• 1963–1981
Heinz Arnold
• 1981–1990
Lothar Fichtner
• 1990
Albrecht Buttolo (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History 
• Established
1952
• Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxony (1945–1952)
Saxony
Today part ofGermany

The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The district would last from 1952 up to the Reunification of Germany in 1990. The administrative seat and the main town was Karl-Marx-Stadt, renamed back to Chemnitz during the reunification of Germany.


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