Bezirk Cottbus

District of Cottbus
Bezirk Cottbus (German)
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Cottbus
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Cottbus within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalCottbus
Area 
• 1989
8,262 km2 (3,190 sq mi)
Population 
• 1989
884,700
Government
SED First Secretary 
• 1952–1953
Franz Bruk
• 1953–1969
Albert Stief
• 1969–1989
Werner Walde
• 1989–1990
Wolfgang Thiel
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk 
• 1952–1959
Werner Manneberg
• 1959–1962
Heinz Krüger
• 1962
Rudolf Müller (acting)
• 1962–1971
Hans Schmidt
• 1971–1989
Irma Uschkamp
• 1989–1990
Peter Siegesmund
• 1990
Karl-Heinz Kretschmer (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History 
• Established
1952
• Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Brandenburg (1945-1952)
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Saxony (1945–1952)
Brandenburg
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony
Today part ofGermany

Bezirk Cottbus was a district (Bezirk) of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was Cottbus.


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