Back Патсдам (акруга) Byelorussian Bezirk Potsdam German Potsdami ringkond Estonian District de Potsdam French Potsdam kerület Hungarian Distretto di Potsdam Italian ポツダム県 Japanese 포츠담구 Korean Bezirk Potsdam Dutch Bezirk Potsdam NB
| District of Potsdam Bezirk Potsdam | |||||||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||||||
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 Location of Bezirk Potsdam within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Potsdam | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• 1989 | 12,568 km2 (4,853 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1989 | 1,123,800 | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| SED First Secretary | |||||||||||||
• 1952–1956 | Kurt Seibt | ||||||||||||
• 1956–1957 | Eduard Götzl (acting) | ||||||||||||
• 1957–1964 | Kurt Seibt | ||||||||||||
• 1964–1976† | Werner Wittig | ||||||||||||
• 1976–1989 | Günther Jahn | ||||||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Heinz Vietze | ||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||||||
• 1952–1953 | Curt Wach | ||||||||||||
• 1953–1957 | Josef Stadler | ||||||||||||
• 1957–1960 | Herbert Rutschke | ||||||||||||
• 1960–1962 | Franz Peplinski | ||||||||||||
• 1963–1971 | Herbert Puchert | ||||||||||||
• 1971–1974 | Günter Pappenheim | ||||||||||||
• 1974–1977 | Werner Eidner | ||||||||||||
• 1977–1990 | Herbert Tzschoppe | ||||||||||||
• 1990 | Jochen Wolf (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||||
The Bezirk Potsdam was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Potsdam.