District of Karl-Marx-Stadt Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt | |||||||||
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District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
1952–1990 | |||||||||
![]() Location of Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||
Capital | Karl-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 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The district existed from 1952 until 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.