| District of Leipzig Bezirk Leipzig | |||||||||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||||||||
 Location of Bezirk Leipzig within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Leipzig | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
• 1989 | 4,966 km2 (1,917 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1989 | 1,360,900 | ||||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||||
| First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party | |||||||||||||||
• 1952 | Karl Schirdewan | ||||||||||||||
• 1953–1970† | Paul Fröhlich | ||||||||||||||
• 1970–1989 | Horst Schumann | ||||||||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Roland Wötzel | ||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||||||||
• 1952–1959 | Karl Adolphs | ||||||||||||||
• 1959–1974 | Erich Grützner | ||||||||||||||
• 1974–1989 | Rolf Opitz | ||||||||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Joachim Draber | ||||||||||||||
• 1990–1990 | Rudolf Krause (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Bezirkstag Leipzig | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||||||
The Bezirk Leipzig was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany that would last from 1952 to 1990. Leipzig would be reabsorbed into Saxony after the reunification of Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig.