| District of Schwerin Bezirk Schwerin | |||||||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 Location of Bezirk Schwerin within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Schwerin | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• 1989 | 8,672 km2 (3,348 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1989 | 595,200 | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| SED First Secretary | |||||||||||||
• 1952–1974 | Bernhard Quandt | ||||||||||||
• 1974–1989 | Heinz Ziegner | ||||||||||||
• 1989 | Hans-Jürgen Audehm | ||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||||||
• 1952–1958 | Wilhelm Bick | ||||||||||||
• 1958–1960 | Josef Stadler | ||||||||||||
• 1960–1968 | Michael Grieb | ||||||||||||
• 1968–1989 | Rudi Fleck | ||||||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Siegfried Hempelt (acting) | ||||||||||||
• 1990 | Georg Diederich (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||||
The Bezirk Schwerin was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Schwerin.