Bezirk Cottbus

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