Bezirk Potsdam

District of Potsdam
Bezirk Potsdam
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Flag
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Potsdam within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalPotsdam
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
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Brandenburg (1945–1952)
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Brandenburg
Saxony-Anhalt
Today part ofGermany

The Bezirk Potsdam was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Potsdam.

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