Bezirk Schwerin
| 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.