The Bezirk Schwerin was a district

Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic

The Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic were constituted in two different forms during the country's 41-year-long history. The Republic first retained the traditional German division into federated states called Länder, but in 1952 replaced them with arbitrarily-drawn...

 (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Schwerin

Schwerin

Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...

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History

The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German

Germany

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 states

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. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to the German reunification

German reunification

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, becoming again part of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Position

The Bezirk Schwerin bordered with the Bezirke of Rostock

Rostock (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Rostock was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Rostock.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

, Neubrandenburg

Neubrandenburg (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Neubrandenburg was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Neubrandenburg.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

, Potsdam

Potsdam (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Potsdam was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Potsdam.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

 and Magdeburg

Magdeburg (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Magdeburg was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Magdeburg.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

. It bordered also with West Germany

West Germany

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Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 11 kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreise) and 10 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban district : Schwerin
  Schwerin
  Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...
  
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• Rural districts : Bützow; Gadebusch; Güstrow; Hagenow; Ludwigslust; Lübz; Parchim; Perleberg; Schwerin-Land; Sternberg.