{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {| class="wikitable" style="float: right;" border="1px solid darkgray;" ! colspan="2" | Kreis Bergen |- | [[Administrative divisions of East Germany|East German administrative division]] || [[Bezirk Rostock|Rostock]] |- | County town || [[Bergen auf Rügen]] |- | [[Vehicle registration plate]] ||A (Bezirk Rostock) |- | colspan="2" align="center" | [[File:Kreis Bergen.PNG|260px]] |- | colspan="2" align="center"| Kreis Bergen within Bezirk Rostock |} '''Kreis Bergen''' (district of Bergen) was a ''[[Landkreis|Kreis]]'' on the island of [[Rügen]] in the district of [[Bezirk Rostock]] in [[East Germany]] from 1952 to 1955.
== History == After the end of the [[Second World War]] the [[Landkreis Rügen|shire county of Rügen]] (''Landkreis Rügen''), which covered the island of [[Rügen]], came under the [[Soviet Zone of Occupation]] and was incorporated into the state of [[Land Mecklenburg|Mecklenburg]]. On 25 July 1952 there was a comprehensive land reform in [[East Germany]], in which the states lost their importance and new provinces called ''[[Administrative divisions of East Germany|Bezirke]]'' were formed. Out of the territory of the old county of Rügen the town new counties of Bergen and [[Kreis Putbus|Putbus]] were formed.
Because the division of the island of Rügen into two counties soon proved pointless, the counties of Bergen and Putbus were reunited on 1 January 1956 into the [[Kreis Rügen|county of Rügen]].<ref>{{citation|editor-surname1=Statistisches Bundesamt|title=Gemeinden 1994 und ihre Veränderungen seit 01.01.1948 in den neuen Ländern |publisher=Metzler-Poeschel|publication-place=Stuttgart|isbn=3-8246-0321-7|date= 1995|language=German}}</ref>
== Transport == Kreis Bergen was joined to East Germany's network of trunk roads by the [[Bundesstraße 96|F96]] from [[Sassnitz|Saßnitz]] via Rambin to Berlin. A railway link to the mainland existed in the shape of the line from [[Stralsund–Sassnitz railway|Saßnitz via Rambin to Stralsund]]. Rail services in the county were also served by the branch lines of [[Bergen auf Rügen–Lauterbach Mole railway|Bergen & Lauterbach Mole]], [[Lietzow–Binz railway|Lietzow & Binz]] and [[Rügensche Kleinbahn|Bergen & Altenkirchen]].
== Municipalities == Kreis Bergen covered the northern part of the island of Rügen including the islands of [[Hiddensee]] and [[Ummanz]] off its coast and the peninsulas of [[Bug (Rügen)|Bug]], [[Jasmund]], [[Schaabe]] and [[Wittow]]. Within the county were the town of Bergen itself and the municipalities of [[Altenkirchen (Rügen)|Altenkirchen]], [[Gutshaus Boldevitz|Boldevitz]], [[Breege]], [[Buschvitz]], [[Dranske]], Dubnitz, [[Gingst]], [[Glowe]], Groß Kubitz, [[Hiddensee]], Karow, [[Kluis]], Lieschow, [[Lietzow]], [[Lohme]], Lubkow, [[Neuenkirchen (Rügen)|Neuenkirchen]], [[Parchtitz]], [[Patzig]], [[Putgarten]], [[Ralswiek]], [[Rappin]], [[Sagard]], [[Sassnitz|Saßnitz]], [[Schaprode]], [[Thesenvitz]], [[Trent (Rügen)|Trent]], [[Ummanz (Gemeinde)|Ummanz]], [[Wiek (Rügen)|Wiek]] and Zühlitz.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
== References == <references/>
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