The Bezirk Halle was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Halle.HistoryThe district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt except Artern kreis, which became part of Thuringia.