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Bezirk Gera

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Formed
  
1952

Vehicle registration
  
N

Founded
  
1952

Date dissolved
  
1990

Seat
  
Gera

Area
  
4,004 km²

Population
  
742,000 (1989)

Bezirk Gera

Country
  
German Democratic Republic

Subdivisions
  
11 Kreise and 2 Stadtkreise

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

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History

The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, replacing the old German states. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Thuringia.

Position

The Bezirk Gera had borders with the Bezirke of Suhl, Erfurt, Halle, Leipzig and Karl-Marx-Stadt, as well as with West Germany.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 13 Kreise: 2 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 11 rural districts (Landkreise):

  • Urban districts : Gera; Jena.
  • Rural districts : Eisenberg; Gera-Land; Greiz; Jena-Land; Lobenstein; Pößneck; Rudolstadt; Saalfeld; Schleiz; Stadtroda; Zeulenroda.
  • References

    Bezirk Gera Wikipedia