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Bezirk Suhl

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Formed
  
1952

Seat
  
Suhl

Area
  
3,856 km²

Population
  
549,400 (1989)

Dissolved
  
1990

Vehicle registration
  
O

Founded
  
1952

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Country
  
German Democratic Republic

Subdivisions
  
8 Kreise and 1 Stadtkreis

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

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History

The 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 Thuringia.

Position

The Bezirk Suhl, the westernmost and the smallest of the GDR, bordered with the Bezirke of Erfurt and Gera. It bordered also with West Germany.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 9 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 8 rural districts (Landkreise):

  • Urban district : Suhl.
  • Rural districts : Bad Salzungen; Hildburghausen; Ilmenau; Meiningen; Neuhaus; Schmalkalden; Sonneberg; Suhl.

    • References

    Bezirk Suhl Wikipedia
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