The Bezirk Gera was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and main town was Gera.
| District of Gera Bezirk Gera | |||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 Location of Bezirk Gera within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||
| Capital | Gera | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1989 | 4,004 km2 (1,546 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 742,000 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| SED First Secretary | |||||||||
• 1952–1955 | Otto Funke | ||||||||
• 1955–1959 | Heinz Glaser | ||||||||
• 1959–1963 | Paul Roscher | ||||||||
• 1963–1989 | Herbert Ziegenhahn | ||||||||
• 1989 | Erich Postler | ||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||
• 1952–1959 | Lydia Poser | ||||||||
• 1959–1965 | Albert Wettengel | ||||||||
• 1965–1973 | Horst Wenzel | ||||||||
• 1973–1977† | Rudolf Bahmann | ||||||||
• 1977 | Joachim Mittasch (acting) | ||||||||
• 1977–1983 | Karl-Heinz Fleischer | ||||||||
• 1983–1990 | Werner Ulbrich | ||||||||
• 1990 | Helmut Luck | ||||||||
• 1990 | Peter Lindlau (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
History
editThe district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, replacing the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished following German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Thuringia.
Geography
editPosition
editThe Bezirk Gera had borders with the Bezirke of Suhl, Erfurt, Halle, Leipzig and Karl-Marx-Stadt, as well as with West Germany.
Subdivision
editThe 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.