Bezirk Gera

Bezirk Gera
District
Location of Bezirk Gera within the German Democratic Republic
Country	German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions	11 Kreise and 2 Stadtkreise
Formed	1952
Dissolved	1990
Seat	Gera
Area
• Total	4,004 km2 (1,546 sq mi)
Population  (1989)
• Total	742,000
• Density	190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	N

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

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.

Geography

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.