Bezirk Gera Explained

Common Name:Gera
Conventional Long Name:District of Gera
Native Name:Bezirk Gera
Subdivision:District (Bezirk)
Nation:East Germany
Image Map Caption:Location of Bezirk Gera within the German Democratic Republic
Capital:Gera
Stat Area1:4004
Stat Pop1:742,000
Stat Year1:1989
Leader1:Otto Funke
Leader2:Heinz Glaser
Leader3:Paul Roscher
Leader4:Herbert Ziegenhahn
Leader5:Erich Postler
Year Leader1:1952–1955
Year Leader2:1955–1959
Year Leader3:1959–1963
Year Leader4:1963–1989
Year Leader5:1989
Title Leader:SED First Secretary
Title Deputy:Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk
Deputy1:Lydia Poser
Deputy2:Albert Wettengel
Deputy3:Horst Wenzel
Deputy4:Rudolf Bahmann
Deputy5:Joachim Mittasch
Deputy6:Karl-Heinz Fleischer
Deputy7:Werner Ulbrich
Deputy8:Helmut Luck
Deputy9:Peter Lindlau
Year Deputy1:1952–1959
Year Deputy2:1959–1965
Year Deputy3:1965–1973
Year Deputy4:1973–1977†
Year Deputy5:1977
Year Deputy6:1977–1983
Year Deputy7:1983–1990
Year Deputy8:1990
Year Deputy9:1990
P1:Thuringia
Flag P1:Flag of Thuringia.svg
S1:Thuringia
Flag S1:Flag of Thuringia.svg
Year Start:1952
Year End:1990
Today:Germany

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 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

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):