Common Name: | Suhl |
Conventional Long Name: | District of Suhl |
Native Name: | Bezirk Suhl |
Subdivision: | District (Bezirk) |
Nation: | East Germany |
Image Map Caption: | Location of Bezirk Suhl within the German Democratic Republic |
Capital: | Suhl |
Stat Area1: | 3856 |
Stat Pop1: | 595,200 |
Stat Year1: | 1989 |
Leader1: | Adolf Färber |
Leader2: | Kurt Schneidewind |
Leader3: | Otto Funke |
Leader4: | Hans Albrecht |
Leader5: | Peter Pechauf |
Year Leader1: | 1952–1954 |
Year Leader2: | 1954–1956 |
Year Leader3: | 1956–1968 |
Year Leader4: | 1968–1989 |
Year Leader5: | 1989–1990 |
Title Leader: | SED First Secretary |
Title Deputy: | Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk |
Deputy1: | Fritz Sattler |
Deputy2: | Wilhelm Behnke |
Deputy3: | Arnold Zimmermann |
Deputy4: | Helmuth Vierling |
Deputy5: | Werner Ulbrich |
Year Deputy1: | 1952–1958 |
Year Deputy2: | 1958–1967 |
Year Deputy3: | 1967–1990 |
Year Deputy4: | 1990 |
Year Deputy5: | 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 Suhl was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Suhl.
The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished as a consequence of the German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Thuringia.
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.
The Bezirk was divided into 9 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 8 rural districts (Landkreise):