Bezirk Suhl Explained

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.

History

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.

Geography

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):