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

District of Gera
Bezirk Gera
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Gera
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Gera within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalGera
Area 
• 1989
4,004 km2 (1,546 sq mi)
Population 
• 1989
742,000
History 
• Established
1952
• Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Thuringia
Thuringia
Today part ofGermany

History edit

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.

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The Bezirk Gera had borders with the Bezirke of Suhl, Erfurt, Halle, Leipzig and Karl-Marx-Stadt, as well as with West Germany.

Subdivision edit

The Bezirk was divided into 13 Kreise: 2 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 11 rural districts (Landkreise):

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