Bezirk Erfurt

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

District of Erfurt Bezirk Erfurt
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Erfurt within the German Democratic Republic
Capital	Erfurt
Area
• 1989	7,349 km2 (2,837 sq mi)
Population
• 1989	1,240,400
Government
SED First Secretary
• 1952–1953	Erich Mückenberger
• 1953–1957	Hans Kiefert
• 1957–1958	Hermann Fischer
• 1958–1980	Alois Bräutigam
• 1980–1989	Gerhard Müller
• 1989	Herbert Kroker
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk
• 1952–1962	Willy Gebhardt
• 1962–1985	Richard Gothe
• 1985	Horst Lang (acting)
• 1985–1990	Arthur Swatek
• 1990	Horst Lang (acting)
• 1990	Josef Duchač (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History
• Established	1952
• Disestablished	1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Thuringia Thuringia
Today part of	Germany

History

The district was established, along with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting 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 Erfurt bordered the Bezirke of Magdeburg, Halle, Gera and Suhl. It also bordered West Germany.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 15 Kreise: 2 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 13 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban districts : Erfurt; Weimar.
• Rural districts : Apolda; Arnstadt; Eisenach; Erfurt-Land; Gotha; Heiligenstadt; Langensalza; Mühlhausen; Nordhausen; Sömmerda; Sondershausen; Weimar-Land; Worbis.