Bezirk Gera

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
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Gera within the German Democratic Republic
Capital	Gera
Area
• 1989	4,004 km2 (1,546 sq mi)
Population
• 1989	742,000
Government
SED First Secretary
• 1952–1955	Otto Funke
• 1955–1959	Heinz Glaser
• 1959–1963	Paul Roscher
• 1963–1989	Herbert Ziegenhahn
• 1989	Erich Postler
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk
• 1952–1959	Lydia Poser
• 1959–1965	Albert Wettengel
• 1965–1973	Horst Wenzel
• 1973–1977†	Rudolf Bahmann
• 1977	Joachim Mittasch (acting)
• 1977–1983	Karl-Heinz Fleischer
• 1983–1990	Werner Ulbrich
• 1990	Helmut Luck
• 1990	Peter Lindlau (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History
• Established	1952
• Disestablished	1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Thuringia Thuringia
Today part of	Germany

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):

• Urban districts : Gera; Jena.
• Rural districts : Eisenberg; Gera-Land; Greiz; Jena-Land; Lobenstein; Pößneck; Rudolstadt; Saalfeld; Schleiz; Stadtroda; Zeulenroda.