Bezirk Suhl

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

District of Suhl Bezirk Suhl
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Suhl within the German Democratic Republic
Capital	Suhl
Area
• 1989	3,856 km2 (1,489 sq mi)
Population
• 1989	595,200
Government
First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
• 1952–1954	Adolf Färber
• 1954–1956	Kurt Schneidewind
• 1956–1968	Otto Funke
• 1968–1989	Hans Albrecht
• 1989–1990	Peter Pechauf
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk
• 1952–1958	Fritz Sattler
• 1958–1967	Wilhelm Behnke
• 1967–1990	Arnold Zimmermann
• 1990	Helmuth Vierling (acting)
• 1990	Werner Ulbrich (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
Legislature	Bezirkstag Suhl
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, 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):

• Urban district : Suhl.
• Rural districts : Bad Salzungen; Hildburghausen; Ilmenau; Meiningen; Neuhaus; Schmalkalden; Sonneberg; Suhl-Land.