Bezirk Gera

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District of Gera
Bezirk Gera
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Hissflagge Gera.svg
Flag
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Coat of arms
District of Gera in German Democratic Republic.svg
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
Flag of Thuringia.svg Thuringia
Thuringia Flag of Thuringia.svg
Today part of Germany

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

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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):

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