| District of Erfurt Bezirk Erfurt | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||
 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 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
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The Bezirk Erfurt was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Erfurt.
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):
References
External links
Media related to Erfurt District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons
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