District of Suhl
Bezirk Suhl
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Suhl
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Suhl within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalSuhl
Area 
 1989
3,856 km2 (1,489 sq mi)
Population 
 1989
595,200
History 
 Established
1952
 Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Thuringia
Thuringia
Today part ofGermany

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

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.

References

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