# Bezirk Suhl

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District of East Germany

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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

The **Bezirk Suhl** was a [district](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic) (*Bezirk*) of [East Germany](/source/East_Germany). The administrative seat and the main town was [Suhl](/source/Suhl).

## History

The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old [German](/source/Germany) [states](/source/States_of_Germany). After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished as a consequence of the [German reunification](/source/German_reunification), becoming again part of the state of [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia).

## Geography

### Position

The Bezirk Suhl, the westernmost and the smallest of the GDR, bordered with the *Bezirke* of [Erfurt](/source/Erfurt_(Bezirk)) and [Gera](/source/Gera_(Bezirk)). It bordered also with [West Germany](/source/West_Germany).

### Subdivision

The *Bezirk* was divided into 9 *Kreise*: 1 urban district (*Stadtkreis*) and 8 rural districts (*Landkreise*):

- **Urban district :** [Suhl](/source/Suhl).

- **Rural districts :** [Bad Salzungen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Bad_Salzungen&action=edit&redlink=1); [Hildburghausen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Hildburghausen&action=edit&redlink=1); [Ilmenau](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Ilmenau&action=edit&redlink=1); [Meiningen](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Meiningen&action=edit&redlink=1); [Neuhaus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Neuhaus&action=edit&redlink=1); [Schmalkalden](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Schmalkalden&action=edit&redlink=1); [Sonneberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Sonneberg&action=edit&redlink=1); [Suhl-Land](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kreis_Suhl-Land&action=edit&redlink=1).

## References

v t e Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic (1949–90) Bezirke (1952–90) East Berlin Cottbus Dresden Erfurt Frankfurt (Oder) Gera Halle Karl-Marx-Stadt Leipzig Magdeburg Neubrandenburg Potsdam Rostock Schwerin Suhl States (1949–52; 1990) East Berlin (de facto) Brandenburg Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Thuringia East Germany portal

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