The Bezirk Suhl was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Suhl.
| District of Suhl Bezirk Suhl | |||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||
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 Coat of arms
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 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 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
History
editThe 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
editPosition
editThe 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
editThe 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.