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Gera (Bezirk)

Bezirk Gera
District
Location of Bezirk Gera within the German Democratic Republic
Location of Bezirk Gera within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 50°40′N 11°45′E / 50.667°N 11.750°E / 50.667; 11.750
Country German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions 11 Kreise and 2 Stadtkreise
Formed 1952
Dissolved 1990
Seat Gera
Area
 • Total 4,004 km2 (1,546 sq mi)
Population (1989)
 • Total 742,000
 • Density 190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Vehicle registration N

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

The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, replacing the old German states. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Thuringia.

The Bezirk Gera had borders with the Bezirke of Suhl, Erfurt, Halle, Leipzig and Karl-Marx-Stadt, as well as with West Germany.

The Bezirk was divided into 13 Kreise: 2 urban districts (Stadtkreise) and 11 rural districts (Landkreise):


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