District of Erfurt
Bezirk Erfurt
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990

Location of Bezirk Erfurt within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalErfurt
Area 
 1989
7,349 km2 (2,837 sq mi)
Population 
 1989
1,240,400
History 
 Established
1952
 Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Thuringia
Thuringia
Today part ofGermany

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):

  • Urban districts : Erfurt; Weimar.
  • Rural districts : Apolda; Arnstadt; Eisenach; Erfurt-Land; Gotha; Heiligenstadt; Langensalza; Mühlhausen; Nordhausen; Sömmerda; Sondershausen; Weimar-Land; Worbis.

References

    Media related to Erfurt District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons

    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.