Bezirk Suhl

Bezirk Suhl
District
Location of Bezirk Suhl within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 50°35′N 10°45′E / 50.583°N 10.750°E / 50.583; 10.750
Country	German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions	8 Kreise and 1 Stadtkreis
Formed	1952
Dissolved	1990
Seat	Suhl
Area
• Total	3,856 km2 (1,489 sq mi)
Population (1989)[1]
• Total	549,400
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	O

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 July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to 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

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