The Bezirk Erfurt was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Erfurt.
| District of Erfurt Bezirk Erfurt | |||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||
 Location of Bezirk Erfurt within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||
| Capital | Erfurt | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1989 | 7,349 km2 (2,837 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 1,240,400 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| SED First Secretary | |||||||||
• 1952–1953 | Erich Mückenberger | ||||||||
• 1953–1957 | Hans Kiefert | ||||||||
• 1957–1958 | Hermann Fischer | ||||||||
• 1958–1980 | Alois Bräutigam | ||||||||
• 1980–1989 | Gerhard Müller | ||||||||
• 1989 | Herbert Kroker | ||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||
• 1952–1962 | Willy Gebhardt | ||||||||
• 1962–1985 | Richard Gothe | ||||||||
• 1985 | Horst Lang (acting) | ||||||||
• 1985–1990 | Arthur Swatek | ||||||||
• 1990 | Horst Lang (acting) | ||||||||
• 1990 | Josef Duchač (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
History
editThe 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
editPosition
editThe Bezirk Erfurt bordered the Bezirke of Magdeburg, Halle, Gera and Suhl. It also bordered West Germany.
Subdivision
editThe 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
editExternal links
edit Media related to Erfurt District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons