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 |
The Bezirk Erfurt was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Erfurt.
History
[edit]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
[edit]Position
[edit]The Bezirk Erfurt bordered the Bezirke of Magdeburg, Halle, Gera and Suhl. It also bordered West Germany.
Subdivision
[edit]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
[edit]External links
[edit] Media related to Erfurt District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons