Bezirk Gera

The administrative seat and main town was Gera.The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, replacing the old German states.After 3 October 1990 it was disestablished following 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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