Bezirk Erfurt

The Bezirk Erfurt was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Erfurt.

Bezirk Erfurt
District
Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Erfurt within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 51°0′N 11°0′E / 51.000°N 11.000°E / 51.000; 11.000Coordinates: 51°0′N 11°0′E / 51.000°N 11.000°E / 51.000; 11.000
Country	German Democratic Republic
Subdivisions	13 Kreise and 2 Stadtkreise
Formed	1952
Dissolved	1990
Seat	Erfurt
Area
• Total	7,349 km^2 (2,837 sq mi)
Population  (1989)^[1]
• Total	1,240,400
• Density	170/km^2 (440/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	L, F

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

1. "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989

External links

  Media related to Erfurt District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons