The Bezirk Suhl was a district

Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic

The Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic were constituted in two different forms during the country's 41-year-long history. The Republic first retained the traditional German division into federated states called Länder, but in 1952 replaced them with arbitrarily-drawn...

 (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Suhl

Suhl

- Geography :Suhl sits on the south edge of the Suhler Scholle, an upthrust granite complex that is streaked by numerous dikes. This is part of the Ruhla-Schleusingen Horst that defines the southwest side of the Thuringian Forest...

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History

The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German

Germany

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. After October 3, 1990, it was disestablished due to the German reunification

German reunification

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, becoming again part of the state of Thuringia

Thuringia

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Position

The Bezirk Suhl, the westernmost and the smallest of the GDR, bordered with the Bezirke of Erfurt

Erfurt (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Erfurt was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Erfurt.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

 and Gera

Gera (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Gera was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and main town was Gera.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, replacing the old German states...

. It bordered also with West Germany

West Germany

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Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 9 kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 8 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban district : Suhl
  Suhl
  - Geography :Suhl sits on the south edge of the Suhler Scholle, an upthrust granite complex that is streaked by numerous dikes. This is part of the Ruhla-Schleusingen Horst that defines the southwest side of the Thuringian Forest...
  
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• Rural districts : Bad Salzungen; Hildburghausen; Ilmenau; Meiningen; Neuhaus; Schmalkalden; Sonneberg; Suhl.