Gera district

The Gera district was an administrative unit in the German Democratic Republic . It was established in 1952 as one of a total of 14 districts after the federal states were dissolved . In 1990 the Gera district was dissolved in the course of the re-establishment of the states on the territory of the GDR.

Basic data
District capital:	Gera
Area :	4,004 km²
Residents :	742,000 (1989)
License plate :	N
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Administrative division

Until its dissolution on October 2, 1990, the district consisted of 2 urban and 11 rural districts and was continued in the state of Thuringia, with the districts and municipalities also receiving new key figures that remained valid until the municipal reorganization on July 1, 1994. It was not until July 1994, when the law on the reorganization of the districts and independent cities in Thuringia (Thür NGG - Thüringer Neugliederungsgesetz) of August 16, 1993 came into force, that the districts (with the subordinate municipalities) and the independent cities received new code numbers. The Gera district now formed the easternmost part of the state of Thuringia .

uh District number (TGS)	circle	Population on October 3rd, 1990			Number of parishes	Area (ha) at the end of 1990	District no. from 1990 to 1994 (AGS)
		all in all	male	Female
1031 ..	Gera, urban district	129713	61691	68022	1	7800	16002 ...
1032 ..	Jena, city district	102680	48464	54216	1	5900	16003 ...
1001 ..	Eisenberg	32729	15740	16989	43	24233	16017 ...
1002 ..	Gera Land	55940	26679	29261	64	46991	16019 ...
1011 ..	Greiz	53833	25010	28823	32	22781	16021 ...
1003 ..	Jena country	32632	15689	16943	48	36672	16025 ...
1004 ..	Praise stone	28094	13542	14552	42	35605	16027 ...
1005 ..	Poessneck	51272	24347	26925	51	41077	16032 ...
1006 ..	Rudolstadt	65836	31533	34303	70	46858	16033 ...
1007 ..	Saalfeld	57309	27448	29861	49	33714	16034 ...
1008 ..	Schleiz	31555	14929	16626	51	45454	16035 ...
1009 ..	Stadtroda	32296	15696	16600	44	27181	16041 ...
1010 ..	Zeulenroda	37602	17787	19815	35	26252	16045 ...
10 ..	Gera district	711491	338555	372936	531	400518	to the state of Thuringia

Government and party leaders

Chair of the District Council

• 1952–1959: Lydia Poser (1909–1984)
• 1959–1965: Albert Wettengel (1921–2004)
• 1965–1973: Horst Wenzel (* 1921)
• 1973–1977: Rudolf Bahmann (1929–1977)
• 1977 -9999: Joachim Mittasch (acting)
• 1977–1983: Karl-Heinz Fleischer (1932–2009)
• 1983–1990: Werner Ullrich (1928–1999)
• 1990 -9999: Helmut Luck (* 1930)
• 1990 -9999: Peter Lindlau (government representative)

First secretaries of the SED district leadership

• 1952–1955: Otto Funke (1915–1997)
• 1955–1959: Heinz Glaser (1920–1978)
• 1959–1963: Paul Roscher (1913–1993)
• 1963–1989: Herbert Ziegenhahn (1921–1993)
• 1989–1990: Erich Postler (* 1940)

Further data

• Industrial focus: chemistry (Rudolstadt-Schwarza), electrical engineering, electronics, fashion printing, machine tool construction (Gera), optics, precision mechanics (Jena), steel production (Unterwellenborn), ceramics (Kahla), uranium ore mining (Ronneburg)
• Biggest cities:

1. Gera (134,834 [1988])
2. Jena (108.010 [1988])
3. Greiz (35,822 [1984])
4. Saalfeld / Saale (33,586 [1984])
5. Rudolstadt (32,232 [1984])
6. Pößneck (18045 [1984])
7. Zeulenroda (14,659 [1984])
8. Eisenberg (13,361 [1984])
9. Hermsdorf (10,835 [1984])
10. Neustadt an der Orla (10,822 [1984])
11. Weida (10,805 [1984])

coat of arms

Due to the seal order of the GDR of May 28, 1953, all regional coats of arms lost their meaning as brands or seals. However, the coats of arms of the cities and districts were still used on buildings or in publications without fulfilling an official function. The coat of arms of the Gera district used in some books actually shows the coat of arms of the city of Gera . The seal coat of arms of the GDR was official. It was not until the municipal constitution of the GDR on May 17, 1990 that municipalities and districts were able to expressly use coats of arms again and use them as seals.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 40 years of the GDR. State Central Administration for Statistics, May 1989.