District of Suhl Bezirk Suhl | |||||||||
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District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||
1952–1990 | |||||||||
![]() Location of Bezirk Suhl within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||
Capital | Suhl | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1989 | 3,856 km2 (1,489 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1989 | 595,200 | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
SED First Secretary | |||||||||
• 1952–1954 | Adolf Färber | ||||||||
• 1954–1956 | Kurt Schneidewind | ||||||||
• 1956–1968 | Otto Funke | ||||||||
• 1968–1989 | Hans Albrecht | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Peter Pechauf | ||||||||
Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||
• 1952–1958 | Fritz Sattler | ||||||||
• 1958–1967 | Wilhelm Behnke | ||||||||
• 1967–1990 | Arnold Zimmermann | ||||||||
• 1990 | Helmuth Vierling (acting) | ||||||||
• 1990 | Werner Ulbrich (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
The Bezirk Suhl was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Suhl.