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In 1952, the state of Thuringia was divided into districts (Bezirke) because the government of East Germany dissolved its existing states as part of an administrative reorganization.1
Following this dissolution, the territory of Thuringia was partitioned among the districts of Erfurt, Suhl, Gera, Halle, and Leipzig. This administrative structure remained in place until the reunification of Germany in 1990, when Thuringia was reconstituted as a state.1