found: Bezirk Gera, c1981 (subj.)t.p. (Bezirk Gera) p. 7 (formed in 1952 along with Bezirke Erfurt & Suhl from former E. German state Thuringia)
found: LC data base, 7-26-83(hdg.: Gera, Ger. (Bezirk))
found: BGN, 8/17/85(Gera, Bezirk, ADM1, 50°50ʹN, 12°05ʹE, E. Ger.)
found: BGN approved 1/15/91(Thüringen [brief], Land, ADMI 50°55ʹN, 11°00ʹE; Bezirks Erfurt, Gera, and Suhl deleted)
found: Col gaz. of the world, Nov. 5, 2003(Thuringia; in 1952 the state was abolished as an administrative unit, but it was reintegrated as a federal state in Oct. 1990; during the Communist era, Thuringia was split into the dists. of Erfurt, Suhl, and Gera)
