Gera

Gera is a city in the east of Thuringia, Germany. In 2003 it had about 105,000 inhabitants. Its area is 151 km?.

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The city was founded in the year 995. Since 1564, Gera was the residence of the Younger Line of the Reuss monarchy. In 1920 the city became part of Thuringia (German: Th?ringen). Large portions of the city were destroyed by aerial bombing in 1945. Until German reunification in 1990, the city belonged to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).

Thuringia: The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Th?ringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the country's sixteen Bundesl?nder (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km? and 2.45 million inhabitants. The capital is Erfurt....

2003: 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the:...

Reuss: Reuss (German: Reu?) was the name of several historical states located in present-day Thuringia, Germany. Its rulers, the Reuss family, named every male born within it Heinrich (Henry) for centuries. The head of each branch of the family bore the title F?rst (Prince)....