Sömmerda (district)

Sömmerda is a "Landkreis" (rural district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany. 
History.
The district Sömmerda was created in 1952. In 1994 the districts of Thuringia were reorganized, and the district Sömmerda was made a lot bigger by adding municipalities from the old districts Artern and Erfurt-Land.