District of Magdeburg
Bezirk Magdeburg
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Magdeburg
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalMagdeburg
Area 
 1989
11,526 km2 (4,450 sq mi)
Population 
 1989
1,249,500
History 
 Established
1952
 Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Saxony-Anhalt
Brandenburg
Today part ofGermany

The Bezirk Magdeburg was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Magdeburg.

History

The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 it was abolished as part of the process of German reunification, becoming again part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt except Havelberg district, passed to Brandenburg.

Geography

Position

The Bezirk Magdeburg bordered with the Bezirke of Schwerin, Potsdam, Halle and Erfurt. It bordered also with West Germany.

Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 22 Kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 21 rural districts (Landkreise):

  • Urban district : Magdeburg.
  • Rural districts : Burg; Gardelegen; Genthin; Halberstadt; Haldensleben; Havelberg; Kalbe; Klötze; Loburg; Oschersleben; Osterburg; Salzwedel; Schönebeck; Seehausen; Staßfurt; Stendal; Tangerhütte; Wanzleben; Wernigerode; Wolmirstedt; Zerbst.

See also

References

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