Bezirk Magdeburg

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

Bezirk Magdeburg
District
Coat of arms
Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the German Democratic Republic
Coordinates: 52°10′N 11°40′E
CountryGerman Democratic Republic
Subdivisions21 Kreise and 1 Stadtkreis
Formed1952
Dissolved1990
SeatMagdeburg
Area
  Total11,526 km2 (4,450 sq mi)
Population
 (1989)[1]
  Total1,249,500
  Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Vehicle registrationH, M

History

The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states. After October 3, 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

  1. "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989

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