Bezirk Magdeburg
The Bezirk Magdeburg was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Magdeburg.
Bezirk Magdeburg | |
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District | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the German Democratic Republic | |
| Coordinates: 52°10′N 11°40′E | |
| Country | German Democratic Republic |
| Subdivisions | 21 Kreise and 1 Stadtkreis |
| Formed | 1952 |
| Dissolved | 1990 |
| Seat | Magdeburg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,526 km2 (4,450 sq mi) |
| Population (1989)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,249,500 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Vehicle registration | H, 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.
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See also
References
- "40 Jahre DDR", National central administration for statistics, May 1989
External links
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