Magdeburg (region)

Not to be confused with Magdeburg Region.

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Regierungsbezirk in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Magdeburg

Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg

Regierungsbezirk

Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the former Regierungsbezirk of Magdeburg

Coordinates: 52°10′00″N 11°40′00″E﻿ / ﻿52.1667°N 11.6667°E﻿ / 52.1667; 11.6667
Country| Germany
State| Saxony-Anhalt
Disestablished| 2004-01-01
Region seat| Magdeburg
Area

• Total

| 11,737 km2 (4,532 sq mi)
Population

(2000)

• Total

| 1,220,231
• Density| 100/km2 (270/sq mi)

Magdeburg was one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, located in the north of the country.

## History

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Map of the Magdeburg region c. 1820.

The region was formed in 1815 as a subdivision of the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Saxony. In 1944, it was briefly separated as a province in its own right – the Province of Magdeburg – before becoming part of post-war Saxony-Anhalt within the Soviet occupation zone after World War II and then East Germany in 1949. Both the states and the Regierungsbezirke of East Germany were disbanded in 1952, with Magedeburg largely becoming Bezirk Magdeburg. During reunification in 1990, it was reconstituted as part of the revived Saxony-Anhalt. The Regierungsbezirk was disbanded on January 1, 2004. Its functions were taken over by the Landesverwaltungsamt, which has three offices at the former seats of the Bezirksregierungen.

## Subdivision

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Kreise
(districts)

1. Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
2. Aschersleben-Staßfurt
3. Bördekreis
4. Halberstadt
5. Jerichower Land
6. Ohrekreis
7. Quedlinburg
8. Schönebeck
9. Stendal
10. Wernigerode

Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)

1. Magdeburg

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## See also

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* Bezirk Magdeburg

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Former Regierungsbezirk in Saxony-Anhalt (1990-2004)

* Dessau
* Halle
* Magdeburg

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