Bezirk Magdeburg
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| District of Magdeburg Bezirk Magdeburg | ||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | ||
| 1952–1990 | ||
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| Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the German Democratic Republic | ||
| Capital | Magdeburg | |
| Area | ||
• 1989 | 11,526 km2 (4,450 sq mi) | |
| Population | ||
• 1989 | 1,249,500 | |
| Government | ||
| SED First Secretary | ||
• 1952–1979 | Alois Pisnik | |
• 1979–1983 | Kurt Tiedke | |
• 1983–1989 | Werner Eberlein | |
• 1989 | Wolfgang Pohl | |
• 1989–1990 | Manfred Dunkel | |
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | ||
• 1952–1953 | Josef Hegen | |
• 1953–1956 | Paul Hentschel | |
• 1956–1957 | Bruno Kiesler (acting) | |
• 1957–1959 | Paul Hentschel | |
• 1960–1985 | Kurt Ranke | |
• 1985–1990 | Siegfried Grünwald | |
• 1990 | Wolfgang Braun (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | |
| History | ||
• Established | 1952 | |
• Disestablished | 1990 | |
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The Bezirk Magdeburg was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Magdeburg.
History
[edit ]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
[edit ]Position
[edit ]The Bezirk Magdeburg bordered with the Bezirke of Schwerin, Potsdam, Halle and Erfurt. It bordered also with West Germany.
Subdivision
[edit ]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
[edit ]References
[edit ]External links
[edit ]Media related to Magdeburg District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons
