Magdeburg | |
Native Name: | German: Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg |
Native Name Lang: | de |
Settlement Type: | Regierungsbezirk |
Coordinates: | 52.1667°N 11.6667°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Germany |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Saxony-Anhalt |
Extinct Title: | Disestablished |
Extinct Date: | 2004-01-01 |
Seat Type: | Region seat |
Seat: | Magdeburg |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 11737 |
Population Total: | 1220231 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Magdeburg was one of the three German: [[Regierungsbezirk]]e of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, located in the north of the country.
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 German: Regierungsbezirke of East Germany were disbanded in 1952, with Magedeburg largely becoming German: [[Bezirk Magdeburg]]. During reunification in 1990 it was reconstituted as part of the revived Saxony-Anhalt. The German: Regierungsbezirk was disbanded on January 1, 2004. Its functions were taken over by the German: Landesverwaltungsamt, which has three offices at the former seats of the German: Bezirksregierungen.
Kreise
(districts)
Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)