Province of Magdeburg explained

Conventional Long Name:Province of Magdeburg
Common Name:Magdeburg
Subdivision:Province
Nation:Prussia
Status Text:Province of Prussia
Government Type:Province
Title Leader:High President
Leader1:Rudolf Jordan
Year Leader1:1944–1945
Capital:Magdeburg
Year Start:1944
Year End:1945
Date Start:1 July
Date End:23 July
Life Span:1944–1945
Era:World War II
Image Map Caption:The Province of Magdeburg in 1944.
P1:Province of Saxony
S1:Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Stat Year1:1933a
Stat Area1:11587.87
Stat Pop1:1.303.848
Footnotes:a. Within 1944/45 borders.

The Province of Magdeburg (German: Provinz Magdeburg) was a province of the Free State of Prussia within Nazi Germany from 1944 to 1945. The provincial capital was Magdeburg.

The province was created on 1 July 1944 out of Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg, a government region from the former Province of Saxony.[1]

The province was occupied by American troops after the conquest of Magdeburg in April 1945 during World War II. After the territory was transferred from American to Soviet control, it was merged with Halle-Merseburg and Anhalt to recreate the Province of Saxony, later renamed the Province of Saxony-Anhalt and ultimately the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt.

Districts in 1945

Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg

Urban districts
  1. Aschersleben
  2. Burg bei Magdeburg
  3. Halberstadt
  4. Magdeburg
  5. Quedlinburg
  6. Salzwedel
  7. Stendal
Rural districts
  1. Calbe a./S.
  2. Gardelegen
  3. Haldensleben
  4. Jerichow I (seat: Burg bei Magdeburg)
  5. Jerichow II (seat: Genthin)
  6. Oschersleben (Bode)
  7. Osterburg
  8. Quedlinburg
  9. Salzwedel
  10. Stendal
  11. Wanzleben
  12. Wernigerode
  13. Wolmirstedt

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erlaß des Führers über die Aufgliederung der Provinz Sachsen . verfassungen.de . February 17, 2024 . DE.