Province of Halle-Merseburg
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This article is about the Prussian province. For the Third Reich's Gau, see Gau Halle-Merseburg.
The Province of Halle-Merseburg (German: Provinz Halle-Merseburg) was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1944 to 1945. The provincial capital was the city Merseburg.
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Province of Halle-Merseburg | |||||||||
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Province of Prussia | |||||||||
1944–1945 | |||||||||
The Province of Halle-Merseburg in 1944. | |||||||||
Capital | Merseburg | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1933a | 10,217.26 km2 (3,944.91 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1933a | 1.486.274 | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
• Type | Province | ||||||||
High President | |||||||||
• 1944–1945 | Joachim A. Eggeling | ||||||||
Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
• Established | 1 July 1944 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 23 July 1945 | ||||||||
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a. Within 1944/45 borders. |
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Halle-Merseburg was created on 1 July 1944, out of Regierungsbezirk Merseburg, an administrative region from the former Province of Saxony. The governor of the new province was Joachim Albrecht Eggeling, the Gauleiter of the Nazi Gau Halle-Merseburg. In 1945, the Province of Halle-Merseburg was dissolved into a recreated Province of Saxony.