Magdeburg (region)

Not to be confused with Magdeburg Region.

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

Magdeburg Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg
Regierungsbezirk
Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the former Regierungsbezirk of Magdeburg
Coordinates: 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)

History

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

Kreise (districts) Altmarkkreis Salzwedel Aschersleben-Staßfurt Bördekreis Halberstadt Jerichower Land Ohrekreis Quedlinburg Schönebeck Stendal Wernigerode

Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns) Magdeburg

See also

• Bezirk Magdeburg