Bezirk Magdeburg

District of Magdeburg Bezirk Magdeburg
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms
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
• 1953–1959	Paul Hentschel
• 1957–1958	Bruno Kiesler (acting)
• 1960–1985	Kurt Ranke
• 1985–1990	Siegfried Grünwald
• 1990	Wolfgang Braun (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History
• Established	1952
• Disestablished	1990
Preceded by Succeeded by Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952) Saxony-Anhalt Brandenburg
Today part of	Germany

The Bezirk Magdeburg was a

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

Position

The Bezirk Magdeburg bordered with the Bezirke of

• 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

• Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg

References

External links

Media related to Magdeburg District (GDR) at Wikimedia Commons