Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)

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Land Sachsen-Anhalt
Provinz Sachsen-Anhalt (1946–1947)
Provinz Sachsen (1945–1946)
  • Subdivision of the
    Soviet occupation zone
  • State of East Germany
1945–1952
Flag of Sachsen-Anhalt
Flag

Saxony-Anhalt within Allied-occupied Germany in 1947
CapitalHalle (Saale)
Area 
• 1950
24,576 km2 (9,489 sq mi)
Government
President of the State Administration 
• 1945-1946
Erhard Hübener
Minister-President
 
• 1946-1949
Erhard Hübener
• 1949-1952
Werner Bruschke
Post-World War II
Cold War
• Established
17 July 1945
• Declaration as state
10 January 1947
25 February 1947
• State of
East Germany
7 October 1949
• Disestablished
25 July 1952
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Province of Halle-Merseburg
Province of Magdeburg
Free State of Anhalt
Free State of Brunswick
Thuringia
Bezirk Cottbus
Bezirk Halle
Bezirk Leipzig
Bezirk Magdeburg
Today part of

The State of Saxony-Anhalt (

Soviet-occupied parts of Anhalt (Dessau) and Brunswick (surrounding areas of Calvörde and Blankenburg). Following the first election for the Landtag in October 1946, the state was renamed to Province of Saxony-Anhalt (German: Provinz Sachsen-Anhalt) on the same day. With the abolition of Prussia in February 1947, it was named State of Saxony-Anhalt. Compared to the administrative divisions of Nazi Germany, it comprised the Gaue Magdeburg-Anhalt, Halle-Merseburg and small parts of Southern Hanover-Brunswick and Thuringia
.

Differences of borders between 1947 and 1990

Due to the post-war situation in Germany, the SMAD appointed state administrations in all subdivisions of their occupation zone in July 1945. Erhard Hübener became the president of the state administration in Saxony-Anhalt and was elected later to the Minister-President. The first election for the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt was held on 20 October 1946, on the same day the elections for the Landtage of the other divisions in the SBZ had been ruled out. The Soviet-backed SED (which became the ruling party of the GDR from 1949 onwards) received 45.8% of the votes, LDPD 29.9%, CDU 21.8% and VdgB 2.4%.[1] After the withdrawal of Hübener in 1949, Werner Bruschke became the second Minister-President. In February 1947, the state-constitution was adopted.[2] However, all resolutions by the parliament were made subject to approval of the SMAD.

After the foundation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in October 1949, a

free elections in the GDR, the five Länder were re-established with some smaller geographical adjustments in August 1990 to accede to the Federal Republic of Germany
.

Minister President (1945–1952)

Political party:   LDPD   SED

Portrait Name
(Born–Died) 		Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Days
1 Erhard Hübener
(1881–1952) 		20 July 1945 13 August 1949 1485 Liberal Democratic Party
2 Werner Bruschke
(1898–1995) 		13 August 1949 23 July 1952 1075 Socialist Unity Party
From 23 July 1952 until 3 October 1990, State of Saxony-Anhalt was abolished.

References

  1. ^ "Landtagswahlen Sachsen-Anhalt". wahlen-in-deutschland.de. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Verfassung der Provinz Sachsen-Anhalt". verfassungen.de. 10 January 1947. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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