Province of Magdeburg
Province of Magdeburg Provinz Magdeburg | |||||||||
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Province of Prussia | |||||||||
1944–1945 | |||||||||
The Province of Magdeburg in 1944. | |||||||||
Capital | Magdeburg | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1933a | 11,587.87 km2 (4,474.10 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1933a | 1.303.848 | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
• Type | Province | ||||||||
High President | |||||||||
• 1944–1945 | Rudolf Jordan | ||||||||
Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
• Established | 1 July 1944 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 23 July 1945 | ||||||||
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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,[note 1] later renamed the Province of Saxony-Anhalt and ultimately the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt.
Districts in 1945
Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg
- Urban districts
- Aschersleben
- Burg bei Magdeburg
- Halberstadt
- Magdeburg
- Quedlinburg
- Salzwedel
- Stendal
- Rural districts
- Calbe a./S.
- Gardelegen
- Haldensleben
- Jerichow I (seat: Burg bei Magdeburg)
- Jerichow II (seat: Genthin)
- Oschersleben (Bode)
- Osterburg
- Quedlinburg
- Salzwedel
- Stendal
- Wanzleben
- Wernigerode
- Wolmirstedt
Notes
- ^ The original Prussian Province of Saxony also included the territory of the Province of Erfurt [de], which became part of Thuringia, and did not include Anhalt. Some other minor enclaves of the Prussian province were also integrated into the new province.
References
- ^ "Erlaß des Führers über die Aufgliederung der Provinz Sachsen". verfassungen.de (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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