- Province of Magdeburg
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Magdeburg
common_name = Magdeburg
subdivision = Province
nation = Prussia
status_text = Province ofPrussia
era = World War II|year_start = 1944
date_start = 1 April
event_start=
year_end = 1945
date_end = 9 July
event_end=
p1 = Province of Saxony
s1 = Province of Saxony
flag_p1 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Sachsen.svg
flag_s1 = Flagge Preußen - Provinz Sachsen.svg|
symbol_type =
symbol_type_article =
image_map_caption =
national_motto=
national_anthem=
capital = Magdeburg
latd=|latm=|latNS=N|longd=|longm=|longEW=E
stat_area1 = 11587.87
stat_year1 = 1933 (within 1944-45 borders)
stat_pop1 = 1303848
title_leader = High President
leader1 = Joachim Albrecht Eggeling
year_leader1 =
footnotes =The Province of Magdeburg ( _de. Provinz Magdeburg) was a province of the
Free State of Prussia withinNazi Germany from 1944-45. The provincial capital wasMagdeburg .The province was created on
1 July ,1944 , out of Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg, a government region from the formerProvince of Saxony .The province was occupied by American troops after the conquest of Magdeburg in May 1945 during
World War II . After the territory was transferred from American to Soviet control, it was merged withHalle-Merseburg and Anhalt to recreate the Province of Saxony, later renamed the Province of Saxony-Anhalt and ultimately the Federal State ofSaxony-Anhalt .Districts in 1945
Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg
Urban districts
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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
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