The Bezirk Magdeburg was a district

Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic

The Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic were constituted in two different forms during the country's 41-year-long history. The Republic first retained the traditional German division into federated states called Länder, but in 1952 replaced them with arbitrarily-drawn...

 (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Magdeburg

Magdeburg

Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....

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History

The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German

Germany

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States of Germany

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. After October 3, 1990, it was abolished as part of the process of German reunification

German reunification

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, becoming again part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

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Position

The Bezirk Magdeburg bordered with the Bezirke of Schwerin

Schwerin (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Schwerin was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Schwerin.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

, Potsdam

Potsdam (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Potsdam was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Potsdam.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

, Halle

Halle (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Halle was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Halle.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

 and Erfurt

Erfurt (Bezirk)

The Bezirk Erfurt was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Erfurt.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

. It bordered also with West Germany

West Germany

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Subdivision

The Bezirk was divided into 22 kreise: 1 urban district (Stadtkreis) and 21 rural districts (Landkreise):

• Urban district : Magdeburg
  Magdeburg
  Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
  
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• Rural districts : Burg; Gardelegen; Genthin; Halberstadt; Haldensleben; Havelberg; Kalbe; Klötze; Loburg; Oschersleben; Osterburg; Salzwedel; Schönebeck; Seehausen; Staßfurt; Stendal; Tangerhütte; Wanzleben; Wernigerode; Wolmirstedt; Zerbst.