Magdeburg district

Basic data
District capital:	Magdeburg
Area :	11,526 km²
Residents :	1,249,500 (1989)
License plate :	`H, M`
map

The Magdeburg district was established as one of a total of 14 districts on the occasion of the administrative reform of 1952 after the dissolution of the states in the GDR . It comprised the entire northern part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt , which emerged from the Prussian province of Saxony in 1947 . The city of Havelberg from the Brandenburg district of Westprignitz was also incorporated . In return, the city of Ziesar and the surrounding area and other areas in the east of the former Prussian province of Saxony went to the Potsdam district .

With the re-establishment of the states on the territory of the GDR in 1990, the Magdeburg district was dissolved and assigned to the state of Saxony-Anhalt .

Administrative division

When it was founded in 1952, the district comprised the urban district of Magdeburg and the following districts:

Castle
Guards
Genthin
Halberstadt
Haldensleben
Havelberg
Kalbe (Milde) (until December 31, 1987)
Blocks
Loburg (until June 20, 1957)
Oschersleben
Osterburg

Salzwedel
Schönebeck
Seehausen (until July 2, 1965)
Staßfurt
Stendal
Tangerhütte (until December 31, 1987)
Wanzleben
Wernigerode
Wolmirstedt
Zerbst

In the Altmark , the sparsely populated north of the district, the Seehausen district was dissolved again on July 2, 1965 and assigned to the Osterburg district. With effect from January 1, 1988 the districts Kalbe (Milde) and Tangerhütte were dissolved. The other circles remained until the turn of 1989. With the dissolution of the Magdeburg district and its incorporation into the new federal state of Saxony-Anhalt , the districts are again referred to as rural districts.

Government and party leaders

Chair of the District Council

1952–1953: Josef Hegen (1907–1969)
1954–1959: Paul Hentschel (1913–1959)
1956–1957: Bruno Kiesler (acting) (1925–2011)
1959–1960: Otto Henning (provisional) (1913–1976)
1960–1985: Kurt Ranke (1920–1999)
1985–1990: Siegfried Grünwald (* 1938)
1990 -9999: Wolfgang Braun (government representative) (1939–2016)

First secretaries of the SED district leadership

1952–1979: Alois Pisnik (1911–2004)
1979–1983: Kurt Tiedke (1924–2015)
1983–1989: Werner Eberlein (1919–2002)
1989 -9999: Wolfgang Pohl (* 1940)
1989–1990: Manfred Dunkel

coat of arms

Due to the seal order of the GDR of May 28, 1953, all regional coats of arms lost their meaning as brands or seals. However, the coats of arms of the cities and districts were still used on buildings or in publications without fulfilling an official function. The coat of arms of the Magdeburg district used in some books actually shows the coat of arms of the city of Magdeburg . The seal coat of arms of the GDR was official. It was not until the municipal constitution of the GDR on May 17, 1990 that municipalities and districts were able to expressly use coats of arms again and use them as seals.

Web links

Commons : District Magdeburg - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b "40 Years of the GDR" - State Central Administration for Statistics, May 1989

[Jahre-1] "40 Years of the GDR" - State Central Administration for Statistics, May 1989