Bezirk Magdeburg
| District of Magdeburg Bezirk Magdeburg | |||||||||||
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| District (Bezirk) of East Germany | |||||||||||
| 1952–1990 | |||||||||||
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Coat of arms
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Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the German Democratic Republic | |||||||||||
| Capital | Magdeburg | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1989 | 11,526 km2 (4,450 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1989 | 1,249,500 | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| SED First Secretary | |||||||||||
• 1952–1979 | Alois Pisnik | ||||||||||
• 1979–1983 | Kurt Tiedke | ||||||||||
• 1983–1989 | Werner Eberlein | ||||||||||
• 1989 | Wolfgang Pohl | ||||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Manfred Dunkel | ||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of the Bezirk | |||||||||||
• 1952–1953 | Josef Hegen | ||||||||||
• 1953–1956 | Paul Hentschel | ||||||||||
• 1956–1957 | Bruno Kiesler (acting) | ||||||||||
• 1957–1959 | Paul Hentschel | ||||||||||
• 1960–1985 | Kurt Ranke | ||||||||||
• 1985–1990 | Siegfried Grünwald | ||||||||||
• 1990 | Wolfgang Braun (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1952 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1990 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||||
The Bezirk Magdeburg was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Magdeburg.