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The Province of Saxony was a province
Provinces of Prussia

The Provinces of Prussia constituted the main administrative divisions of Prussia. Following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and the Congress of Vienna in 1815 the various princely states in Germany gained their nominal sovereignty, but the reunification process that culminated in the creation of the German Empire in 1871, pr...
 of the Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
 and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1945. Its capital was Magdeburg
Magdeburg

Magdeburg , the Capital of the States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
.

province was created in 1816 out of the following territories:

The Province of Saxony was one of the richest regions of Prussia with highly developed agriculture and industry. In 1932 the province was enlarged with the addition of the regions around Ilfeld
Ilfeld

Ilfeld is a municipality in the Nordhausen , in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the south foot of the Harz, at the entrance to the B?hrethal, north from Nordhausen by the railway to Wernigerode....
 and Elbingerode
Elbingerode

Elbingerode is a town in the Harz , in the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated in the eastern Harz mountain range, approx. 8 km south of Wernigerode....
, which had previously been part of the Province of Hanover
Province of Hanover

The Province of Hanover was a Provinces of Prussia of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946.During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, along with some other member states of the German Confederation....
.

On 1 July 1944, the Province of Saxony was divided along the lines of its three administrative regions.






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The Province of Saxony was a province
Provinces of Prussia

The Provinces of Prussia constituted the main administrative divisions of Prussia. Following the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 and the Congress of Vienna in 1815 the various princely states in Germany gained their nominal sovereignty, but the reunification process that culminated in the creation of the German Empire in 1871, pr...
 of the Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
 and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1945. Its capital was Magdeburg
Magdeburg

Magdeburg , the Capital of the States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
.

History

The province was created in 1816 out of the following territories:
  • the former Duchy of Magdeburg
    Duchy of Magdeburg

    The Duchy of Magdeburg was a province of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1680–1807. It replaced the Archbishopric of Magdeburg after its secularization by Brandenburg....
     and Principality of Halberstadt
    Principality of Halberstadt

    The Principality of Halberstadt was a state of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by Brandenburg-Prussia. It replaced the Bishopric of Halberstadt after its secularization in 1648....
    , which had been part of the Kingdom of Westphalia
    Kingdom of Westphalia

    The Kingdom of Westphalia was a historical state that existed from 1807-1813 in parts of present-day Germany. While formally independent, it was a vassal state of France, ruled by Napoleon I of France's brother J?r?me Bonaparte....
     from 1807-1813;
  • the parts of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
    Margraviate of Brandenburg

    The Margraviate of Brandenburg was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806. Also known as the March of Brandenburg , it played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe....
     that were situated to the west of the Elbe River, such as the Altmark
    Altmark

    The Altmark is a region in Germany, between Hamburg and Magdeburg, comprising the northern third of Saxony-Anhalt . The region is rural and widely covered with forests....
    ;
  • territory gained from the Kingdom of Saxony
    Kingdom of Saxony

    The Kingdom of Saxony , lasting between 1806 and 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through Germany....
     after the Battle of Leipzig
    Battle of Leipzig

    The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations, fought on 16?19 October, 1813, was one of the most decisive defeats suffered by Napoleon Bonaparte....
     in 1813: the towns and surrounding territories of Wittenberg
    Wittenberg

    Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a town in Germany in the States of Germany Saxony-Anhalt, on the Elbe River. It has a population of about 50,000....
    , Merseburg
    Merseburg

    Merseburg is a town in the south of the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt on the river Saale, approx. 14 km south of Halle . It is the capital of the Saalekreis district....
    , Naumburg
    Naumburg

    Naumburg is a town in Germany, on the Saale River. It is in the district Burgenlandkreis in the States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt, formerly a part of East Germany....
    , Mansfeld
    Mansfeld

    Mansfeld is a town in the Mansfeld-S?dharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper , approx. 10 km northwest of Eisleben. Martin Luther grew up in Mansfeld....
    , Querfurt
    Querfurt

    Querfurt a town in Saalekreis district in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, situated in a fertile country on the Querne, west from Merseburg, on a branch line from Oberroblingen....
    , and Henneberg
    Henneberg

    Henneberg may refer to:*the House of Henneberg, German nobility*County of Henneberg, a medi?val state in the Holy Roman Empire*Henneberg, Thuringia, a municipality in Thuringia, Germany...
    ;
  • and territory given to Prussia after the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss: lands around Erfurt
    Erfurt

    Erfurt is a city in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202,929 . Erfurt is located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of N?rnberg and 180 km SE of Hannover....
     (formerly directly subordinate to the Emperor of the French as Principality of Erfurt
    Principality of Erfurt

    The Principality of Erfurt existed from 1806 to 1814 and included Erfurt and the surrounding land, including the Grafschaft Blankenhain. It was subordinate directly to the Emperor of the French....
    ), the Eichsfeld
    Eichsfeld

    The Eichsfeld is a historical region in the southeast of Lower Saxony and northwest of Thuringia in the south of the Harz mountains. Until 1803 the Eichsfeld was for centuries part of the Archbishopric of Mainz, which is the cause of its current position as a Catholic enclave in the predominantly Protestant north of Germany....
     (formerly belonging to the Archbishopric of Mainz
    Archbishopric of Mainz

    The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780?82 and 1802....
    ) and the former Imperial Cities of Mühlhausen
    Mühlhausen

    M?hlhausen is a city in the federal state Thuringia, Germany. It is the Capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut....
     and Nordhausen
    Nordhausen

    Nordhausen is a city at the southern edge of the Harz mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Nordhausen . It was once known for its tobacco industry, and is still known for its distilled spirit, ....
    .


The Province of Saxony was one of the richest regions of Prussia with highly developed agriculture and industry. In 1932 the province was enlarged with the addition of the regions around Ilfeld
Ilfeld

Ilfeld is a municipality in the Nordhausen , in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the south foot of the Harz, at the entrance to the B?hrethal, north from Nordhausen by the railway to Wernigerode....
 and Elbingerode
Elbingerode

Elbingerode is a town in the Harz , in the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated in the eastern Harz mountain range, approx. 8 km south of Wernigerode....
, which had previously been part of the Province of Hanover
Province of Hanover

The Province of Hanover was a Provinces of Prussia of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1868 to 1946.During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, along with some other member states of the German Confederation....
.

On 1 July 1944, the Province of Saxony was divided along the lines of its three administrative regions. The Erfurt Regierungsbezirk was merged with the Herrschaft Schmalkalden
Schmalkalden

Schmalkalden is a town in the Kreis of Schmalkalden-Meiningen in the southwestern portion of Thuringia state in Germany....
 district of the Province of Hesse-Nassau
Province of Hesse-Nassau

The Province of Hesse-Nassau was a Provinces of Prussia of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1868-1918, then a province of the Free State of Prussia until 1944....
 and given to the state of Thuringia
Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen States of Germany ....
. The Magdeburg Regierungsbezirk became the Province of Magdeburg, and the Merseburg Regierungsbezirk became the Province of Halle-Merseburg.

In 1945, the Soviet military administration combined Magdeburg and Halle-Merseburg with the State of Anhalt
Anhalt

Anhalt is a historical county in central Germany, located between the Harz Mountains and the river Elbe. It now forms part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt....
 into the Province of Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is one of the sixteen States of Germany that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of , and a population of 2.45 million ....
, with Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

Halle is the largest city in the Germany States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia in North Rhine-Westphalia....
 as its capital. The eastern part of the Blankenburg exclave of Brunswick and the Thuringian exclave of Allstedt
Allstedt

Allstedt is a town the district of Mansfeld-S?dharz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximatively 10 km southeast of Sangerhausen. Allstedt is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Allstedt-Kaltenborn....
 were also added to Saxony-Anhalt. In 1947, Saxony-Anhalt became a state.

Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt were abolished in 1952, but were recreated after the reunification of Germany in 1990 with some slight border changes as modern states of Germany
States of Germany

Germany is a federation consisting of sixteen states, known in German language as L?nder . Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesl?nder is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law....
.

Subdivisions

Prior to 1944, the province of Saxony was divided into three Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states . It is responsible for the districts , either List of German rural districts or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right ....
e. In 1945, only the provinces of Magdeburg and Halle-Merseburg were re-merged.

Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg
Magdeburg (region)

Magdeburg was one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, located in the north of the country.The region was formed in 1815 as a subdivision of the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Saxony, becoming part of Saxony-Anhalt after World War II....

Urban districts (Stadtkreise)

  1. Aschersleben
    Aschersleben

    Art = Stadt|image_photo =|Wappen= Wappen_Aschersleben.png|lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 45|lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 28...
     (1901-1950)
  2. Burg bei Magdeburg
    Burg bei Magdeburg

    Burg bei Magdeburg is a town of about 23,000 on the Elbe-Havel-Canal in Germany, northeast of Magdeburg. It is situated around a former weir, the Sachsenschleusen ....
     (1924-1950)
  3. Halberstadt
    Halberstadt

    Halberstadt is a city in the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt and the capital of the Harz .The city was severely damaged in World War II, but retains many important historic buildings and much of its ancient townscape....
     (1817-1825 and 1891-1950)
  4. Magdeburg
    Magdeburg

    Magdeburg , the Capital of the States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
  5. Quedlinburg
    Quedlinburg

    Quedlinburg is a town located north of the Harz mountains, in the Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. In 1994 the medieval old town was set on the UNESCO World Heritage Site....
     (1911-1950)
  6. Stendal
    Stendal

    Stendal is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of Stendal and unofficial capital of the Altmark. Its population in 2001 was 38,900....
     (1909-1950)


Rural districts (Landkreise)

  1. Calbe a./S.
  2. Gardelegen
  3. Haldensleben
  4. Jerichow I
  5. Jerichow II
  6. Oschersleben (Bode)
  7. Osterburg
  8. Quedlinburg
    Quedlinburg (district)

    Quedlinburg was a district in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wernigerode , Halberstadt , B?rdekreis, Aschersleben-Sta?furt, Mansfelder Land, Sangerhausen and the district Nordhausen in Thuringia....
  9. Salzwedel
  10. Stendal
    Stendal (district)

    Stendal is a district in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are Jerichower Land, B?rde, Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, the district L?chow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony, and the districts Prignitz, Ostprignitz-Ruppin and Havelland in Brandenburg....
  11. Wanzleben
  12. Wernigerode
    Wernigerode (district)

    Wernigerode was a district in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are Halberstadt , Quedlinburg , the district Nordhausen in Thuringia and the district Goslar in Lower Saxony....
  13. Wolmirstedt


Regierungsbezirk Merseburg


Urban districts (Stadtkreise)

  1. Eisleben
    Eisleben

    Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as the hometown of Martin Luther, hence its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben....
     (1908-1950)
  2. Halle a. d. Saale
    Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

    Halle is the largest city in the Germany States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia in North Rhine-Westphalia....
  3. Merseburg
    Merseburg

    Merseburg is a town in the south of the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt on the river Saale, approx. 14 km south of Halle . It is the capital of the Saalekreis district....
     (1921-1950)
  4. Naumburg a. d. Saale
    Naumburg

    Naumburg is a town in Germany, on the Saale River. It is in the district Burgenlandkreis in the States of Germany of Saxony-Anhalt, formerly a part of East Germany....
     (1914-1950)
  5. Weißenfels
    Weißenfels

    Wei?enfels is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle ....
     (1899-1950)
  6. Wittenberg
    Wittenberg

    Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a town in Germany in the States of Germany Saxony-Anhalt, on the Elbe River. It has a population of about 50,000....
     (Lutherstadt)
  7. Zeitz
    Zeitz

    Zeitz is a town in the district of Burgenlandkreis in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, situated on the river Wei?e Elster in the middle of the triangle of the federal states Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony....
     (1901-1950)


Rural districts (Landkreise)

  1. Bitterfeld
    Bitterfeld (district)

    Bitterfeld was a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Dessau, the district of Wittenberg , Delitzsch and the districts of Saalkreis and K?then ....
  2. Delitzsch
    Delitzsch (district)

    Delitzsch is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by the districts of Torgau-Oschatz and Muldentalkreis, the city of Leipzig, the district of Leipziger Land and the state of Saxony-Anhalt ....
  3. Eckartsberga
  4. Liebenwerda
  5. Mansfelder Gebirgskreis
  6. Mansfelder Seekreis
  7. Merseburg
  8. Querfurt
  9. Saalkreis
    Saalkreis

    Saalkreis was a district in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were Mansfelder Land, Bernburg , K?then , Bitterfeld , the district Delitzsch in the Free State of Saxony, and the district Merseburg-Querfurt....
  10. Sangerhausen
    Sangerhausen (district)

    Sangerhausen was a district in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were Quedlinburg , Mansfelder Land, Merseburg-Querfurt, and the districts Kyffh?userkreis and Nordhausen in Thuringia....
  11. Schweinitz
  12. Torgau
  13. Weißenfels
    Weißenfels (district)

    Wei?enfels was a district in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts were Burgenlandkreis , Merseburg-Querfurt and the Free State of Saxony district Leipziger Land....
  14. Wittenberg
    Wittenberg (district)

    Wittenberg is a district in the east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are Anhalt-Bitterfeld, the district-free city of Dessau-Ro?lau, the districts of Potsdam-Mittelmark, Teltow-Fl?ming and Elbe-Elster in Brandenburg, and the district of Nordsachsen in the Free State of Saxony....
  15. Zeitz


Regierungsbezirk Erfurt


Urban districts (Stadtkreise)

  1. Erfurt
    Erfurt

    Erfurt is a city in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202,929 . Erfurt is located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of N?rnberg and 180 km SE of Hannover....
     (1816-1818 and 1872-present)
  2. Mühlhausen
    Mühlhausen

    M?hlhausen is a city in the federal state Thuringia, Germany. It is the Capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut....
     (1892-1950)
  3. Nordhausen
    Nordhausen (district)

    Nordhausen is a Kreis in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Harz and Mansfeld-S?dharz in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Kyffh?userkreis, Eichsfeld in Thuringia and the districts Osterode and Goslar in Lower Saxony....
     (1882-1950)


Rural districts (Landkreise)

  1. Hohenstein county
  2. Heiligenstadt
  3. Langensalza
  4. Mühlhausen
  5. Schleusingen
  6. Weißensee
  7. Worbis
  8. Ziegenrück


See also

  • People from the Province of Saxony


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