Bezirk Magdeburg

District of Magdeburg
Bezirk Magdeburg
District (Bezirk) of East Germany
1952–1990
Coat of arms of Magdeburg
Coat of arms

Location of Bezirk Magdeburg within the German Democratic Republic
CapitalMagdeburg
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
• 1953–1959
Paul Hentschel
• 1957–1958
Bruno Kiesler (acting)
• 1960–1985
Kurt Ranke
• 1985–1990
Siegfried Grünwald
• 1990
Wolfgang Braun (as Regierungsbevollmächtigter)
History 
• Established
1952
• Disestablished
1990
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)
Saxony-Anhalt
Brandenburg
Today part ofGermany

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