How did Saxony-Anhalt change when East Germany reorganized its states into districts in 1952?

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Saxony-Anhalt The cathedral at Magdeburg, Germany.

In 1952, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) abolished its five constituent states, including Saxony-Anhalt, to implement a more centralized administrative structure.123

As part of this reorganization, the state of Saxony-Anhalt was dissolved and broken up into two Bezirke (districts): Magdeburg and Halle. This change effectively replaced the state-level government with these smaller, centrally controlled administrative units. It was not until the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990 that Saxony-Anhalt was reconstituted as a state, incorporating the former Magdeburg district and most of the former Halle district.142