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How was Saxony-Anhalt reconstituted during German reunification in 1990?

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cathedral at Magdeburg
Saxony-Anhalt The cathedral at Magdeburg, Germany.

Upon the reunification of East Germany and West Germany in 1990, the state of Saxony-Anhalt was reconstituted as one of the five new Länder (states) of the Federal Republic of Germany.12

Historically, Saxony-Anhalt had existed as a state in the German Democratic Republic from 1949 until 1952, when it was dissolved and divided into the Bezirke (districts) of Magdeburg and Halle. During the 1990 reunification process, the state was re-established by incorporating the following territories:32

  • The former Magdeburg Bezirk32
  • Most of the former Halle Bezirk32
  • A small portion of the former Cottbus Bezirk2