Place:Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

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Place Information
Name
Sachsen-Anhalt
Alternate names
Saxony-Anhalt
Sachsen-Anhalt     (Wikipedia)
Type
Modern State
Coordinates
51.833°N 11.833°E
Located in
Germany     (1990 - )
Also located in
East Germany     (1945 - 1990)
See also
Anhalt, Germany     (Parent)
Sachsen, Preußen, Germany     (Parent)
Contained Places

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District
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel ( 2004 - )
Anhalt-Bitterfeld ( 2007 - )
Burgenlandkreis ( 2004 - )
Börde ( 2007 - )
Harz ( 2007 - )
Jerichower Land ( 2004 - )
Mansfeld-Südharz ( 2007 - )
Saalekreis ( 2007 - )
Salzlandkreis ( 2007 - )
Stendal ( 2004 - )
Wittenberg ( 2004 - )
Former district
Anhalt-Zerbst ( 2004 - 2007 )
Aschersleben-Staßfurt ( 2004 - 2007 )
Bernburg ( 2004 - 2007 )
Bitterfeld ( 2004 - 2007 )
Bördekreis ( 2004 - 2007 )
Cöthen ( 2004 - 2007 )
Halberstadt ( 2004 - 2007 )
Mansfelder Land ( 2004 - 2007 )
Merseburg-Querfurt ( 2004 - 2007 )
Ohrekreis ( 2004 - 2007 )
Quedlinburg ( 2004 - 2007 )
Saalkreis ( 2004 - 2007 )
Sangerhausen ( 2004 - 2007 )
Schönebeck ( 2004 - 2007 )
Weißenfels ( 2004 - 2007 )
Wernigerode ( 2004 - 2007 )
Former regierungsbezirk
Dessau ( 1990 - 2003 )
Halle ( 1990 - 2003 )
Magdeburg ( 1990 - 2003 )
Independent city
Dessau-Roßlau ( 2007 - )
Region
Altmark
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Saxony-Anhalt (in German, 'Sachsen-Anhalt') is one of the sixteen Bundesländer (federal states) that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of 20,447 km², and a population of 2.45 million (more than 2.8 million in 1990). Its capital is Magdeburg.

The state's name is sometimes spelled Saxony Anhalt in English (without the hyphen).

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History

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In prehistoric times, the Elbe-Saale area was a centre of Funnelbeaker cultures. Although some of them (like the Baalberge group) are named after archeological sites in Saxony-Anhalt, they have also existed elsewhere in the Elbe catchment.

The state was created in 1990, shortly before German reunification, covering much the same area as an earlier unit (1947-1952) comprising the former Anhalt, the former Prussian Province of Saxony and some small exclaves of the former Brunswick-Lüneburg. The state and its larger cities have lost population since 1989 with migration to the former West Germany.

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