Editing History of Saxony-Anhalt (section)

== State of Saxony-Anhalt ==
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[[File:Germany Laender 1947 1990 DDR.png|thumb|left|The states of the former East Germany. The modern borders are shown in red while the pre-1952 borders are shown in purple.]]
Saxony-Anhalt was formed as a province of [[Prussia]] in 1945, from the territories of the former Prussian [[Province of Saxony]] (except the ''{{lang|de|Regierungsbezirk}}'' Erfurt), the [[Free State of Anhalt]], the [[Free State of Brunswick]] ([[Calvörde]] and the eastern part of the former [[Blankenburg am Harz|Blankenburg]] district) and the formerly [[Thuringia]]n town [[Allstedt]]. See the respective articles for the history of the area before 1945.

When Prussia was disbanded in 1947, the province became the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It became part of the [[German Democratic Republic]] ([[East Germany]]) in 1949. From 1952 to 1990 Saxony-Anhalt was divided into the East German districts of [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]] and [[Magdeburg]]. In 1990, in the course of [[German reunification]], the districts were reintegrated as a state.