Province of Halle-Merseburg
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Province of Halle-Merseburg Provinz Halle-Merseburg(German) | |||||||||
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ProvinceofPrussia | |||||||||
1944–1945 | |||||||||
The Province of Halle-Merseburg in 1944. | |||||||||
Capital | Merseburg | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1933a | 10,217.26 km2(3,944.91 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1933a | 1.486.274 | ||||||||
Government | |||||||||
• Type | Province | ||||||||
High President | |||||||||
• 1944–1945 | Joachim A. Eggeling | ||||||||
Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
• Established | 1 July 1944 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 23 July 1945 | ||||||||
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a. Within 1944/45 borders. |
TheProvince of Halle-Merseburg(‹See Tfd›German:Provinz Halle-Merseburg) was aprovinceof theFree State of Prussiafrom 1944 to 1945. The provincial capital was the cityMerseburg.
Halle-Merseburg was created on 1 July 1944, out ofRegierungsbezirk Merseburg,an administrative region from the formerProvince of Saxony.The governor of the new province wasJoachim Albrecht Eggeling,theGauleiterof theNaziGau Halle-Merseburg. In 1945, the Province of Halle-Merseburg was dissolved into a recreated Province of Saxony.
Districts in 1945
[edit]Urban districts
[edit]Rural districts
[edit]- Bitterfeld
- Delitzsch
- Eckartsberga(seat:Kölleda)
- Liebenwerda(seat:Bad Liebenwerda)
- Mansfelder Gebirgskreis(seat:Mansfeld)
- Mansfelder Seekreis(seat:Eisleben)
- Merseburg
- Querfurt
- Saalkreis(seat:Halle)
- Sangerhausen
- Schweinitz(seat:Herzberg)
- Torgau
- Weißenfels
- Wittenberg
- Zeitz