Province of Magdeburg

{{Short description|Prussian province within Nazi Germany (1944–45)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}

{{Infobox former subdivision

| native_name = {{native name|de|Provinz Magdeburg}}

| conventional_long_name = Province of Magdeburg

| common_name = Magdeburg

| subdivision = Province

| nation = Prussia

| status_text = Province of Prussia

| government_type = Province

| title_leader = High President

| leader1 = Rudolf Jordan

| year_leader1 = 1944–1945

| capital = Magdeburg

| latd =

| latm =

| latNS =

| longd =

| longm =

| longEW =

| year_start = 1944

| year_end = 1945

| event_start =

| date_start = 1 July

| event_end =

| date_end = 23 July

| life_span = 1944–1945

| era = World War II

| image_map = Province of Magdeburg (1944).png

| image_map_caption = The Province of Magdeburg in 1944.

| p1 = Province of Saxony

| s1 = Saxony-Anhalt (1945–1952)

| stat_year1 = 1933^a

| stat_area1 = 11587.87

| stat_pop1 = 1.303.848

| footnotes = a. Within 1944/45 borders.

}}

The Province of Magdeburg ({{langx|de|Provinz Magdeburg}}) was a province of the Free State of Prussia within Nazi Germany from 1944 to 1945. The provincial capital was Magdeburg.

The province was created on 1 July 1944 out of Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg, a government region from the former Province of Saxony.{{cite web |title=Erlaß des Führers über die Aufgliederung der Provinz Sachsen |url=https://www.verfassungen.de/preussen/sachsen44.htm |website=verfassungen.de |access-date=February 17, 2024 |language=DE}}

The province was occupied by American troops after the conquest of Magdeburg in April 1945 during World War II. After the territory was transferred from American to Soviet control, it was merged with Halle-Merseburg and Anhalt to recreate the Province of Saxony,{{refn|group=note|The original Prussian Province of Saxony also included the territory of the {{ill|Province of Erfurt|de|Regierungsbezirk Erfurt}}, which became part of Thuringia, and did not include Anhalt. Some other minor enclaves of the Prussian province were also integrated into the new province.}} later renamed the Province of Saxony-Anhalt and ultimately the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt.