Administrative Land (state) of the Federal
Republic of Germany area 25,000 sq km/10,000
sq mi capital Magdeburg towns Halle, Dessau
products chemicals, electronics, roling
stock, footwear, cereals, vegetables
population (1990) 3,000,000 history named
after the medieval castle of Anhalt, the
territory of Anhalt was divided and reunited
many times before becoming a duchy 1863 and a
member of the North German Confederation
1866. In 1946 it was joined to the former
Prussian province of Saxony as a region of
East Germany and in 1952 it was divided into
the districts of Halle and Magdeburg.
Following the reunification of Germany in
1990, Saxony-Anhalt was reconstituted as one
of the five new Lander of the Federal
Republic.