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In 2005 Magdeburg celebrated its 1200th anniversary. The city was hit by 2013 European floods. Authorities declared a state of emergency and said they expected the Elbe river to rise higher than in 2002. In Magdeburg, with water levels of five metres (16 ft) above normal, about 23,000 residents had to leave their homes on 9 June. [26]
Map of the Magdeburg region c. 1820.. The region was formed in 1815 as a subdivision of the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Saxony.In 1944, it was briefly separated as a province in its own right – the Province of Magdeburg – before becoming part of post-war Saxony-Anhalt within the Soviet occupation zone after World War II and then East Germany in 1949.
The 32 traditional counties of Ireland. Rank County Area (km 2) Density (/ km 2) Traditional province; 1 Cork: 7,508 [1] 77.8 Munster: 2 Galway: 6,151 [2] 45.1
The Magdeburg Region (German: Region Magdeburg) is the name of the central region in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in North Germany. It includes the landscape units of Magdeburg Börde , Jerichow Land, the northern Harz Foreland and the Colbitz-Letzlingen Heath.
Lough Neagh, in Ulster, [21] is the largest lake in Ireland and Britain with an area of 392 km 2 (151 sq mi). The largest lake in the Republic of Ireland is Lough Corrib 176 km 2 (68 sq mi). Other large lakes, besides the three major Shannon examples, include the two linked lakes known as Lough Erne , Lough Mask and Lough Corrib, and Lough Conn .
The Magdeburg Börde (German: Magdeburger Börde) is the central landscape unit of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and lies to the west and south of the eponymous state capital Magdeburg. Part of a loess belt stretching along the southeastern rim of the North German Plain , it is noted for its very fertile Chernozem soils.
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The Border Region spans 11,516 km 2, 16.4% of the total area of the state, and has a population of 419,473 persons as of the 2022 census, [2] 8.14% of the state total. [3] [4] Prior to 2014, the region was administered by the Border Regional Authority. As of 2015, it is a strategic planning area within the Northern and Western Region. [5]