title: Magdeburg Region
text: # Magdeburg Region
  
  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. The centre of the region is the city of Magdeburg; other important towns are Haldensleben, Aschersleben, Staßfurt, Oschersleben, Schönebeck (Elbe) and Burg. Towards the east the Elbe-Börde Heath transitions into the neighbouring region of Anhalt-Wittenberg. To the south lies the Harz and the Saale-Unstrut Region, to the north the Altmark. The regional tourist association uses the name Elbe-Börde-Heide which came originally from regional planning and was first coined in the 1990s. Currently it is used in the fields of tourism or regional marketing.
  
  ## Districts
  
  * Landkreis Börde
  * Landkreis Jerichower Land
  * Salzlandkreis
  * Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg
  
  The communes of the Elbe-Börde Heath strive to produce a common infrastructure plan and common marketing and representation externally.
  
  