Magdeburg
View of Magdeburg and cathedral, from the tower of the Johanniskirche
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Urban district
City subdivisions	40 boroughs
Lord Mayor	Lutz Trümper (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	200. The Protestant Cathedral of Magdeburg (Magdeburger Dom officially called the Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice (Dom zu Magdeburg St Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Saxony-Anhalt ( Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen ''Bundesländer'' (federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' This is a list of urban districts in Germany. Germany is divided into 429 districts (not to be confused with the larger Regierungsbezirk) these consist The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 95 km² (77. 6 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m  (141 ft)
Population	229,826  (31/12/2006)[1]
- Density	1,144 /km² (2,962 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MD
Postal codes	39104-39130
Area code	0391
Website	www.magdeburg.de Coordinates: 52°8′0″N 11°37′0″E / 52.13333, 11.61667

Magdeburg (Low Saxon: Meideborg, pronounced [ˈmaˑɪdebɔɐx]), the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe. Low German or Low Saxon (in Germany: Plattdüütsch or Nedderdüütsch; in Netherlands: Nedersaksisch or Nederduuts Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Saxony-Anhalt ( Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen ''Bundesländer'' (federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Elbe ( die Elbe Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major Rivers of Central Europe. Emperor Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor, lived during most of his reign in the town and was buried in the cathedral after his death. Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke The Holy Roman Emperor (Römischer Kaiser or Römisch-Deutscher Kaiser Romanorum Imperator was the elected monarch ruling over the many varying numbers of states Magdeburg's version of German town law, known as Magdeburg rights, spread throughout Central and Eastern Europe. German town law (Deutsches Stadtrecht or German municipal concerns ( Deutsches Städtewesen) concerns Town privileges used by many cities towns and villages Magdeburg Rights (Magdeburger Recht or Magdeburg Law were a set of German town laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. The city is also well-known for the 1631 Sack of Magdeburg, which hardened Protestant resistance during the Thirty Years' War. The Sack of Magdeburg (Magdeburgs Opfergang or Magdeburger Hochzeit refers to the Siege and subsequent Plundering of Magdeburg by Roman Catholic Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War.

Contents 1 History 2 Main sights and culture 2.1 Cathedral 2.2 Sports 2.3 Other sights 2.4 In fiction 3 People 4 Twin towns 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

History

In 919 King Henry I the Fowler fortified it against the Magyars and Slavs. Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. In 929 the city went to Edward the Elder's daughter Edith, through her marriage with Henry's son Otto I, as a Morgengabe — a Germanic customary gift received by the new bride from the groom and his family after the wedding night. Edward the Elder ( Old English: Ēadweard se Ieldra) (c 870 &ndash 17 July 924) was King of England (899 &ndash Ædgyth or Edith of England (910 - 26 January 946 was the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England and Ælfflæd Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke Not to be confused with Dowry, or with Dour. Dower or morning gift ( Latin doarium, or Latinized Edith loved the town and often lived there; she was buried in the abbey church crypt at her death. In 937, Magdeburg was the seat of a royal assembly. Otto I also continually returned to it. He granted the Benedictine abbey of Saint Maurice (later the cathedral) the right to income from various tithes and to corvée labor from the surrounding countryside. Benedictine refers to the Spirituality and Consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius) was the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century and one of the Corvée is labour often but not always unpaid that persons in power have authority to compel their subjects to perform unless commuted in some way such as by a cash payment sometimes this was Otto I was also buried in the cathedral.

The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was founded in 968 at the synod of Ravenna; Adalbert of Magdeburg was consecrated as its first archbishop. The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a Roman Catholic Archdiocese within the Holy Roman Empire. A synod (also known as a council) is a council of a church, usually a Christian church convened to decide an issue of doctrine administration or application Ravenna is a City and Comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. It included the bishoprics of Havelberg, Brandenburg, Merseburg, Meissen, and Zeitz-Naumburg. The Bishopric of Havelberg (Bistum Havelberg was a Roman Catholic Diocese founded by King Otto I, King of the Germans in 946 The Bishopric of Brandenburg was a Roman Catholic Diocese established by Otto the Great in 948, including the territory between the Elbe Bishopric of Merseburg was a former Episcopal see in Saxony with the center in Merseburg, founded at the same time in the same manner as those of Meissen The archbishops played a prominent role in the German colonization of the Slavic lands east of the Elbe river. This article covers the medieval eastward migrations of Germans The Elbe ( die Elbe Low German: de Ilv) is one of the major Rivers of Central Europe.

In 1035 Magdeburg received a patent giving the city the right to hold trade exhibits and conventions, the basis of the later family of city laws known as Magdeburg rights. German town law (Deutsches Stadtrecht or German municipal concerns ( Deutsches Städtewesen) concerns Town privileges used by many cities towns and villages Magdeburg Rights (Magdeburger Recht or Magdeburg Law were a set of German town laws regulating the degree of internal autonomy within cities and villages granted with These laws were adopted and modified throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Visitors from many countries begin to trade in Magdeburg. In 1118 a fire almost destroyed it.

In the 13th century, Magdeburg became a member of the Hanseatic League. The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of trading cities and their Guilds that established and maintained trade Together with Brussels, Antwerp, Cologne, Nuremberg, Lübeck, Padua, Mantua, Cremona, Verona, Piacenza, Milan, Genoa, Florence, Metz, and Strasbourg, Magdeburg was one of the cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants in the Holy Roman Empire. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Lübeck ( is the second largest City in Schleswig-Holstein, in Northern Germany, and one of the major Padua ( Padova 'padova Latin: Patavium, Padoa) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. Mantua (Màntova in the local dialect of Lombard language Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the province of the Cremonese redirects here For the football team see US Cremonese Cremona is a City in northern Italy, situated Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. Piacenza ( Placentia in Latin and old-fashioned English, Piasëinsa in the local dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo) is a Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Genoa ( Genova, ˈdʒɛːnova in Italian; Zena in Genoese and Ligurian; Genua in Latin and archaically in English Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Metz (mɛs in French) is a city in the northeast of France, capital of the Lorraine région and Préfecture Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in The town had an active maritime commerce on the west (towards Flanders), with the countries of the North Sea, and maintained traffic and communication with the interior (for example Brunswick). Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. Braunschweig, known as Brunswiek in Low German, is a city of 245810 people (as of 31 December 2007 located in Lower Saxony, Germany. The citizens constantly struggled against the archbishop, becoming nearly independent from him by the end of the 15th century.

In 1524 Martin Luther was called to Magdeburg, where he preached and caused the city's defection from Catholicism. Martin Luther (November 10 1483 February 18 1546 was a German Monk, theologian, university professor Father of Protestantism, and church reformer The Protestant Reformation had quickly found adherents in the city, where Luther had been a schoolboy. The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time Emperor Charles V repeatedly outlawed the unruly town, which had joined the Alliance of Torgau and the Schmalkaldic League. Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was The Schmalkaldic League (Schmalkaldischer Bund was a defensive alliance of Lutheran princes within the Holy Roman Empire during the mid- 16th Because it had not accepted the "Interim" (1548), the city, by the emperor's commands, was besieged (1550-1551) by Maurice, Elector of Saxony, but it retained its independence. Maurice I Elector of Saxony (b Freiberg, March 21, 1521 &ndash d The rule of the archbishop was replaced by that of various administrators belonging to Protestant dynasties. In the following years Magdeburg gained a reputation as a stronghold of Protestantism and became the first major city to publish the writings of Luther. In Magdeburg, Matthias Flacius and his companions wrote their anti-Catholic pamphlets and the Magdeburg Centuries, in which they argued that the Roman Catholic Church had become the kingdom of the Anti-Christ. Matthias Flacius Illyricus ( Latin; Croatian Matija Vlačić Ilirik, German Matthias Flach) ( March 3, 1520 The Magdeburg Centuries is a celebrated Ecclesiastical history divided into thirteen centuries, covering thirteen hundred years ending in 1298 For other uses see Antichrist (disambiguation In Christian eschatology, the Antichrist or anti-Christ means a person office

In 1631, during the Thirty Years' War, imperial troops stormed the city and committed a massacre, killing about 20,000 inhabitants and burning the town in the sack of Magdeburg. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in The Sack of Magdeburg (Magdeburgs Opfergang or Magdeburger Hochzeit refers to the Siege and subsequent Plundering of Magdeburg by Roman Catholic The city had withstood a first siege in 1629 by Albrecht von Wallenstein. After the war, a population of only 400 remained. According to the Peace of Westphalia (1648), Magdeburg was assigned to Brandenburg-Prussia after the death of the current administrator, August of Saxe-Weissenfels, as the semi-autonomous Duchy of Magdeburg; this occurred in 1680. The term Peace of Westphalia refers to the two peace treaties of Osnabrück and Münster, signed on May 15 and October 24 of Brandenburg-Prussia (Brandenburg-Preußen was a German Monarchy established by the Personal union between the Duchy of Prussia and the August Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (b Dresden, 13 August 1614 - d The Duchy of Magdeburg (Herzogtum Magdeburg was a province of Brandenburg-Prussia from 1680&ndash1807

In the course of the Napoleonic Wars, the fortress surrendered to French troops in 1806. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or The city was annexed to the French-controlled Kingdom of Westphalia in the 1807 Treaty of Tilsit. The Kingdom of Westphalia was a historical state that existed from 1807 - 1813 in parts of present-day Germany. The Treaties of Tilsit were two agreements signed by Napoleon I of France in the aftermath of his victory at Friedland in the town of Tilsit King Jérôme appointed Count Heinrich von Blumenthal as mayor. Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte French Prince King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort ( November 15, 1784 &ndash June 24, 1860 In 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, Magdeburg was made the capital of the new Prussian Province of Saxony. The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising }The Province of Saxony (Provinz Sachsen was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1945 In 1912, the old fortress was dismantled.

The city became capital of the Province of Magdeburg near the end of World War II. The Province of Magdeburg (Provinz Magdeburg was a province of the Free State of Prussia within Nazi Germany from 1944-45 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Magdeburg, then a city of about 340,000 inhabitants, suffered near total destruction from Allied firebombing. The impressive Gründerzeit suburbs north of the city, called the Nordfront, were destroyed as well as the city's main street with its Baroque buildings. deu Gründerzeit ( German, 'grʏndɐˌtsaɪ̯t literally “the founders' epoch” refers to the economic phase in 19th century Germany and Austria before It was the second most devastated city in Germany; only Dresden suffered more. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German American and Soviet troops occupied the city; however, the Americans soon left, leaving the city under Soviet stewardship.

In the postwar years, many of the remaining pre-World War II city buildings were destroyed, with only a few buildings near the cathedral restored to their pre-war state. Prior to the reunification of Germany, many surviving Gründerzeit buildings were left uninhabited and, after years of degradation, waiting for demolition. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany From 1949 on until German reunification on 3 October 1990, Magdeburg belonged to the German Democratic Republic. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state

In 1990 Magdeburg became the capital of the new state of Saxony-Anhalt within reunified Germany. Saxony-Anhalt ( Sachsen-Anhalt) is one of the sixteen ''Bundesländer'' (federal states that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. The city center was rebuilt almost exclusively in a modern style. In recent years, a community currency, the Urstromtaler, has gone into circulation alongside the euro. In Economics, a local currency, in its common usage is a Currency not backed by a national government (and not necessarily Legal tender) and intended The Urstromtaler is a Community currency being used in the German town of Magdeburg side by side with the Euro. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e ^[2]

Main sights and culture

Cathedral

Main article: Cathedral of Magdeburg

Magdeburg's most impressive building, the Protestant Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice, has a height of 104 m: the highest church building of eastern Germany. Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke The Protestant Cathedral of Magdeburg (Magdeburger Dom officially called the Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice (Dom zu Magdeburg St EKD redirects here For the Basque political party see Democracia Cristiana Vasca. Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius) was the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century and one of the It is notable for its beautiful and unique sculptures, especially the "Twelve Virgins" at the Northern Gate, the depictions of Otto I the Great and his wife Editha as well as the statues of St Maurice and St Catherine. Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke Ædgyth or Edith of England (910 - 26 January 946 was the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England and Ælfflæd Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius) was the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century and one of the The statue of St Maurice (ca. 1250) is one of the few where Maurice is displayed as a black man with African features holding a sword and wearing chainmail. This is surprising, in light of the fact that Maurice was an Egyptian. Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius) was the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century and one of the This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group It is in fact the oldest depiction of a black person in Europe. St Catherine is dressed like a young teenage girl from the time of the statue's creation would have been - the equivalent to a girl in jeans and T-Shirt today. (Quite a scandal then. )

The predecessor of the cathedral was a church built in 937 within an abbey, called St. Maurice. Emperor Otto I the Great was buried here beside his wife in 973. St. Maurice burnt to ashes in 1207. The exact location of that church remained unknown for a long time. The foundations were rediscovered in May 2003, revealing a building 80 m long and 41 m wide.

The construction of the new church lasted 300 years. The cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice was the first Gothic church building of Germany. See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. The completion of the steeples took place only in 1520.

While the cathedral was virtually the only building to survive the massacres of the Thirty Years' War, it nevertheless suffered damage in World War II. It was soon rebuilt and completed in 1955.

The place in front of the cathedral (sometimes called "new marketplace", Neuer Markt) was occupied by an imperial palace (Kaiserpfalz), which was destroyed in the fire of 1207. The stones of the ruin served for building the cathedral. The presumptive remains of the palace were excavated in the 1960s.

Sports

Magdeburg has a proud history of sports team, with football proving the most popular. 1. FC Magdeburg currently play in the Regionalliga Nord. Overview The Regionalliga Nord was introduced in 1994 along with three other Regionalligas, those being Regionalliga Süd Defunct clubs SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg and Cricket Viktoria Magdeburg were among the first football clubs in Germany. Viktoria 96 Magdeburg was a German football club playing in the Cracau district of Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Cricket Viktoria Magdeburg was a German football club playing in the Cracau district of Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. 1. FC Magdeburg is the only East German football club to have won a European club football competition. There is also the very successful handball team, SC Magdeburg Gladiators who are the first German team to win the EHF Champions League. Accomplishments Handball National Championship of GDR: 10 1970 1977 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1988 1991 The EHF Champions League is the most important European handball club competition

Other sights

• Unser Lieben Frauen Monastery (Our Beloved Lady), 11th century, containing the church of St. Mary. Today a museum for Modern Art. Home of the National Collection of Small Art Statues of the GDR (Nationale Sammlung Kleinkunstplastiken der DDR).
• The Magdeburger Reiter ("Magdeburg equestrian", 1240), the first equestrian sculpture north of the alps. It probably shows Emperor Otto I. Otto I the Great ( 23 November 912 &ndash 7 May 973) son of Henry I the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke
• Town hall (1698). This building stood on the marketplace since the 13th century, but was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War; the new town hall was built in a Renaissance style influenced by Dutch architecture. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere It has been renovated and reopened in Oct 2005.
• Landtag; the seat of the government of Saxony-Anhalt with its Baroque facade built in 1724. The Saxony-Anhalt Landtag is the state diet of the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc Year 1724 ( MDCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
• monuments depicting Otto von Guericke (1907), Eike von Repkow and Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke ˈgeːʁɪkə ( November 20, 1602 &ndash May 11, 1686 ( Julian calendar) Eike von Repgow (Repchowe Repichowe Repkow (* c 1180; † c 1235) from Repgow now Reppichau in Saxony-Anhalt) was a medieval German administrator Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben ( September 17, 1730 &ndash November 28, 1794) was a Prussian-German army officer
• Ruins of the greatest stronghold of the former Kingdom of Prussia. The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising
• Rotehorn-Park.
• Elbauenpark containing the highest wooden structure in Germany.
• St. John Church (Johanniskirche)
• The Magdeburg Water Bridge, Europe's longest water bridge
• "Die Grüne Zitadelle" or The Green Citadel of Magdeburg, a large, pink building of modern architecture designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and completed in 2005. The 918-metre Magdeburg Water Bridge or Wasserstraßenkreuz in German, completed in October 2003 is a Water bridge that connects two important Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser, born Friedrich Stowasser, (December 15 1928 &ndash February 19 2000 was an Austrian painter,
• Jerusalem Bridge.

Magdeburg is one of the major towns along the Elbe Cycle Route (Elberadweg). The Elbe Cycle Route ( Elberadweg in German) is part of an international network of cycling routes all over Europe.

In fiction

In the best selling alternate history 1632 series by authors David Weber, Eric Flint and many others, over the first two novels, Magdeburg becomes the capital of the Confederated Principalities of Europe and later its successor federation and republic, the United States of Europe. David Mark Weber is an American Science fiction and Fantasy author. Eric Flint (born 1947 is an American Alternate history and Fantasy author, editor, and e-publisher. A federation ( Latin: foedus, covenant is a union comprising a number of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central ("federal" A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its The United States of Europe ( USE) is a fictional federation and Empire in the 1632 series created Eric Flint. Its ascension begun was begun initially as a symbolic and morale building gesture by Gustavus II Adolphus, angry and outraged at the Sack of Magdeburg by the putative Catholic army lead by Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly and his cavalry leader, General Pappenheim. For the other Swedish kings known as Gustavus Adolphus see Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden or Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden The Sack of Magdeburg (Magdeburgs Opfergang or Magdeburger Hochzeit refers to the Siege and subsequent Plundering of Magdeburg by Roman Catholic Johann Tserclaes Count of Tilly ( Dutch: Johan 't Serclaes) (February 1559 - April 30[[ 632]] known as the Monk in Armor, was a General Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim ( May 29, 1594 &ndash November 17, 1632) Field marshal of the Holy Roman Emperor

Thereafter, Magdeburg plays more and more of a central role being both centrally located, and in a much better locale as the impact of American thoughts and ideas begin to rip through the social fabric of the German states. Beginning centered in the small town of Grantville, WV which becomes displaced in time into May of 1631 into southern Thuringia, the series books and action drift northward over time into Magdeburg as the collaborative writings in long and short fiction explore the cultural, sociological, religious, and developmental impact that might occur if a town of no-nonsense coal miner tough Hillbillies found themselves with the limited material resources of a small town, but modern arms and an alarmed energized populus armed with modern political, social and religious developments in the heart of the war torn Germany in the middle of the Thirty Years' War. See also 1632 series, The Grantville Gazettes Grantville is a fictional town modeled after the real town of Mannington, West Virginia The Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen is located in central Germany. The term collaborative writing refers to projects where written works are created by multiple people together ( collaboratively) rather than individually See also Baen's Bar, 1632 Editorial Board, 1632 series The Grantville Gazettes are a set of Collaborative writing works Hillbilly is a term referring to people who dwell in remote Rural, Mountainous areas of the United States, primarily southern Appalachia and For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War.

People

• Otto von Guericke (1602-1686), mayor and inventor of the Magdeburg hemispheres. Otto von Guericke (originally spelled Gericke ˈgeːʁɪkə ( November 20, 1602 &ndash May 11, 1686 ( Julian calendar) The Magdeburg hemispheres were a pair of large copper hemispheres with mating rims The Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg is named after him. The Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg was founded 1993, and is one of the youngest universities in Germany.
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), composer
• (Friedrich Otto) Richard Falckenberg (1851-1920), a German philosophy historian, born here. Georg Philipp Telemann (March 14 1681 &ndash June 25 1767 was a German Baroque music Composer, born in Magdeburg.
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), an American Patriot. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben ( September 17, 1730 &ndash November 28, 1794) was a Prussian-German army officer
• Carl Gustav Friedrich Hasselbach (1809-1882), mayor and member of the Prussian House of Lords. Carl Gustav Friedrich Hasselbach ( March 21, 1809 &ndash April 21, 1882) was a Privy councillor, member of the Prussian House
• Georg Kaiser (1878-1945), writer
• Richard Oelze (1900-1980), painter
• Henning von Tresckow (1901-1944), Major General in the German Wehrmacht, active in the military resistance
• Erich Ollenhauer (1901-1963),leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1952-1963. Friedrich Carl Georg Kaiser, called Georg Kaiser (born November 25 1878 in Magdeburg, Germany - died June 4 1945 in Richard Oelze (born June 29, 1900 in Magdeburg; died November 26, 1980 in Gut Posteholz near Hameln) was a Henning von Tresckow Henning Hermann Robert Karl von Tresckow ( January 10 1901 &ndash July 21 1944) was a Major General in the Erich Ollenhauer ( March 27 1901 &ndash December 14 1963) was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD 1952-1963
• Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born 1942), German biologist, won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995
• Kurt Singer, a philosopher
• Tokio Hotel, German Rock band
• Ana Nova, actress

Twin towns

• Braunschweig, Germany. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born October 20, 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German Biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award Kurt Singer ( May 12, 1886 &ndash February 14, 1962) was a German Philosopher. Tokio Hotel hoˈtɛl}} is a German band founded in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz drummer Gustav Schäfer and Ana Nova (also known as Tara Young) (born June 5, 1975 in Magdeburg, Germany) is a pornographic actress. Braunschweig, known as Brunswiek in Low German, is a city of 245810 people (as of 31 December 2007 located in Lower Saxony, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. TemplateInfobox City for more fields--> Sarajevo is the Capital city and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan
• Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

See also

Wolf of Magdeburg

References

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External links

• Official website (English)
• Official Student Community WebUni
• Student Community Unihelp
• IKUS - the intercultural Students of Magdeburg (English) (German)
• Satellite photo from April, 2005
• History society of Magdeburg and surround e.V.
• tramway in Magdeburg (English) (German)

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