19 Facts About Magdeburg

Magdeburg is the capital and second-largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, after Halle .

Until 1631, Magdeburg was one of the largest and most prosperous German cities and a notable member of the Hanseatic League.

Magdeburg is situated on autobahn route 2 and autobahn route 14, and hence is at the connection point of the East with the West of Europe, as well as the North and South of Germany.

Otto I repeatedly visited Magdeburg, establishing a convent here about 937 and was later buried in the cathedral.

Magdeburg granted the abbey the right to income from various tithes and to corvee labour from the surrounding countryside.

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Archbishopric of Magdeburg was founded in 968 at the synod of Ravenna; Adalbert of Magdeburg was consecrated as its first archbishop.

In 1035 Magdeburg received a patent giving the city the right to hold trade exhibitions and conventions.

Just six years after the end of the terribly destructive war, Magdeburg was the scene of the famous scientific experiment known as The Magdeburg hemispheres by which the existence of vacuum - hitherto hotly debated - was empirically proven, with enormous implications for the later developments of physics.

In 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, Magdeburg was made the capital of the new Prussian Province of Saxony.

Magdeburg was heavily bombed by British and American air forces during the Second World War.

In 1990 Magdeburg became the capital of the new state of Saxony-Anhalt within reunified Germany.

Magdeburg is the capital and seat of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt.

Magdeburg's centre has a number of Stalinist buildings from the 1950s.

Magdeburg is one of the major towns along the Elbe Cycle Route .

Magdeburg has a Humid continental climate bordering on an oceanic climate according to Koppen climate classification.

Current mayor of Magdeburg is independent politician Simone Borris since 2022.

Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg was founded in 1993 and is one of the newest universities in Germany.

Magdeburg is well known for its Christmas market, which is an attraction for 1.

Magdeburg has a proud history of sports teams, with football proving the most popular.