Wingsch Real Estate Investments   

Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt

Monday, 14 May 2012 - 01:37 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union
Category/Kategorie: General Reading Time:  3 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Magdeburg is the largest city and the capital city of Saxony-Anhalt. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe.

Emperor Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor, lived for most of his reign in the town and was buried in the cathedral after his death. Magdeburg’s version of German town law, known as Magdeburg rights, spread throughout Central and Eastern Europe. The city is also well known for the 1631 Sack of Magdeburg, which hardened Protestant resistance during the Thirty Years’ War.

Magdeburg is the site of two universities, the Otto-von-Guericke University and the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences.

Nowadays Magdeburg is a traffic junction as well as an industrial and trading centre. The production of chemical products, steel, paper and textiles are of particular economic significance, along with Mechanical engineering and plant engineering, Ecotechnology and life-cycle management, Health management and Logistics. Along with ten other cities in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia, Magdeburg is a member of the Central German Metropolitan Region. In 2005 Magdeburg celebrated its 1200th anniversary.

Read more on City of Magdeburg, Magdeburg Tourism, Magdeburg Theatre, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences and Wikipedia Magdeburg. Learn more about the use of photos. To inform you about latest news most of the city, town or tourism websites offer a newsletter service and/or operate Facebook pages/Twitter accounts. In addition more and more destinations, tourist organizations and cultural institutions offer Apps for your Smart Phone or Tablet, to provide you with a mobile tourist guide (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index). If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net. Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.

---

Recommended posts:

• Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt
• Bernburg on river Saale
• Barby on the Elbe
• The Luther City of Wittenberg
• Bitterfeld-Wolfen in the southeast of Saxony-Anhalt
• Oranienbaum Palace in Saxony-Anhalt
• Naumburg Cathedral in Saxony-Anhalt
• The Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm (English Grounds of Wörlitz) in Saxony-Anhalt
• The Elbe
• New Synagogue in Dessau
• The Hanseatic city of Salzwedel
• The Trade Fair City of Leipzig
• The porcelain and wine city of Meissen
• The university and mining town of Freiberg
• Bode Gorge, Germany’s Grand Canyon