Definitions

1. Magdeburg is the seat of an Evangelical consistory; the Roman Catholics belong to the diocese of Paderborn. (Web site)
2. Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. (Web site)
3. Magdeburg, the state capital and a leafy town with 20 or so parks and gardens, has lots to offer its visitors.
4. Magdeburg was an important Prussian fortress.
5. Magdeburg was one of the most important medieval cities of Germany. (Web site)

Emperor Otto

1. Known in 805, Magdeburg became, under Emperor Otto I, an outpost for the colonization of the Wendish territories.

Provincial Opera Houses

1. Between 1833 and 1839 he worked at provincial opera houses in Würzburg, Magdeburg, Königsberg, and Riga.

Little Acclaim

1. This second attempt was actually staged at Magdeburg in 1836, but met with little acclaim. (Web site)

Magdeburg City Rights

1. It received Magdeburg city rights in 1224 and was the capital of a medieval Silesian duchy.

Economic Partnerships

1. In 1962 - 1996 Donetsk had economic partnerships with Magdeburg in Germany.

Otto Von Guericke University

1. The Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg was founded 1993, and is one of the youngest universities in Germany.
2. The Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg is named after him.

Guericke

1. Guericke was born to a patrician family of Magdeburg, Germany. (Web site)

Magdeburg Hemispheres

1. Guericke had joined two copper hemispheres of 51 cm diameter (Magdeburg hemispheres) and pumped the air out of the enclosure.

Magdeburg Law

1. In 1441 the city received its charter, based on the Magdeburg Law.

Magdeburg Right

1. The city had an autonomous administration form, known as Magdeburger Recht (Magdeburg Right), that later was adopted by many cities of Eastern Europe. (Web site)

German City

1. The German city of Magdeburg had economic partnerships with Donetsk during 1962-1996.

Name

1. He assumed the name of the Archbishop Adalbert (his name had been Wojtech), under whom he studied at Magdeburg. (Web site)
2. Since 1518 the settlement was a town and got the name of Kovel' and the Magdeburg Right. (Web site)

River

1. Then in 1253 Przemysł issued a charter to Thomas of Guben (Gubin) for the founding of a town under Magdeburg law, between the castle and the river. (Web site)

End

1. To that end, Hans sent young Martin to schools in Mansfeld, Magdeburg and Eisenach. (Web site)

Siege

1. During the Thirty Years War the imperial forces laid siege to Magdeburg in 1630.
2. The siege and storm of Magdeburg followed, and Pappenheim, like Tilly, has been accused of the most savage cruelty in this transaction. (Web site)

Seat

1. Before the World War II Magdeburg was the seat of the German section of the Watchtower Society. (Web site)
2. A seat of a powiat authorities, between 1589 and 1766 it was a free city of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, located on Magdeburg Law.

October

1. On October 5, 1377, the town was relocated on the Magdeburg law by Władysław Opolczyk, Duke of Opole, then the Governor of Red Ruthenia. (Web site)

November

1. The imperial forces were severely defeated by Torstenson at Breitenfeld in November, 1642, and at Jüterbogk and Magdeburg in October, 1644.

Cantor

1. From 1524 until his death he lived at Magdeburg, where he occupied the post of teacher or cantor in the Protestant school.

Poland

1. Vilnius was established as a city in 1387, when the city was granted Magdeburg Rights by Ladislaus II of Poland.
2. Under Conrad II. the archbishopric of Magdeburg had forgotten its missionary duty to the east and especially to Poland. (Web site)

Son

1. On November 20, 1602, Otto Gericke was born as son of a patrician family resident for three centuries in Magdeburg. (Web site)
2. His son, Alexander I of Poland extended the privilege in 1496 and granted the town with Magdeburg Laws.

Six Years Old

1. When hardly six years old he was sent to Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg to be educated and had the learned Geddo as his teacher in the cathedral school.

Capital City

1. Many cities were founded under the German system of laws (Magdeburg Rights), with the largest of these being Vilnius, which later became the capital city.

Warsaw

1. On November 10, Józef Piłsudski, newly freed from imprisonment by the German authorities at Magdeburg, returned to Warsaw.

England

1. Following travels to England and France, Guericke returned to Magdeburg in 1627 and became a politician. (Web site)

Diocese

1. Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Magdeburg. (Web site)
2. It had a diocese founded by Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg. (Web site)
3. In 1994, the Diocese of Magdeburg was founded in the area.

Trade

1. Visitors from many countries begin to trade in Magdeburg.

Hanseatic League

1. In the 13th century, Magdeburg became a member of the Hanseatic League.

Archbishops

1. In addition, he petitioned the pope to expand the rights of the Archbishops of Bremen and Magdeburg in the area.

April 1957

1. April 1957 in Magdeburg[1]) ist eine ehemalige deutsche Handballspielerin. (Web site)

Halberstadt

1. In the bishoprics of Magdeburg and Halberstadt, the Protestant canons had not hesitated to elect bishops of their own religion.

Georg Philipp Telemann

1. Georg Philipp Telemann was born in Magdeburg, now capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, in 1681.
2. Georg Philipp Telemann was born in Magdeburg, now part of central Germany, in 1681. (Web site)

Saint Adalbert

1. Took the name of Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg, the archbishop who healed, educated and converted him.

Adalbert

1. Adalbert was a well-educated man, having studied for about ten years (970-80) in Magdeburg under Saint Adalbert of Magdeburg. (Web site)
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3. Born to a noble family in Bohemia, he received part of his education from St. Adalbert of Magdeburg.

Otto Von Guericke

1. It is named after the physicist (and mayor of Magdeburg) Otto von Guericke, famous for his experiments with the Magdeburg hemispheres.
2. In 1681, Otto von Guericke left Magdeburg and moved to his son in Hamburg. (Web site)
3. OTTO VON GUERICKE (1602-1686), German experimental philosopher, was born at Magdeburg, in Prussian Saxony, on the 10th of November 1602. (Web site)

Capital

1. He wished to transfer the capital of the diocese from Halberstadt to Magdeburg, and make it an archdiocese.
2. Telemann was born in Magdeburg, the capital of the Duchy of Magdeburg, Brandenburg-Prussia, into an upper middle class family. (Web site)
3. Magdeburg, with about 236,000 inhabitants, is the capital of Saxony-Anhalt.

City

1. After the destruction of Magdeburg in 1631, as part of the Thirty Years War, he drew up a map of the city for the Swedish authorities. (Web site)
2. Otto von Guericke, Burgomeister of Magdeburg, recorded the destruction of the city by imperial troops in May of 1631.
3. On June 15, 1581 Alytus was granted Magdeburg rights, which allowed an area to incorporate as a city.

Prussia

1. Under Frederick William, known as "the Great Elector," Prussia steadily acquired territories, including Magdeburg and enclaves west of the Rhine.
2. Carl von Clausewitz was born in Burg bei Magdeburg, Prussia in 1780. (Web site)

Brandenburg

1. Bishoprics such as Magdeburg, Brandenburg, and Havelberg were founded to support the conversion of the Slavs to Christianity. (Web site)

Berlin

1. The region also includes the major industrial and transportation centers of Kiel, Rostock Hamburg, Bremen, Hanover, and Magdeburg, as well as Berlin. (Web site)
2. In 1661 he also travelled to Berlin to demonstrate the experiment with the Magdeburg hemispheres to the German Elector Friedrich Wilhelm. (Web site)

Halle

1. Handel was born in Halle (which was then in the Duchy of Magdeburg, a province of Brandenburg-Prussia) to Georg and Dorothea (née Taust) Händel in 1685,.

Dresden

1. Khunrath, a disciple of Paracelsus, practiced medicine in Dresden, Magdeburg, and Hamburg and may have held a professorial position in Leipzig. (Web site)

Germany

1. The experiment was performed in 1657 at Magdeburg, Germany by Otto von Guericke (1602-1686), the Burgomeister (mayor) of Magdeburg.
2. Born in Magdeburg, Germany, Menahem Pressler received most of his musical training in Israel.
3. Otto Gericke [gA'ri kE] was born on November 20, 1602, at Magdeburg, Prussian Saxony (now in Germany).

Erfurt

1. Established in January 1992 with its headquarters in Leipzig, and regional studios in Dresden, Erfurt and Magdeburg. (Web site)
2. Prussian Saxony is divided into the three government districts of Magdeburg, Merseburg and Erfurt. (Web site)

Saxony

1. Brandenburg and Saxony refused his troops passage so Gustavus remained in Pomerania while Magdeburg was sacked. (Web site)
2. The crusade of the priest Folkmar, beginning in Saxony, persecuted Jews in Magdeburg and later in Prague in Bohemia. (Web site)
3. In 1815, after the Napoleonic Wars, Magdeburg was made the capital of the new Prussian Province of Saxony.

Elbe

1. It flows into the Elbe near Burg, north of Magdeburg.
2. Located on the banks of the Elbe to the southwest of Berlin, Magdeburg is state capital.

Categories

1. Archbishopric
2. Countries > States > Brandenburg > Elbe
3. Settlements > Cities > City > Erfurt
4. Germanic Peoples > Germans > Saxons > Saxony
5. Population > Settlements > Cities > Mainz

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