Timeline of Magdeburg

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Magdeburg, Germany.

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Prior to 19th century

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19th century

  • 1806 - Siege of Magdeburg (1806) by French forces; Magdeburg "annexed to the kingdom of Westphalia."[3]
  • 1814 - Magdeburg becomes part of Prussia again.[3]
  • 1815 - Administrative Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg (region) created.
  • 1818 - Prussian IV Army Corps headquartered in Magdeburg.
  • 1824 - Herrenkrugpark expanded.
  • 1825 - Industrie- und Handelskammer Magdeburg (chamber of commerce) founded.[7]
  • 1840
  • 1843
  • 1846 - Berlin–Magdeburg railway begins operating.
  • 1851 - Magdeburg Synagogue built.
  • 1855 - Grusonwerk machinery manufactory begins operating in nearby Buckau.
  • 1860 - Viktoriatheater (Magdeburg) opens.
  • 1867 - Sudenburg becomes part of Magdeburg.
  • 1873 - Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
  • 1876 - Stadttheater Magdeburg (theatre) opens.
  • 1877 - Soldiers' Memorial erected.[6]
  • 1885 - Population: 114,291.(de)
  • 1886
    • Alte Neustadt becomes part of Magdeburg.
    • Martin Luther monument (Magdeburg) erected.[6]
  • 1887 - Buckau becomes part of Magdeburg.
  • 1890 - Volksstimme newspaper begins publication.[7]
  • 1895 - Population: 214,424.[8]
  • 1896

20th century

  • 1903 - Königsbrücke (bridge) opens.
  • 1906 - Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg founded.
  • 1907
    • Zentraltheater (theatre) opens.[4]
    • Rathaus Magdeburg (city hall) new building constructed.
  • 1908 - Rothensee becomes part of Magdeburg.[4]
  • 1910 - Cracau (Magdeburg), Fermersleben, Lemsdorf, Prester (Magdeburg), Salbke, and Westerhüsen become part of Magdeburg.[4]
  • 1919 - Population: 285,856.[9]
  • 1934 - Volkspark Westerhüsen (park) opens.[10]
  • 1938 - November: Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews.[4]
  • 1942 - Zwangsarbeiterlager Diana (labor camp) built.
  • 1944 - Province of Magdeburg established.
  • 1945
    • 16 January: Aerial Bombing of Magdeburg on 16 January 1945 by Allied forces.[4]
    • 18 April: City occupied by United States forces.[4]
    • 1 July: City occupied by Soviet forces.[4]
  • 1949 - City becomes part of the German Democratic Republic.
  • 1954 - Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg (hospital) and Medizinische Akademie Magdeburg (medical school) founded.
  • 1955
  • 1965
  • 1974 - S-Bahn Mittelelbe (city railway) begins operating.
  • 1987 - Technical University Magdeburg active.[4]
  • 1990
    • City becomes part of reunited nation of Germany.
    • Wilhelm Polte becomes mayor.[4]
  • 1991
    • Regional Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt (legislature) begins meeting in Magdeburg.
    • Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal (school) established.
  • 1993 - Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg established.
  • 1994 - Municipal election held.(de)
  • 1996 - Jerusalembrücke (Nordbrücke) (bridge) built.
  • 1997 - GETEC Arena opens.
  • 1998
    • March: Alliance '90/The Greens conference held in Magdeburg.(de)
    • Allee-Center Magdeburg (shopping centre) in business on Breiter Weg (Magdeburg).
  • 1999

21st century

  • 2001
    • Lutz Trümper becomes mayor.[4]
    • Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt (archives) established.
  • 2003 - Magdeburg Water Bridge opens near city.[4]
  • 2006 - MDCC-Arena opens.
  • 2010 - Magdeburger Regionalverkehrsverbund (transit entity) established.
  • 2013 - June: Flood.[4]
  • 2015 - Population: 238,212.(de)

See also

Other cities in the state of Saxony-Anhalt:(de)

References

  1. 1 2 Hourihane 2012.
  2. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Stadt Geschichte: Die Stadtchronik (timeline)". Ottostadt Magdeburg (in German). Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.
  6. 1 2 3 Chambers 1901.
  7. 1 2 "Germany". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  8. ↑ "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
  9. ↑ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via Hathi Trust.
  10. ↑ Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg 1995.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

  • "Magdeburg". Handbook for North Germany. London: J. Murray. 1877.
  • "Magdeburg". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
  • "Magdeburg", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
  • "Magdeburg", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Magdeburg". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.
  • Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Magdeburg". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in German

  • J. A. F. Hermes; M.J. Weigelt (1842). Historisch-geographisch-statistisch-topographisches Handbuch vom Regierungsbezirke Magdeburg (in German). Magdeburg: W. Heinrichshofen.
  • Magdeburg. Die Chroniken der deutschen Städte (in German). 7, 27. Leipzig: S. Hirzel Verlag. 1869–1899 – via HathiTrust.
  • Max Dittmar (1885). Beiträge zur geschichte der stadt Magdeburg in den ersten jahren nach ihrer zerstörung 1631 (in German). Halle: Max Niemeyer.
  • Waldemar Kawerau (1886). Aus Magdeburgs Vergangenheit (in German). Halle.
  • Karl von Hegel (1891). "Magdeburg". Städte und Gilden der germanischen Völker im Mittelalter (in German). 2. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot – via HathiTrust.
  • "Zeittafel: Magdeburger Geschichte (timeline)", Parkanlagen Stadt Magdeburg I (in German), Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg, 1995, pp. 16–23
  • Helmut Asmus; Manfred Wille. 1200 Jahre Magdeburg: von der Kaiserpfalz zur Landeshauptstadt: eine Stadtgeschichte (in German). ISBN 3933046165. 2000-2009. (4 vols.)
  • Magdeburger Biographisches Lexikon (in German). 2002.
  • Sachsen-Anhalt 1: Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg. Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler (in German). 2002.
  • Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal, eds. (2012). "Magdeburg". Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 1349–1390. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.
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