Magdeburg

Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, lies on the Elbe river. As of 2004 it had a population of 226,200.

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Magdeburg was one of the most important medieval cities of Germany. Emperor Otto I lived during most of his reign in the town and was buried in the cathedral after his death. Important dates in the town's history include:

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• 805 First recorded mention in the Diedenhof Capitulary as Magadoburg. Although settlement on the site had existed for centuries, the first mention of Magdeburg occurred during the reign of the emperor Charlemagne, when he secured the small fishing and trading town.
• 919 King Henry I the Fowler fortified Magdeburg against the Magyars and Slavs.
• 929 Henry I arranged with king Edward the Elder for Edward's daughter Edith (Editha, Eadgyth) to marry Otto I, son of Henry. At Otto and Edith's wedding she received Magdeburg as a Morgengabe - a Germanic customary gift received by the new bride from the groom and his family after the wedding night.
• 937 A royal assembly took place in Magdeburg. At the same time, the abbey of Saint Maurice, later the cathedral, was founded.
• 946 Queen Edith died and was buried in the abbey church crypt.
• 968 At the Synod of Ravenna, the Archbishopric of Magdeburg was founded and Adalbert received consecration as its first archbishop.
• 973 Emperor Otto I dies and is buried in the cathedral of Magdeburg.
• 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. Many visitors from many countries began to trade in Magdeburg.
• 13th century Magdeburg became a member of the Hanseatic League

At the time of the Hanseatic League it was with Brussels, Antwerp, Cologne, Nuremberg, L?beck, Padova, Mantova, Cremona, Verona, Piacenza, Milano, Genova, Firenze, Metz and Strasbourg one of the cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants in the Roman Empire.

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Siege of Magdeburg 20th March 1631