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.

Other sights

• Monastery "Unser Lieben Frauen" (literally "Our Beloved Ladies"), 11th century, containing the church of St. Mary.
• Town hall (1698); a town hall has stood on the marketplace since the 13th century, but it was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War; the new town hall was built in a Renaissance style influenced by Dutch architecture.
• Landtag; the seat of the government of Saxony-Anhalt is a Baroque palace built in 1724.
• Monuments: the city has monuments depicting emperor Otto I (old marketplace, 1240) and Otto von Guericke (1907).
• Ruins of the greatest stronghold of the former kingdom of Prussia
• Rotehorn-Park
• Elbauenpark containing the highest wooden tower in the world
• Hundertwasser-Building, built in 2005
• Johannischurch