Magdeburg
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Summary
Magdeburg is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Magdeburg ranks in the top 0.31% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,054 views/month, #4 of 1,277).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Bund der Lutherstädte[3], Climate Alliance[4], Mayors for Peace[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saxony-Anhalt[6]
- Country: Germany[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Elbe[8], Alte Elbe[9]
- Head of government: Simone Borris[10]
- Instance of: big city[11], Lutherstadt[12], college town[13], Hanseatic city[14], independent city of Saxony-Anhalt[15], city[16], state capital in Germany[17]
- Shares border with: Börde District[18], Jerichower Land[19], Salzlandkreis[20]
- Twinned administrative body: Harbin[21], Brunswick[22], Le Havre[23], Radom[24], Sarajevo[25], Nashville[26], Zaporizhzhia[27], Pernik[28], Daugavpils[29]
- Postal code: 39104–39130[30]
- Commons category: Magdeburg[31]
- Licence plate code: MD[32]
- Local dialing code: 0391[33]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Magdeburg[34]
- Coordinate location: 52.1315889, 11.6399609[35], 52.1275, 11.629166[36]
- Significant event: Siege of Magdeburg[37], Sack of Magdeburg[38]
- Official website: https://www.magdeburg.de/[39]
- Topic's main category: Category:Magdeburg[40]
- Commons gallery: Magdeburg[41]
- Population: 22,676[42], 235,723[43], 238,136[44], 238,478[45], 238,697[46], 235,775[47], 236,188[48], 239,364[49], 240,114[50], 244,329[51], 244,494[52]
- Described by source: Regesta Imperii[53], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[54], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[55], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[56], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[57]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Magdeburg include 1. FC Magdeburg[58], an association football club[59], in Germany[60], founded in 1965[61]; Magdeburg hemispheres[62], an experiment[63]; Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport[64], a commercial airport[65], in Germany[66]; Magdeburg[67], a corvette[68]; and Magdeburg Government Region[69], a Regierungsbezirk[70], in Germany[71], founded in 1816[72].
Why It Matters
Magdeburg has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[73] Magdeburg is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[74]
Entities named for Magdeburg include 1. FC Magdeburg[58], an association football club[59], in Germany[60], founded in 1965[61]; Magdeburg hemispheres[62], an experiment[63]; Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport[64], a commercial airport[65], in Germany[66]; Magdeburg[67], a corvette[68]; and Magdeburg Government Region[69], a Regierungsbezirk[70], in Germany[71], founded in 1816[72].