Magdeburg Facts for Kids

Magdeburg is the capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in Germany. The city covers an area of 201 km² (77.6 sq mi). About 236,000 people live there (2016).

A demonstration of air pressure (called the Magdeburg spheres) was done here by Otto von Guericke in 1656. Also, the 18th century composer Georg Philipp Telemann was born here.

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Kaiser Otto I and his wife Edith arrive near Magdeburg (Hugo Vogel 1898, Ständehaus Merseburg)
Gaspar Schott's sketch of Otto von Guericke's Magdeburg hemispheres experiment.
Magdeburg Christmas market
The GETEC Arena
Lake-Stage at Elbauenpark
Magdeburg Vertical-lift bridge (Hubbrücke)
Cathedral of Magdeburg
The three churches at night
Grüne Zitadelle
Entrance - Zoo Magdeburg
Otto von Guericke
Erich Ollenhauer Bundestag 1954
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben 1782
Map of Magdeburg, 1900
Sealing stamp (1850–1923)
Magdeburg after World War II
Destroyed Magdeburg
Magdeburg is the capital and seat of the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt
Library of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
The Green Citadel of Magdeburg, built in 2005
Magdeburg during the 2013 Elbe flood
Magdeburg's centre has a number of Stalinist buildings from the 1950s.
Aerial view of the University area
Campus tower of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Magdeburg library
Aerial view of the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
View over Magdeburg in 2012
Cathedral of Magdeburg
Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen
The three churches on the banks of the Elbe river
Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof
Magdeburg Opera
The Grüne Zitadelle (Green Citadel)
Justizzentrum
View over Elbauenpark with Jahrtausendturm
Elbe river in Magdeburg
City Hall with Sankt-Johannis-Church
Jerusalem Bridges
The Elbe in Magdeburg
Magdeburg Water Bridge
The Hasselbachplatz, an important transport hub
Gruson-Gewächshäuser
The Magdeburger Reiter
Allee-Center shopping centre is one of seven shopping centres

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