Magdeburg (German: [ˈmakdəbʊʁk] (); Low Saxon: Meideborg [ˈmaˑɪdebɔɐ̯x]) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt.The city is situated at the Elbe river.. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the archbishopric of Magdeburg, was buried in the city's cathedral after his death. Magdeburg's version of German town law, known as …

The Sack of Magdeburg, also called Magdeburg's Wedding (German: Magdeburger Hochzeit) or Magdeburg's Sacrifice (Magdeburgs Opfergang), was the destruction of the Protestant city of Magdeburg on 20 May 1631 by the Imperial Army and the forces of the Catholic League, resulting in the deaths of around 20,000, including both defenders and non-combatants.The event is …

States. It was the states that formed the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. This was in contrast to the post-war development in Austria, where the national Bund ("federation") was constituted first, and then the individual states were carved out as units of that federal nation.. The German use of the term Länder ("lands") dates back to the Weimar Constitution of 1919.

The capital of Saxony-Anhalt is Magdeburg.It is the second-largest city in the state, closely after Halle (Saale).From 1994 to 2003, the state was divided into three regions (Regierungsbezirke), Dessau, Halle and Magdeburg and, below the regional level, 21 districts (Landkreise).Since 2004, however, this system has been replaced by 11 rural districts and three urban districts.

The following list of Gauleiters enumerates those who have held the Nazi party rank of Gauleiter, a type of regional party leader in Germany only within Adolf Hitler's system.. Of the 44 former Gauleiter of the NSDAP thirteen committed suicide when Nazi Germany surrendered, eight were executed by the allies after the war, one was executed by the SS and one died in Soviet captivity.

Irreligion is predominant in former East Germany. An exception is former West Berlin, which had a Christian plurality in 2016 (44.4% Christian and 43.5% unaffiliated).It also has a higher share of Muslims at 8.5%, compared to former East Berlin with only 1.5% self-declared Muslims as of 2016.. Eurostat's Eurobarometer survey in 2015, found that 27.0% of the adult population …

Sep 01, 2022 · Das Landesamt für Geologie und Bergwesen (LAGB.) ist eine obere Landesbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Ministeriums für Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt. Wir beraten und unterstützen die Landesregierung und deren nachgeordnete Behörden auf den Gebieten der Angewandten Geowissenschaften und der …

The Magdeburg court decided in favour of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. The case was appealed and on the basis of decisions from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf in 2005 and the Federal Court of Justice in 2009, the initial ruling was overturned and the German Patent and Trademark Office withdrew the trademark rights. [45]

May 18, 2022 · Since reunification in 1990, the Federal Republic of Germany has had 16 rather than just eleven Länder or federal states, the five new states being Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Districts in the former East Germany (GDR) were merged to recreate the former historic states.

Bundesautobahn 2 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 2, short form Autobahn 2, abbreviated as BAB 2 or A 2) is an autobahn in Germany that connects the Ruhr area in the west to Berlin in the east. The A 2 starts at the junction with the A3 near the western city of Oberhausen, passes through the north of the Ruhr valley, through the Münsterland and into …