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Magdeburg is well known for the Magdeburg Christmas market, which is an attraction for 1.5 million visitors every year. Other events are the Stadtfest, Christopher Street Day, Elbe in Flames, and the Europafest Magdeburg. [37] [38] The autumn fair (formerly men's fair) of Magdeburg goes back to Germany's oldest folk festival. The tradition ...
Magdeburg Magdeburg: Polte-Werke: Munitions factory, clearing debris Markkleeberg Markkleeberg: Junkers Manufacture of aircraft parts Meuselwitz Meuselwitz: Hugo Schneider AG Production of bazookas and grenades Mittelbau-Dora: Nordhausen: Mittelwerk GmbH, Junkers Production of V1 flying bombs, V2 rocket assemblies, HE-162 jet engines ...
The Magdeburg Region (German: Region Magdeburg) is the name of the central region in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in North Germany.It includes the landscape units of Magdeburg Börde, Jerichow Land, the northern Harz Foreland and the Colbitz-Letzlingen Heath.
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A model of a SAR-Lupe satellite on top of a Russian Kosmos-3M rocket. SAR-Lupe is Germany's first reconnaissance satellite system and is used for military purposes. SAR is an abbreviation for synthetic-aperture radar, and "Lupe" is German for magnifying glass.
Map of the Magdeburg region c. 1820.. The region was formed in 1815 as a subdivision of the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Saxony.In 1944, it was briefly separated as a province in its own right – the Province of Magdeburg – before becoming part of post-war Saxony-Anhalt within the Soviet occupation zone after World War II and then East Germany in 1949.
The AM transmitter in Burg, near Magdeburg, Germany, is a huge facility for longwave and mediumwave broadcasting. Its most dominant constructions are a 324-metre guyed radio mast and two 210 metre guyed steel tube masts. The 324-metre-high mast is a grounded construction with triangular cross section.
The Magdeburg Christmas market (German: Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt) is a Christmas market taking place annually in Magdeburg, Germany, at the Old Market Square . It is the largest Christmas market in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt , [ 1 ] with more than two million annual visitors and over 125 Christmas stands.