| 805 |
First recorded mention in the Diedenhof
Capitulary as Magadoburg. Although settlement on the site had existed
for centuries, the first mention of Magdeburg occurred during the reign of the
emperor Charlemagne, when he secured the small fishing and trading town. |
| 929 |
Henry Ith arranged with king Edward
the Elder for Edward's daughter Edith (Editha, Eadgyth) to marry Otto
Ith, son of Henry. At Otto and Edith's wedding she received
Magdeburg as a Morgengabe - a Germanic customary gift received by the
new bride from the groom and his family after the wedding night. |
| 937 |
A royal assembly took place in Magdeburg. At
the same time, the abbey of Saint Maurice, later the cathedral, was founded. |
| 965 |
At the Synod of Ravenna, Magdeburg became
elevated to the status of archbishopric and Adalbert received consecration as
its first Archbishop. |
| 968 |
Establishment of the ore diocese Magdeburg. The
Mauritius monastic church is extended to the cathedral. |
| 1015 |
The monastery "our loving women" is created by archbishop Gero. |
| 1188 |
Magdeburg received a patent giving the city
the right to hold trade exibits and conventions, the basis of the later family
of city laws known as Magdeburg rights. Many visitors from many countries
trade in Magdeburg. |
| 1207 |
The ottonian cathedral is destroyed in a big fire |
| 1209 |
Construction of the present cathedral by a French model. First Gothic religious building on
German area. |
| 1524 |
Martin Luther is called to Magdeburg, where he
preaches and causes the city's defection from Catholicism. In the following
years Magdeburg gains a reputation as a stronghold of Protestantism and it
becomes the first major city to publish the writings of Martin Luther. The
emperor outlaws the unruly town. |
| 1602 |
Otto von Guericke mayor, inventor, and diplomat, was born in Magdeburg. |
| 1631 |
During the Thirty Years' War imperial troops
storm the city and commit a massacre, killing about 20,000 inhabitants and
burning the town in the sack of Magdeburg. After the war only a population of
400 remains in the totally destroyed town. |
| 1654 |
Otto von Guericke makes the Magdeburg
hemispheres, two hollow shells with rings for attaching ropes, puts them
together with grease, and evacuates the air with a pump that he had invented
some years before. Sixteen horses fail to pull the hemispheres apart. |
| 1681 |
The composer George Philipp Telemann is born in Magdeburg.
(play) |
| 1855 |
Upturn of the Magdeburger mechanical engineer
industry with the establishment of the Grusonwerke. |
| 1938 |
Start-up of the ship lift Rothensee. |
| 1945 |
During World War II Magdeburg (350.000
inhabitants) suffered near total destruction from Allied firebombing. The very
impressive Gründerzeit suburbs north of the city, called the Nordfront, were
destroyed. It was the second most devastated city in Germany -only Dresden
suffered more. American and Soviet troops occupied the city; however, the
Americans soon left, leaving the city under Soviet stewardship. |
| 1952 |
The province of Saxony-Anhalt is dissolved and split into the districts
of Magdeburg and Halle. Magdeburg is the district capital. |
| 1953 |
Magdeburg there is, as in other cities of the GDR, demonstrations against the planned norm increases. |
| 1961 |
The College of Engineering is named "Otto von Guericke College of Technology" |
| 1965 |
The 1.FC Magdeburg is founded as the first football club in the GDR. |
| 1987 |
the Technical College "Otto von Guericke" given the status of a "technical university". |
| 1990 |
Magdeburg becomes the capital of the new state
of Saxony-Anhalt within reunified Germany. The city center is rebuilt almost
exclusively in a modern style, rejecting Magdeburg's millennia spanning
history.
|
| 1991 |
The last Russian troops left Magdeburg |
| 1998 |
The MDR-Broadcasting House (local TV) in the City Park begins operations. |
| 1999 |
Magdeburg is host of the 25th Bundesgartenschau. A former barracks area of the Soviet army was transformed
for this to the "Elbauenpark". |
| 2005 |
The city celebrates its 1200 years. |
| |
The waterway crossing is given to the shipping.
With a total length of 918 m[?], a usable trough width of 32 m[?] and
a max. Span of 106 m[?], it is the largest hydroelectric construction in Europe. |
| |
Opening of the last work of the architect
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (the "Green citadel"). |
| 2007 |
With the first Stumbling block as reminds of
the individual fate by Jewish fellow citizens, who were deprotiert and
murdered during the National socialism. |
| 2009 |
800 years of Magdeburg Cathedral |
| 2011 |
The historic chain Steamer "Gustav Zeuner" is (since 1948, out of service) in Port of Science
released to the public. |
| 2012 |
On the occasion of the 1100th Birthday and the 1050th Anniversary of the coronation,
the Emperor Otto Ith opened in Magdeburg. |
| 2013 |
Magdeburg experienced its biggest flood disaster. The highest level was reached 7.48 meters [?] on June 9. |
| 2015 |
The Pretziener weir, built in 1875, was given the title "Historic Landmark of Civil Engineering in Germany" by the Federal Chamber of Engineers. |
| 2020 |
500th anniversary of the completion of the Magdeburg Cathedral. |