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Magdeburg (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 52 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 40 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Elbe river; was Otto I's base for German colonization of Wendish lands; archbishop-princes ruled large area from 968; burned in 1188; joined Schmalkalden League 1531; 20,000 citizens were massacred in Thirty Years' War (1631); damaged in WW II. |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first documented in 805, expanded under Otto I in 10th cen., expanded after WW II |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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| inland port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for metal working, heavy engineering, sugar refining, flour & textile milling & chemical manufacturing |
| commercial center (C) |
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established by 13th cen., was member of Hanseatic League |
| transportation center (C) |
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located at natural crossroads on the Elbe & linked to Mittelland Kanal, & at junction of major railway lines & highways |
| archiepiscopal see (H) |
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established in 962, governed by Protestant titular archbishops after 1524, secular duchy in 1648 |
| political center (H) |
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famed for 13th-cen. Magdeburg Law, a municipal administration that was later adopted throughout eastern Europe |
| regional capital (C) |
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