Burg (; also known as Burg bei Magdeburg to distinguish from other places with the same name) is a town of about 22,400 inhabitants on the

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in northeastern

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, northeast of

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. It is the capital of the

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district in the

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. The town is known for its

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churches and towers. Due to the numerous towers and steeples Burg also carries the

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''City of Towers''. Like other German towns and cities, Burg shows its connection to the Roland saga with a statue, which was restored in 1999.

Etymology

Although the name Burg has the same form as the German word ''Burg'' (castle), it is more likely that the name comes from the

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word ''bor'', meaning

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Subdivisions

The municipality Burg bei Magdeburg consists of the town Burg bei Magdeburg and the formerly independent municipalities Detershagen, Ihleburg, Niegripp, Parchau, Schartau and Reesen.

Economy

Burg formerly had the largest shoe manufacturing factory in Europe and was the first to produce manufactured

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in Germany, beginning production in 1931.

Twin towns – sister cities

Burg is twinned with: *

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, Greece *

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, Germany *

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, France * Tira, Israel

Notable people

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(born 1969), wrestler * Julia Bonk (born 1986), politician (

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), Member of Landtag (

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) *

Joachim a Burck Joachim von Burck, also Joachim a Burgk or Joachim Moller (Burg, 1546-Mühlhausen, 24 May 1610) was a German composer, notable for an early German Passion setting. As Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard Ge ...

(1546–1610), composer *

Carl von Clausewitz Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz ( , ; born Carl Philipp Gottlieb Clauswitz; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) was a Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian general and Military theory, military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms meani ...

(1780–1831), Prussian general and important military theorist *

Hermann Eggert Georg Peter Hermann Eggert (3 January 1844 – 12 March 1920) was a German architect. He designed important public buildings such as the Frankfurt Main Station and the New Town Hall in Hannover, often in the style of Neo-Renaissance. Career B ...

(1844–1920), architect * Harald Jährling (1954–2023), rower *

Ferdinand Kurlbaum Ferdinand Kurlbaum (4 October 1857 in Burg bei Magdeburg – 29 July 1927 in Berlin) was a German people, German physicist. Life and work As the son of a magistrate, he had to follow his frequently transferred father. Problems at school wer ...

(1857–1927), physicist *

Hermann Paasche Hermann Paasche (; February 24, 1851 – April 11, 1925) was a German statistician and economist. He is known for his Paasche Index, which provides a calculation of the Price Index. Paasche studied economics, agriculture, statistics and philosoph ...

(1851–1925), politician (DVP) * Emanuel Raasch (born 1955), cyclist *

Brigitte Reimann Brigitte Reimann (born 21 July 1933, Burg bei Magdeburg, d. 22 February 1973, East Berlin) was a German writer who is best known for her posthumously published novel ''Franziska Linkerhand''. Life Brigitte Reimann was the daughter of Willi Reim ...

(1933–1973), writer * Hermann Riedel (1847–1913), composer and conductor *

Wolfgang Seguin Wolfgang "Paule" Seguin (born 14 September 1945) is an East German former professional footballer. Club career Seguin took up playing football in his hometown of Burg in 1953. He spent ten years with Einheit Burg, playing an attacking role. In ...

(born 1945), footballer

Transmitter

Near Burg there is a large transmission site for long- and mediumwave, which was among other things used for the transmissions of Radio Wolga.

References

External links

*http://www.stadt-burg.de *http://www.burgundumgebung.de Jerichower Land {{JerichowerLand-geo-stub