Wolmirstedt
Wolmirstedt () is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located 14 km north of Magdeburg, on the river Ohre. The town consists of Wolmirstedt proper and the Ortschaften (municipal divisions) Elbeu, Farsleben, Glindenberg, and Mose.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Wolmirstedt Kirche Josef.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Saint Joseph Church
- German location.image_coa
- DE-ST_15-0-83-565_Wolmirstedt_1997_COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Wolmirstedt in BK.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Börde
- German location.elevation
- 126
- German location.area
- 54.27
- German location.postal_code
- 39326
- German location.area_code
- 039201
- German location.licence
- BK, BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL
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Wolmirstedt () is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located 14 km north of Magdeburg, on the river Ohre. The town consists of Wolmirstedt proper and the Ortschaften (municipal divisions) Elbeu, Farsleben, Glindenberg, and Mose.
==History== 1300–750 BC: Late Bronze Age settlement that included a weaving house. 1009: First mentioned in 1009 in the chronicle of Thietmar of Merseburg. 1274: Ruthger von Blumenthal appointed Vogt of Wolmirstedt. 1348: Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor stays in town; issues decree releasing the burghers of Pritzwalk, Havelberg, Perleberg, and Kyritz from their feudal duty to Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. 1475: The men of the robber baron Dietrich von Quitzow raid the town. 1480: Castle chapel completed in 1480 under Archbishop Ernst II of Saxony. 1590: Municipal law established. Thirty Years' War: heavy destruction.
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