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 Wolmirstedt consists of Wolmirstedt proper and the ''Ortschaften'' (municipal divisions) Elbeu, Farsleben,

Glindenberg Glindenberg is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Wolmirstedt Wolmirstedt () is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is locate ...

and Mose.Hauptsatzung der Stadt Wolmirstedt
May 2020.

History

*1009 first documentary mention *1274 Ruthger von Blumenthal appointed Vogt of Wolmirstedt *1348 the Emperor Charles IV stays in the town; issues decree releasing the burghers of Pritzwalk, Havelberg, Perleberg and Kyritz from their feudal duty to Louis of Bavaria. *1475 Dietrich von Quitzow's men raid the town. *1590 municipal law *heavy destruction in the Thirty Years' War Wolmirstedt was district town of the Wolmirstedt District until 1994, when the districts Haldensleben and Wolmirstedt were united to form the

Ohrekreis The Ohrekreis was a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Stendal, Jerichower Land, the district-free city Magdeburg, Bördekreis, and the district ...

, with the seat of district administration in Haldensleben. In 2007, the Ohrekreis was merged with the Bördekreis district to form the Börde district.

Sights

* Historical town centre * Castle and historical castle church (northern brick gothic) File:Wolmirstedt Friedensstraße.JPG, Wolmirstedt File:39326 Wolmirstedt, Germany - panoramio - Marc Dorendorf (15).jpg, Wolmirstedt File:Schlossdomäne Bürgerhaus - panoramio.jpg, Castle Wolmirstedt

Infrastructure

In Wolmirstedt there is a large substation for 380kV. On the area of this transformer an HVDC back-to-back station with a transmission rate of 600 megawatts was planned, but this plan was canceled after the

German reunification German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

in 1990, because it was decided to synchronize electricity mains of East and West Germany. The 380kV line running from the transformer station Wolmirstedt to the shut-down nuclear power station Lubmin is the longest power line in Germany.

Transport

* Near Wolmirstedt the Mittellandkanal traverses the Elbe. * The city can be reached by means of the exit Magdeburg-center of the federal motorway A 2 as well as the federal highway 189.

Sons and daughters of the city

* Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575–1612), Queen of Denmark * Christian Wilhelm of Brandenburg (1587–1665), Markgraf *

Siegmund Jakob Baumgarten Sigmund or Siegmund may refer to: People * Sigmund (given name), list of people with the name Sigmund * Sigmund Freud, a pioneer of psychoanalysis Arts and entertainment *''Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, American 1970s TV series ;Fictional chatact ...

(1706–1757), the theologian at the Friedrichs-University Halle *

Friedrich Schrader Friedrich Schrader (19 November 1865 – 28 August 1922) was a German philologist of oriental languages, orientalist, art historian, writer, social democrat, translator and journalist. He also used the pseudonym Ischtiraki (Arabic/ Ottoman fo ...

(1865–1922), journalist and writer * Hans Schmidt (1877–1953), theologian *

Gerd Domhardt Gerd Domhardt (19 February 1945 in Wolmirstedt – 18 February 1997 in Halle) was a German composer. Domhardt grew up in Schleusingerneundorf. He studied music education, German studies and musicology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1 ...

(1945–1997), composer *

Steffen Wesemann Steffen Wesemann (born 11 March 1971) is a Swiss-German former professional road racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Wesemann most recently rode for the professional continental team Cycle Coll ...

(born 1971), cyclist * Carlo Westphal (born 1985), cyclist

References

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