Magdeburg Christmas market
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The Magdeburg Christmas market (German: Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt) is a Christmas market taking place annually in Magdeburg, Germany, at the Old Market Square. It is the largest Christmas market in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt,[1] with more than two million annual visitors and over 125 Christmas stands.[2]
History
[edit]Magdeburg's Christmas market dates back to a late medieval sales fair, which gave the people of Magdeburg the opportunity to stock up on food before winter.[3] In the middle of the 20th century, it became a pre-Christmas custom. In the beginning, it took place in the area of the Alter Markt (Old Market). After large parts of Magdeburg were bombed in 1945,[4][5] the Christmas market was moved to the Leiterstraße.[3] In the 1970s, it was moved back to the Alter Markt and also to the Zentraler Platz.[citation needed] After the construction of the Allee-Center on the Central Square in 1995, it has only been held on the Alter Markt since then.[6] On December 26, 2012, Germany's longest Christmas song was performed on the Magdeburg Christmas market by artists, celebrities and the Christmas market band; the song was created on the initiative of the Volksstimme newspaper, whereby readers of the magazine wrote additional verses to the melody of the German christmas carol Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling.[7] In 2015, the Magdeburg Christmas market had over one million visitors.[8]
Attack
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On December 20, 2024, a car drove into the Christmas market, resulting in the deaths of 5 people and injuries to 235 others.[9] The Christmas market was subsequently closed prematurely for the rest of the season.[10]
Attractions (gallery)
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Ferris wheel in 2011 -
Christmas pyramid in 2013 -
A part of the Lichterwelt (World of Lights) in 2019
References
[edit]- ^ "Weihnachtsmarkt Magdeburg 2024: Der größte seiner Art in Sachsen-Anhalt". www.volksstimme.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ "Weihnachtsmarkttaler". www.magdeburg.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ a b "Weihnachtsmarkt früher und heute: Aale und Kolonialwaren - Magdeburg Kompakt". www.magdeburg-kompakt.de. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ "79. Jahrestag: Magdeburg erinnert an die Bombardierung der Stadt 1945 | MDR.DE". www.mdr.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ Papritz, Marco. "Zerstörung von Magdeburg: So erinnert die Stadt an die Bombennacht vom 16. Januar 1945 im Zweiten Weltkrieg". www.volksstimme.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ "Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt - Historie" (in German). Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Hier entsteht das längste Weihnachtslied Deutschlands! | Volksstimme.de - Nachrichten aus Sachsen-Anhalt - Magdeburger Volksstimme: Lokale Nachrichten und Meldungen" (in German). Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Acht Fakten über unseren Weihnachtsmarkt". www.dates-md.de. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
- ^ "Number injured in Magdeburg attack rises to 235, prosecutors say". Yahoo News. 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ See official website: https://www.weihnachtsmarkt-magdeburg.de/
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