Magdeburg Collection

German propaganda poster, WW1
German propaganda poster, encouraging women to work in the Home Army during the First World War, for example by working in munitions factories to make grenades for soldiers to use. Date: 1914-1918

Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207-1282 / 1294). Medieval mystic. En
Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207-1282/1294). Medieval mystic. Engraving by C. Roberts. La Ilustracion Artistica, 1896. Colored

World War II view of Magdeburg after extensive bombing
World War II vintage photograph - view of Magdeburg and its cathedral after extensive bombing of the city

The card that pleased Ireland
This card for overseas mail replaced the one issued on 1 April (unfortunate date!) which had left Ireland off the title. It was posted from Hull to Magdeburg

German dispatch riders pre-WWII
Motor dispatch School in 1935 in Magdeburg. The passing on of a dispatch message. Date: 9 July 1935

SMS Breslau - Re-named Midilli for the Ottoman Fleet - WW1
SMS Breslau was a Magdeburg-class cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built in the early 1910s. Following her commissioning

Magdeburg Hemispheres
In 1650 Otto von Guericke demonstrated that even a team of horses could not tug apart his hermetically sealed hemispheres from which the air had been evacuated

Otto Von Guericke / Worlds
OTTO VON GUERICKE German physicist, famous for his experiment of the Magdeburg hemispheres to demonstrate air pressure

Germany. Magdeburg. 16th century. Party. Musicians playing and people dancing. Engraving in Liber Chronicorum, by Hartman Schedel

Potsdam=Magdeburg Line
The opening of the rail link between Potsdam and Magdeburg. Note the steps thoughtfully provided to enable the passengers to enter the coaches in comfort Date: 1846

Johann Von Tilly - 1
JOHANN TSERCLAES, freiherr von TILLY Flemish military commander in the imperial service, depicted on horseback at the siege of Magdeburg. Date: 1559 - 1632

Tilly Takes Magdeburg
SIEGE OF MAGDEBURG Catholic general storms Magdeburg, overcomes the Protestant garrison, slaughters thousands of its unarmed inhabitants Date: 20 May 1631

Guericke at Magdeburg
His celebrated vacuum experiment at Magdeburg : two teams of eight horses each are unable to pull the two hemispheres apart, though only a vacuum holds them together Date: 1650s

Baron Trenck / W Museum
FREDERICK, BARON TRENCK Military spy and conspirator

Junior Officers Mutiny
Junior officers mutiny at Magdeburg

Electricity Guericke
At Hamburg, Otto von Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, demonstrates an electrical machine - the first of its kind, based on a rotating sphere generating force

Pappenheim at Magdeburg
The Duke of Pappenheim rides through Magdeburg, where buildings are on fire

30 Yrs War, Magdeburg
The Imperial forces under Tilly take MAGDEBURG after a siege Date: 20 May 1631

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