Magdeburg


This is the Elbe river at Magdeburg. As you can see, the terrain is flat as a pancake in the area. The Elbe is a lot shallower than it looks, by the way, even today after a lot of dredging and improvement.



This is the Elbe looking at it the other way. The terrain you see across the river is an island, which existed in the 17th century also but a lot of it was swampland. There are still a lot of swampy areas across from Magdeburg on the right bank of the river.



This is one picture of the Dom at Madgeburg, the great cathedral which survived the sack of 1631 fairly intact, one of the few buildings which did. A large number of the people who survived the sack did so by taking refuge in the Dom until Tilly could restore order among his troops. He then gave them a safe passage out of the ruined city.

Ulrich and Carsten met us there and the next few pictures show different views of the Dom and its grounds.




Ulrich is on the left and Carsten is next to him wearing the red shirt. This picture was taken in the cathedral gardens, which are enclosed by walls.




Another picture of the gardens.




This is the front of the Dom.




Another view of the Elbe.

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