Sudenburg

This article covers the Magdeburg district. See also: Sudburg or Suderburg .

Sudenburg district of Magdeburg
Basic data
Surface:	5.2910  km²
Residents :	18,070
Population density :	3,415 inhabitants per km²
(Information as of December 31, 2016)
Coordinates :	52 ° 7 '  N , 11 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 6 '35 "  N , 11 ° 36' 14"  E
Districts / Districts:	Sudenburger Bahnhof Am Glacis Jordanstrasse Wormser Platz Fichtestrasse / Ambrosiusplatz Salzmannstrasse Kroatenhügel Friedenshöhe Fabriciusstrasse Otto-Richter-Strasse
Postcodes :	39112 39116
Tram lines :	1 3 5 10
Bus routes :	52 53 54 55 57 58 59 61 602 603 ( BördeBus )

Sudenburg is a district in the south-west of Magdeburg with a size of 5.291 km² and 18,070 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2016).

location

The eastern border of Sudenburg is identical to the course of the Magdeburger Ring ( Bundesstrasse 71 ). South of Brenneckestrasse is the Lemsdorf district , and beyond the Klinke is the Ottersleben district . The line to the north forms the end of the line from Magdeburg to Braunschweig , on which Magdeburg-Sudenburg station is also located. The district includes the Friedenshöhe, Goethesiedlung and Hansapark settlements.

Infrastructure

From east to west, the district goes from urban development via residential estates to the agricultural area of ​​the Magdeburg Börde . Industrial and commercial enterprises are located along the railway line. Halberstädter Strasse, which runs from northeast to southwest, forms the business center of the district.

history

Today's Sudenburg area was covered with fields and meadows until the beginning of the 19th century, which, however, in the form of a large stone grave, gave evidence of Neolithic settlement. First mentioned in 965, Sudenburg was right outside the gates of Magdeburg, today's southern area of ​​Magdeburg's old town. The place, which was subordinate to the Archbishop of Magdeburg at that time , received city rights in 1368. In the period that followed, the proximity to Magdeburg had a negative effect. Both the war-related destruction and the constant expansion of the fortifications of the archbishop's city meant that Sudenburg had to be rebuilt further and further south. Sudenburg was demolished during the Thirty Years' War on the orders of the Swedish city commandant von Falkenberg in April 1631 in order to be able to stop Tilly's troops. Since 1680 the then still independent city belonged to the Brandenburg-Prussian Duchy of Magdeburg and was in the then Holzkreis . After the conquest of Magdeburg by Napoleon I , the fortress was further expanded, and in February 1812 Sudenburg was completely demolished again due to a Napoleonic decree to ensure a free field of fire for the fortress . The homeowners were compensated with land from the secularized monasteries, which were now about two kilometers from the fortifications. In a system of streets intersecting at right angles, a new, again independent city emerged, which was called "Katharinenstadt" during French rule. The only house that has survived from the old Sudenburg in today's Ackerstraße was converted into the new Sudenburg town hall in 1810.

After Napoleon's expulsion, the population of Sudenburg was able to build a new church in 1822, which they - like in their old city - consecrated to St. Ambrose . The church square became the center of the city, which in 1840 had 2805 inhabitants. When Germany began to industrialize in the middle of the 19th century, industrial companies also settled in Sudenburg, mainly on the road to Magdeburg. Most of the processed sugar beet and other agricultural products, and a cigar and tobacco factory was also established, employing up to 300 workers. The Zuckschwerdt sugar refinery, which was built in 1836, was able to survive as far as the GDR , unlike most other companies . From 1887 the Schondorff & Curio chocolate and sugar confectionery factory existed in the district . On the west side of what is now Aßmannstrasse, an elevated water tank was built in 1859 86 meters above sea level to supply Magdeburg with drinking water . In 1867, Sudenburg was the first major suburb to be incorporated into Magdeburg. The construction of the railway line to Braunschweig in 1872 was used by other companies to settle in their area. In 1876, one of the first horse-drawn tram lines in Magdeburg was the Sudenburg – old town. After the building-restricting fortress regulations were lifted in 1891, brisk building activity unfolded in Sudenburg, especially in the area along Leipziger Straße, which at that time still belonged to the district, so that the population jumped to 31,000 by 1900. In the area of ​​Halberstädter Straße numerous new houses were built in the style of the Wilhelminian era . During the bombing raids on Magdeburg in World War II, Sudenburg was almost completely spared.

In June 1953, Sudenburg Magdeburg was the main stage of the popular uprising . During the fighting over the police headquarters in Sudenburg and the prison, the two police officers Georg Gaidzik and Gerhard Händler were killed. When the GDR State Security Authority was expanded in the 1970s, the complex of the District Directorate of the Ministry for State Security, hermetically sealed by a concrete wall and watchtowers, was built in Sudenburger Kroatenweg. Since the fall of the Wall, the area has been used by the Magdeburg transport companies and authorities. There is also a sports hall on the premises.

After the end of the GDR rule, there was again a lot of building activity in Sudenburg. In addition to the large residential area Hansapark, the smaller Goethe settlement was built in the southwest, which is particularly characterized by high land prices and rents. In addition, Sudenburg developed into one of the most important industrial locations in Magdeburg.

Ambrosius Church in Sudenburg

Magdeburg District Court

Important buildings and facilities

The cultural monuments existing in Sudenburg are listed in the local register of monuments.

Well-known systems are:

• Protestant St. Ambrosius Church on Ambrosiusplatz
• Catholic St. Mary's Church
• Magdeburg District Court
• Heinrich Germer Stadium
• Schneidersgarten park
• Primary school Sudenburg
• Sudenburg fire station cultural center
• Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe secondary school

In Sudenburg there are also the remains of the destroyed Neolithic large stone grave Croatian hill .

The old and the new Sudenburg cemetery are located in the village .

Significant people

• Nikolaus von Amsdorf (1483–1565), German theologian
• Johannes Benjamin Brennecke (1849–1931), a socially committed gynecologist, opened a private maternity clinic in Sudenburg in 1880.
• Hermann Brösel (1902–1984), photographer, born in Sudenburg
• Ernst Carl Helle (1794–1850), entrepreneur, ran a sugar factory in Sudenburg in the 19th century.
• Johannes Ezekiel (1835–1918), Protestant theologian, was the pastor of St. Ambrosius, who initiated the new construction of the Ambrosius Church.
• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch (1759–1831), Protestant clergyman and botanist
• Carl Heyroth (1797–1881), businessman, lamp factory, porcelain painting, porcelain factory
• Nomi Rubel (1910–1996), German-American writer, director and theater director

literature

• Magdeburg and its surroundings (= values ​​of our homeland . Volume 19). 1st edition. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1973.
• Georg Dehio: Handbook of German Art Monuments, Saxony-Anhalt I. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7 .
• Magdeburg - architecture and urban development. Verlag Janos Stekovics, Dößel 2001, ISBN 3-929330-33-4 .

Web links

Commons : Sudenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• History of Sudenburg ( Memento from June 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Homepage
• Sudenburg Chronicle

Individual evidence

1. ↑ District catalog of the Office for Statistics