Trutz Pappenheim

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Trutz Pappenheim was a ski jumping hill near Magdeburg during the Thirty Years War .

location

The ski jump was in the area of ​​the Kluß near the road leading from Gommern to Magdeburg, east of today's flood canal near Pechau .

history

The construction of the ski jump was related to the siege of the city of Magdeburg by Tilly in 1631 . The Swedish commander Dietrich von Falkenberg had three entrenchments built southeast of the city as part of the preparations to defend the city against the imperial / Catholic troops. In addition to Trutz Pappenheim, these were the Trutz Tilly and Magdeburger Succurs ski jumps in Kreuzhorst . The entrenchments served, among other things, to ensure ship traffic on the Elbe and traffic on the road unimpaired by enemy strips, which was initially successful. The naming was a provocation against the opposing general Pappenheim .

With the arrival of the main enemy forces, the location of these entrenchments, which were far away from the actual city fortifications, became untenable as there was no permanent connection to the city. From April 9, 1631, Pappenheim's troops attacked the entrenchments. Initially, the Pappenheim troops advanced at night and relocated the crew of the ski jumping hill. The people of Pappenheim dug trenches and a jump in the back of Trutz Pappenheim, on the embankment towards Prester . This was followed by an attack in which a Magdeburg stronghold was taken. At sunrise, a battery of imperial troops fired on the main hill. Pappenheim had fireballs thrown, but they failed to work in the swampy, boggy terrain. The assault then ordered failed, however. The attackers met with fierce resistance and got caught in the brush and thorns. In total there were 100 deaths on the part of the imperial troops. Pappenheim then had new fresh troops attacked, who managed to storm the hill. All of the defenders were killed. The corpses were thrown into Dornburg's Alte Elbe and later drifted past Magdeburg, which caused consternation in the city. The other two jumps were taken a short time later.

On May 10th, Jul. / May 20, 1631 greg. The imperial troops then stormed the city of Magdeburg, which was largely destroyed.

literature

  • Friedrich Großhennig, Ortschronik von Westerhüsen in the Magdeburg-SO district , manuscript in the Magdeburg city archive, signature 80 / 1035n, Part II, page 7
  • Willy Otto Riecke, Chronicle Prester Cracau , self-published Magdeburg 1932, page 26 ff.

Coordinates: 52 ° 5 '8.8 "  N , 11 ° 44' 14.1"  E