Trutz Tilly

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Trutz Tilly , also known as Despite Tilly , was a ski jumping hill in Kreuzhorst near Magdeburg during the Thirty Years War .

location

It was located south of the confluence of the Dornburger Alte Elbe with the Elbe in the area of ​​the so-called Rehberg . In the 1930s, the location of the ski jump was described as today's Rehberg am Wiesenweg between Salbker Fähre and Luisenthal . The ski jump stretched from the Elbe to the Rehberg and then at an obtuse angle into the meadow area there.

history

The construction of the ski jump was carried out by the city of Magdeburg in connection with the siege of the city by Tilly in 1631 . In the course of preparing the defense of the city against the imperial / Catholic troops, the Swedish commander Dietrich von Falkenberg had three entrenchments built southeast of the city. In addition to Trutz Tilly, this was the Trutz Pappenheim, east of Pechau , and the Magdeburger Succurs, located in the Kreuzhorst . The entrenchments were used, among other things, to ensure ship traffic on the Elbe unimpaired by enemy stripes. The naming is a provocation against the opposing general Johann t'Serclaes von Tilly .

Trutz Tilly had a crew of 80 men. The commandant was Captain Böse .

With the arrival of the main enemy forces, however, the location of these entrenchments, which were far from the actual city fortifications, became untenable, as there was no permanent connection to the city. From April 9, 1631, Pappenheim's troops attacked Pappenheim and Magdeburger Succurs and took the entrenchments with losses. Almost all of the defenders were killed.

The Pappenheim troops crept up to Trutz Tilly so quietly that the dogs did not wake up. The attackers then attacked with loud war cries from a small wood in the direction of Prester . The Magdeburg occupation then surrendered to the hopeless situation. Even so, the entire crew should be killed. The then fled towards the Elbe in order to flee with the help of the boats there. Those who succeeded, however, were killed by enemy cannon fire from entrenchments on the other side of the Elbe near Fermersleben . No member of the crew survived. According to other sources, Böse and his soldiers were taken prisoners of war.

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 city district Magdeburg-SO . Manuscript in the Magdeburg City Archives. (Signature 80 / 1035n, Part II, page 7 ff).
  • Willy Otto Riecke: Chronicle Prester Cracau . Self-published, Magdeburg 1932, p. 26th ff .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Riecke, Chronicle Prester Cracau. Page 29
  2. ↑ Reinhard Spindler, Magdeburg in the Thirty Years War. In Magdeburger Stadtzeuge (n) , issue 15, Verlag Delta D Magdeburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-935831-43-7 , page 19

Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 42.9 "  N , 11 ° 41 ′ 35.8"  E