Burg bei Magdeburg
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Burg bei Magdeburg is a town on the Elbe-Havel canal, northeast of Magdeburg, and situated around a former weir, the Sachsenschleusen ("Saxon Sluices"). It is capital of the district Jerichower Land in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in Germany. It has a population of about 23,000 people.
The town is famous for its mediaeval churches and towers.
Burg formerly had the first shoe manufacturing factory in Europe and was the first to produce manufactured crispbread in Germany, beginning production in 1931.
The town is notable as the birthplace for General Carl von Clausewitz.
Near Burg there is a large transmission site for long- and mediumwave, which was among other things used for the transmissions of Radio Wolga.
External link
- http://www.stadt-burg.de
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