The tallest building, the deepest lake, the oldest resident of the Elbe city, "Arni Terminator," the Prussian fortress, the Pope, and "Röstfein," the only violin maker, all mayors since time immemorial, the hottest days since 1880, information about all districts, Guericke's secret, the looted imperial coffin, the murder in the Ratskeller - many hundreds of such terms are decoded in this book. Auke de Vries' "coffee mill," all Elbe bridges and districts, the Grade jumper, the Magdeburg "moon rocket," the most flowery insults are included in this city lexicon just as the destructions of 1631 and 1945. Wagner in Magdeburg, Europe's largest trough bridge, disasters, accidents... And did you know that the Soviets buried Hitler's body in Magdeburg until 1970? And how long the Elbe really is and what an honorary citizen gets for free? This is also in the book.