Magdeburg's Wedding
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Magdeburg's Wedding is a grim nickname for the 1631 Sack of Magdeburg during the Thirty Years' War, when the city was catastrophically destroyed and much of its population massacred.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magdeburg's Wedding canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical event
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massacre ⓘ sack of a city ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim
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Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAftermath |
city reconstruction over subsequent decades
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long-term demographic decline of Magdeburg ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Magdeburger Hochzeit
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Sack of Magdeburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBelligerent |
Catholic League forces
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Imperial forces ⓘ Protestant defenders of Magdeburg ⓘ |
| hasCasualties | tens of thousands of civilians killed ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Imperial siege of Magdeburg
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Magdeburg's alliance with Protestant forces ⓘ refusal of Magdeburg to submit to Imperial authority ⓘ |
| hasCharacterization |
one of the worst atrocities of the Thirty Years' War
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symbol of wartime brutality in early modern Europe ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
Magdeburg largely depopulated
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Magdeburg loses political significance ⓘ intensification of anti-Imperial sentiment among Protestants ⓘ propaganda shock across Europe ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDate | 1631 ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedCasualties | approximately 20,000–25,000 dead ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | grimly ironic reference to the city being "married" to destruction ⓘ |
| hasFieldOfStudy |
German history
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military history ⓘ religious conflict history ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Magdeburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRegion | Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligionContext | Protestant–Catholic conflict ⓘ |
| hasResult |
destruction of Magdeburg
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mass killing of civilians ⓘ near-total burning of the city ⓘ |
| hasStartDate | 20 May 1631 ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfViolence |
indiscriminate killing of civilians
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looting ⓘ mass arson ⓘ |
| isRememberedFor |
extreme civilian suffering
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near-complete destruction of an imperial city ⓘ |
| partOf | Thirty Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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