Project Gutenberg 2019-03-17 Public domain in the USA. 174 Guericke, Otto von 1602 1686 Von Guericke, Otto De Guericke, Otto Guericke, Otto de Gericke, Otto von Hoffmann, Friedrich Wilhelm 1784 1869 Hoffmann, Friedr. Wilh. (Friedrich Wilhelm) Geschichte der Belagerung, Eroberung und Zerstörung Magdeburg's Produced by Peter Becker, Reiner Ruf, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Geschichte der Belagerung, Eroberung und Zerstörung Magdeburg's" by Otto von Guericke is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The work provides a detailed recounting of the significant events surrounding the siege, capture, and destruction of the city of Magdeburg during the Thirty Years' War. Guericke, who served as both a councilor and mayor of the city, draws upon his firsthand experiences as an eyewitness to these tumultuous historical events. The opening of the text outlines the severe political and military pressures faced by Magdeburg, detailing the complex relationships amongst local authorities, the imperial forces, and foreign states. Guericke describes how internal conflicts and external threats converge, leading to a atmosphere of distrust and division within the city. He highlights the formation of delegations tasked with negotiating the city's stance amidst escalating tensions and the looming threat of military confrontation, setting the stage for the dramatic events that would follow in the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 43.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. de Magdeburg (Germany) -- History -- Siege, 1631 DD Text Category: History - European Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: History - Warfare 293206 2025-06-23T13:10:05.815266 text/html 293533 2019-03-17T13:11:30 text/html 248452 2025-06-23T13:10:11.266775 application/epub+zip 249785 2025-06-23T13:10:06.890316 application/epub+zip 158427 2025-06-23T13:10:06.388311 application/epub+zip 341148 2025-06-23T13:10:14.420767 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314549 2025-06-23T13:10:10.764261 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223643 2022-09-26T20:08:51.649143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238191 2025-06-23T13:10:05.233303 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 238421 2019-03-17T13:11:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19262 2025-06-23T13:10:14.574730 application/rdf+xml 11922 2025-06-23T13:10:06.495264 image/jpeg 2406 2025-06-23T13:10:06.441292 image/jpeg 85691 2019-03-17T13:11:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 213826 2019-03-17T13:11:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 220213 2025-06-23T13:10:05.886304 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia