{"id":19333,"date":"2021-11-05T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=19333"},"modified":"2021-10-29T08:49:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T06:49:49","slug":"otto-von-guericke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/saxony-anhalt\/magdeburg\/otto-von-guericke\/","title":{"rendered":"Otto City Magdeburg – who was the second Otto?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Magdeburg calls itself the Otto City. The name comes not only from the most famous Otto in German history, Otto I, but also from a “second Otto” who was born and worked in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The “second Otto”‘s full name is Otto von Guericke and he became known primarily in scientific circles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Otto von Guericke lived from 1602 to 1686. He was a politician, lawyer, physicist and inventor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After his studies and a longer educational trip, von Guericke returned to Magdeburg. He was elected to the city council and initially took on the function of a builder and, in the case of defence, a patron. From 1632 he was employed as a fortress engineer in Magdeburg in the service of the Swedes. This was later followed by offices as mayor of the Old City of Magdeburg, participation in the negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia and the Imperial Diet in Regensburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n