Wolmirstedt

Wolmirstedt lies on the Ohre north of Magdeburg. Thietmar of Merseburg mentioned an event there in 1009, and the castle was strengthened in 1208 by Margrave Albert II of Brandenburg in his contest with the archbishopric of Magdeburg.

In 1348 Emperor Charles IV stayed at Wolmirstedt during the political disputes in Brandenburg. The castle chapel was completed in 1480 under Archbishop Ernest of Saxony, and municipal law was established in 1590. The town suffered heavy destruction during the Thirty Years' War.