Magdeburg as university and research location

Magdeburg has been a centre of commerce and change for over 1,000 years. After 1850, the city’s heart was comprised of steel, since machine construction dominated. The German reunification led to the collapse of traditional branches of industry on the one hand, and to an upswing of commerce and services on the other hand. That is why the central task of urban development is the expansion of the economic base and the improvement of job offers. A pool of high-quality, immediately available settlement areas and the strengthening of hard and soft locational factors pave the way there.