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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Magdeburg |
 | | Magdeburg was also a member of the Hanseatic league of towns, and as such was first mentioned in 1295. |
 | | He was elected in the autumn of 968, received the pallium at Rome, and at the end of the year was solemnly enthroned in Magdeburg. |
 | | The Diocese of Magdeburg itself was small; it comprised the Slavonic districts of Serimunt, Nudizi, Neletici, Nizizi, and half of northern Thuringia, which Halberstadt resigned. |
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