Halberstadt
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In Halberstadt, a total of 2 epidemic events are known so far. It is a municipality in the district Landkreis Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany in Germany. The coordinates are 51° 53' 45.00" N, 11° 2' 48.00" E.
Map of Halberstadt
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| Disease | DateStart date of the disease. | SummarySummary of the disease event | OriginalOriginal text | TranslationEnglish translation of the text | ReferenceReference(s) to literature | Reference translationReference(s) to the translation |
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| 1463-00-00-Lower Saxony | 1463 JL | A great mortality all over Lower Saxony. | In dussem sulven jare (1463) do was eyn grot starve to Brunswick, Hanover, Hildessem, Megedeborch unde Halverstadt, de hoff an in dem harveste, und stod went in den vastelavende, und do starff vele volckes. | In the same year (1463) there was a great mortality in Braunschweig, Hannover, Hildesheim, Magdeburg and Halberstadt, which started in Autumn and continued until Carnival, and many people died. | Chronecken der Sassen 1711, p. 410. | Translation by Martin Bauch |
| 1463-05-00-Göttingen | May 1463 JL | A procession because of ongoing plague in Göttingen and a plague all over Lower Saxony. | Anno domini 1463, feria 6. Ante Assensionem Domini, do ging men mit einer procession wulln und barfuß umb der pestilentz willn, so dar regerde in vilen stedten. […] Dan in diesem jare regirde auch eine grosse pestilentz in vilen enden und orten, also auch in Gottingen, das grosse hauffen absturben. Tho Brunswig, Hildesheim, Hannober, Magdeborch, Halberstadt starb es auch gleich so sehre. Dusser sterben find an in dem herbst und werete bis in den Fastelavent. | In the year of our Lord 1463, on a Friday before Ascension, a procession of barefoot people was made because of the pestilence that ruled in many cities [...] And in this year, there ruled a pestilence in many place, also in Göttingen, that killed a lot of people. In Braunschweig, Hildesheim, Hannover, Magdeburg and Halberstadt people died in the same way. This mortality started in autumn and ended during Carnival. | Göttinger Annalen 1994, p. 191 | Translation by Martin Bauch |
