About Dates

Dates

DATEs — the monthly, ad-financed Stadtmagazin for Magdeburg and surroundings — has chronicled the Elbe city's scene since 28 March 1991: the Veranstaltungskalender (concerts, theatre, cinema, parties), the editorial (stage, music, venues, scene), the films and CDs, the satire ("Eule", "Zum Schlachthof" — named for the publishing house in the former Schlachthof). The free distribution — the clubs, scene shops, restaurants, pubs, cinemas, bookshops, public institutions — the 29,831 (IVW QIV/2008) — the Conrad Engelhardt editorship, the Jörg Segler publishing — the dates-md.de's current (the October 2026) — the 1991-2026 city magazine.

Overview

The magazine serves Magdeburg's scene: the event-goers, the culture lovers, the students. The calendar — the extensive (Konzerte, Theater, Kino, Partys) — plans the month: the dates. The editorial — the regional events and Veranstaltungen (Bühne, Musik, Veranstaltungsorte, regionale Szene) — reports the scene: the city. The film and CD coverage — the aktuellen Filme und CD-Veröffentlichungen — reviews: the media. The satire — the monthly's mockery — deserves its telling. The "Eule" (owl) — the satirical rubric — hoots the city: the column. The "Zum Schlachthof" (to the slaughterhouse) — named for the Verlagssitz im ehemaligen Schlachthof (the publishing house in the former slaughterhouse) — butchers the topics: the satire. The rubrics' function — the monthly's humor — serves the readers: the laugh — the scene's self-mockery — the 1991-2026. The free model's irony — the werbefinanziert (ad-financed) yet independent — sustains the voice: the city's — the Eule's hoot, the Schlachthof's cut — the satire, monthly.

The monthly rhythm — the last week of the previous month — anticipates: the coming. The distribution — the free city's paper — deserves its telling. The kostenlose Auslage (free display) — the Diskotheken (discos), Szeneläden (scene shops), Restaurants, Kneipen (pubs), Kinos, Buchhandlungen (bookshops), öffentliche Einrichtungen (public institutions) — puts the monthly in the scene's hands: the free. The ad financing — the werbefinanziert — pays the journalism: the advertisers. The monthly rhythm — the letzte Woche des Vormonats (last week of the previous month) — anticipates the month: the planning. The IVW 29,831 (QIV/2008) — the verkaufte Auflage — documented the audited reach: the 2008. The model's function — the free access — serves the city: the scene's paper — the 1991-2026 — Magdeburg's monthly, free. The specials and the student — the line extensions — deserve their telling. The Sonderhefte (special issues) — the Mode (fashion), the Automobil, the Weihnachten (Christmas) — deepen the themes: the regular. The "Studieren in Magdeburg" — the Studentenmagazin (student magazine) each Wintersemester (winter semester) — recruits the freshmen: the OVGU, the Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal. The Thuringia edition — the separate Erfurt/Weimar/Jena regional (zeitweise — temporarily) — tested the expansion: the 1990s/2000s. The extensions' function — the brand's stretch — serves the readers: the specials — the students — the region — the DATEs family's — the city magazine's line. The student magazine — "Studieren in Magdeburg" (each Wintersemester) — recruits: the freshmen. The regional edition — temporarily Erfurt, Weimar, Jena (separately distributed) — expanded: the Thuringia.

History

The Wende founding — the 1991 birth — deserves its telling. The 28 March 1991 Erstausgabe (first issue) — the reunified Magdeburg's — launched the Stadtmagazin: the Wende's scene paper. The former Schlachthof — the Verlagssitz (publishing house) — gave the industrial charm: the "Zum Schlachthof". The 35 years — the 1991-2026 — span the city's transformation: the Elbe's. The publisher Jörg Segler — the Herausgeber — and the Chefredakteur Conrad Engelhardt — the editor — lead the monthly: the continuity. The founding's function — the 1991's journalism — serves the city: the scene's paper — the Wende's child — Magdeburg's DATEs, since 1991. The DATEs Medien Verlag GmbH — the Verlagssitz im ehemaligen Schlachthof (the former slaughterhouse) — gave the name's joke: the "Zum Schlachthof". The publisher Jörg Segler — the Herausgeber — and the editor-in-chief Conrad Engelhardt — the Chefredakteur — lead the monthly: the scene.

The IVW years — the 29,831 verkaufte Auflage (QIV/2008) — documented the reach: the audited. The Thuringia edition — the Erfurt/Weimar/Jena separate — tested the expansion: the regional. The digital expansion — the dates-md.de (the events, the locations, the articles) — modernized the distribution: the online. The 2026 currency — the October 2026 articles — deserves its telling. The Kaiser-Otto-Fest — "Kind, König, Kaiser" (30 September 2026, Tom Nebel) — covers the medieval festival: the Kammerspiele's "Der junge König" (Otto I's king episode), the 40+ acts around the Domplatz, the 1280 Ritterturnier (knights' tournament), the 1350 Pest procession, the Cultus Ferox (the scene's cult band), the Larkin (Irish folk/celtic rock), the XXL Holzspiele (wooden games), the children's Marionettentheater. The Stadtschreiberin farewell — "Aufbruch und Ende" (13 October 2026, Conrad Engelhardt) — reads Anne Hahn's "Ausfallschritt": the 1960s nurses, the 1989 punk concerts, the Stasi coercion, the Azerbaijan escape attempt, the Hohenleuben imprisonment — the Rathaus's Adelheid-Foyer. The Winterträume — "Goldenes Licht" (16 October 2026, Betty) — previews the Messe Magdeburg: the 130 curated exhibitors, the Santa's Workshops. The currency's function — the October's journalism — proves the active: the 2026.

Coverage and Content

The editorial program follows the city's month. The event coverage — the Veranstaltungskalender (the 1. FC Magdeburg's 2. Bundesliga, the Machwerk's concerts, the Winterträume's 130 exhibitors) — lists: the dates. The music scene — the concerts' coverage — deserves its telling. The Machwerk mentions — the Ole Nymoen's talk ("Make Love, not War" — the 25 February 2026), the No Shugar Mamas' "Unverfälscht und feminin" (the 28 November 2025), the Skavida's "Sorgen wie weggeblasen" (the 15 September 2025), the Henryk M. Broder's "Kopf & Kragen" (the 31 July 2025), the Stephan Michme's Ali Albrecht concerts (the 25 April 2025) — document the venue: the Breiter Weg 114a. The 2026 concerts — the Mike Seeber Trio, the Scott Weis Band, the Matthias Machwerk's "Sex, Schnaps und andere Lachanfälle", the Nacht der Gitarren — continue: the program. The music's function — the scene's sound — serves the readers: the concerts — Magdeburg's stages, in DATEs. The history coverage — the Kaiser-Otto-Fest ("Kind, König, Kaiser" — the young king, the 1280 Ritterturnier, the 1350 Pest) — celebrates: the city.

The literature coverage — the Anne Hahn's "Ausfallschritt" (the Stadtschreiberin's farewell reading, the 1989 punk concerts, the Stasi, the Republikflucht) — reads: the Elbe. The science coverage — the Machtmissbrauch in der Wissenschaft (the Lisa Niendorf keynote, the OVGU panel) — debates: the university. The location coverage — the Machwerk, the Erlebnispark (the 100,000 m² excavator park) — guides: the city. The satire — the "Eule", the "Zum Schlachthof" — mocks: the monthly.

Organization and Ownership

DATEs is published by the DATEs Medien Verlag GmbH, Magdeburg — the former Schlachthof's house. The publisher — Jörg Segler (the Herausgeber) — and the editor-in-chief — Conrad Engelhardt (the Chefredakteur) — lead the monthly: the scene. The authors — Tom Nebel, Betty, Söhnke Martens (the bylines) — write the city: the 2026.

The business model follows the city-magazine pattern: the advertising (the werbefinanziert), the free distribution (the Auslage), the specials (the Mode, Automobil, Weihnachten), the online. The IVW 29,831 (2008) — the older audited — documents the scale: the sold. The ZDB 1281856-2 — registers the journal: the catalog. Detailed current circulation and revenue figures are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

The magazine's digital home is dates-md.de: the Veranstaltungen (the events calendar — the 2026 dates), the locations (the Machwerk, the Erlebnispark), the articles (the Kaiser-Otto-Fest, the Stadtschreiberin, the Winterträume). The dates-md.de — the portal's city — deserves its telling. The Veranstaltungen (events) — the calendar (the 1. FC Magdeburg's 29 November 2026, the Machwerk's 2026 concerts, the Landtagswahl public viewing) — plans the city: the dates. The locations — the directory (the Machwerk's Breiter Weg 114a, the Erlebnispark's Zum Anker 35) — guides: the addresses. The articles — the editorial (the Kaiser-Otto-Fest, the Stadtschreiberin, the Winterträume, the science podium) — reports: the current. The API — the /api/content/ pages — structures the data: the backend. The portal's function — the daily city — serves the readers: the events — the locations — the articles — Magdeburg's dates, on dates-md.de. The location pages — the addresses, phones, hours — guide: the directory.

The digital strategy follows the city-magazine logic: the print monthly for the scene's depth — the calendar, the satire — the portal for the daily events — the dates. As the city magazine — the Magdeburg-published Stadtmagazin (the 1991 founding), the free — DATEs remains the scene's paper: the events, the culture, and the satire — monthly in print, daily on dates-md.de.