sentences:  According to the Saxon chronicles by Widukind of Corvey and Thietmar of Merseburg, he died here on 7 May 973 and was buried in Magdeburg Cathedral alongside his first wife Eadgyth.Legend has it, that although his body was buried in Magdeburg, his heart was buried in Memleben.Otto's son and successor, Emperor Otto II, also issued several documents from Memleben.