Stendal (district)

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Stendal
Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the district Stendal
State	Saxony-Anhalt
County seat	Stendal
Area	2,423.04 km²
Population	136,866 (2002)
Pop. density	56 inh./km²
Car identification	SDL
Web page	landkreis-stendal.de

Stendal is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from south clockwise) Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis, Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, the district Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony, and the districts Prignitz, Ostprignitz-Ruppin and Havelland in Brandenburg.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Partnerships
4 Coat of arms
5 Towns and municipalities
6 External links

[edit] History

In the administrative reform of 1994 the previous district Stendal was merged with the districts Osterburg and Havelberg.

[edit] Geography

The district is located in the Altmark region. The highest elevation is the 132,8 m high Landsberg. Main rivers in the district are the Elbe and the Havel.

[edit] Partnerships

In 1990 a friendship with the Russian district Yarzevo was started, which grew into a partnership in 1996. In 1994 a partnership with the Lithuanian district Mažeikiai was started. Further partnerships exist with the Lippe district in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Swedish municipality Vårgårda.

[edit] Coat of arms

The red eagle in the left of the coat of arms is the symbol of Brandenburg, representing that historically the Altmark was part of Brandenburg. It also stands for the district Havelland. The golden trefoil with three oak leaves symbolizes the old district Stendal, and is taken from the coat of arms of the family Bismarck. The three golden diamonds on black ground come from the coat of arms of the dukes of Osterburg, representing the former district Osterburg.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
Havelberg	Arneburg-Goldbeck (incl. towns Arneburg and Werben) Bismark/Kläden (incl. town Bismark) Elbe-Havel-Land (incl. town Sandau) Osterburg (incl. town Osterburg) Seehausen (incl. town Seehausen) Stendal-Uchtetal (incl. town Stendal) Tangerhütte-Land (incl. town Tangerhütte) Tangermünde (incl. town Tangermünde)

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany
Urban districts	Dessau \| Halle (Saale) \| Magdeburg
Rural districts	Altmarkkreis Salzwedel \| Anhalt-Zerbst \| Aschersleben-Staßfurt \| Bernburg \| Bitterfeld \| Bördekreis \| Burgenlandkreis \| Halberstadt \| Jerichower Land \| Köthen \| Mansfelder Land \| Merseburg-Querfurt \| Ohrekreis \| Quedlinburg \| Saalkreis \| Sangerhausen \| Schönebeck \| Stendal \| Weißenfels \| Wernigerode \| Wittenberg