Schönhausen

For Schönhausen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, see Schönhausen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Schönhausen
Schloss Schönhausen
Schönhausen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Stendal
Municipal assoc. Elbe-Havel-Land
Mayor Catherine Tanne-Roloff
Basic statistics
Area 74 km2 (29 sq mi)
Elevation 34 m  (112 ft)
Population 2,340 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 32 /km2 (82 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SDL
Postal code 39524
Area code 039323
Website www.schoenhausenelbe.de

Schönhausen is a municipality in the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, located 70 km north of the state capital of Magdeburg. It is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Elbe-Havel-Land.

History

Schönhausen was founded in the early 13th century by the Bishopric of Havelberg. After the Reformation, Schönhausen fell under the rule of the Electorate of Brandenburg. In 1562 Schönhausen was given over to the Bismarck family.

On 1 April 1815, Otto von Bismarck (who would go on to become the first Chancellor of Germany) was born in Schönhausen.

References

  1. ^ [http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit; Bevölkerung der Gemeinden; Natürliche Bevölkerungsbewegungen, Wanderungen"] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. July 2011. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf. 
Towns and municipalities in the district of Stendal