Tangermünde

coat of arms	map
base data
Land of the Federal Republic:	Saxonia-Anhalt
district:	Stendal
surface:	22.01 km ²
inhabitants:	9.714 (30. June 2005)
Population density:	441 inhabitants for each km ²
height:	43 m and. NN
postal zip codes:	39585 - 39590
telephone preselection:	039322
Geographical situation:	Coordinates: 52° 32 ' N, 11° 58 ' O 52° 32 ' N, 11° 58 ' O
Kfz characteristics:	SDL
municipality key:	15 3 63 117
address of the city administration:	Long STR. 61 39590 Tangermünde
Website:	www.tangermuende.de
E-Mail - address:
Politics
mayor:	Dr. Rudolf Opitz

Tangermünde is a city in the south of the district Stendal in Saxonia-Anhalt (Germany). It is seat of the central administrative body Tangermünde, to which further seven municipalities belong.

Table of contents 1 Geografie 2 history 3 politics 3,1 coats of arms 4 objects of interest 5 traffic 6 fig. 7 Web on the left of

Geografie

The city Tangermünde, a former Hanseatic city southeast from Stendal, is because of the edge the old Mark directly at the Elbe. It is admits for its well received framework old part of town.

history

is mentioned documentary the castle of Tangermünde for the first time in the year 1009; the first documentary mention of the city dates from the year 1275. The situation on bank rock at the Elbe made the cityto the collection place of the Elbzölle and to the markgräflichen residence. In 14. Century was Tangermünde occasionally the secondary seat of emperor Karl IV.Under it the city should ascend to the capital of the middle provinces. From the old castle the imperial palace became. The favourthe cure prince of Brandenburg the city lost after a rebellion, with which it concerned beer-expensively. The residence was shifted in the consequence to Berlin. 1617 brannte die Stadt fast vollständig ab. One gave the debt to it the orphans Grete Minde, which is to have acted out of revenge for her withheld the paternal inheritance. Theodor Fontane inspired this event to its novel of the same name.

politics

coat of arms

Blasonierung: In silver a red eagle with goldenArmouring, the rockers sticks on with one silver rose each with golden Butzen.

The city Tangermünde leads this coat of arms since its establishment, in its current representation resembles it the form, as it was represented in the outgoing Middle Ages. The brandenburgischen eagle showsalso the oldest seal around 1300. The two heraldischen roses are as distinguisher causing later time.

objects of interest

• castle plant with the former dance house (from that 14. Century at present emperors Karl IV), chapter (here pictorial views are offeredon the Elbauen & the Tangermünder old part of town) and prison tower.
• The 1430 build historical city hall on the market place with its lategothical looking wall are considered as piece of parade of German architecture of the brick gothic. In it is also the local history museum. It illustrates and. A. alsothe history of the Grete Minde, which is to have ignited the city 1617 and but two years later on the heap of failure died.
• Pc. Step Hans church with the organ Hamburg masters of building of organs of the Hans Scherer D. J., the gothical Dachgewölbe and the highestthe twelve still received towers of the city.
• The nearly completely received Stadtmauer with chicken villages gate, Neustädter gate and Elbtor.
• PUT inside
• looking demonstrations
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• owl tower
• pellet tower
• to Rossfurt climbing mountain castle museum in the former house
• of the lock captain into over 300 years old , functional coppersmithsinstead of.
• Motives for old part of town

traffic

northern of the city the federal highway 188 runs. Until 2001 this federal highway led it in the middle by the city, which led to substantial traffic problems, there with Tangermünde the only road bridge across the Elbebetween Magdeburg and joke mountains gives. By the building of a new Elbe bridge and the northern local by-pass in the years 1997 to 2001 these problems could be solved

Tangermünde possess a small station. The connection to the junction Stendal places one since 1886Line of the former Stendal Tangermünder railway company ago, in which the city was considerably involved until 1945. Today the German course operates traffic.

In addition the city was connected from 1903 to 1917 by the Kleinbahn AG Tangermünde Lüderitz with their western hinterland.

pictures

prison tower

of half timbered houses in the Kirchstrasse

Neustädter gate with Wappenfries

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