Tangerhütte

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Tangerhütte within Stendal district

(2021–28) Andreas Brohm^[1]Area

• Total294.73 km² (113.80 sq mi)Elevation

38 m (125 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total10,599 • Density36/km² (93/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

39511–39517

Dialling codes03935Vehicle registrationSDLWebsitewww.tangerhuette.de

Tangerhütte (German: [taŋɐˈhʏtə] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It has a population of 10,612 (2020) and is situated on the river Tanger, approximately 20 km south of Stendal.

Geography

The town is situated near the river Tanger which the town was named after. Tangerhütte station is situated on the Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway.^[3]

Divisions

The town Tangerhütte consists of the following 19 Ortschaften or municipal divisions, that were all independent municipalities within the association or Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Tangerhütte-Land until 31 May 2010:^[4]^[5]

Bellingen
Birkholz
Bittkau
Cobbel
Demker
Grieben
Hüselitz
Jerchel
Kehnert
Lüderitz
Ringfurth
Schelldorf
Schernebeck
Schönwalde
Tangerhütte
Uchtdorf
Uetz
Weißewarte
Windberge

The Old Palace
The New Palace
Church of Saint Elisabeth
Briest Manor

History

In 1950, the municipality of Briest (Altmark) became part of Tangerhütte. The estate of Briest had been owned by the House of Bismarck since 1345.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2023, Tangerhütte made international headlines when it was proposed that the Anne Frank day care center, would be renamed "World Explorer", a name "without political background". It was criticized particularly in the context of rising antisemitism in 21st-century Germany.^[6]

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
^ "DBRegio3Länderkarte 11_2016" (PDF). Bahn.de.
^ Hauptsatzung der Einheitsgemeinde Stadt Tangerhütte, July 2020.
^ Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt
^ Graham Bowley Germans Recoil at Push to Rename ‘Anne Frank’ Day Care NYT, Nov. 8, 2023