The Hanseatic city of Salzwedel
Tuesday, 26 June 2012 - 01:36 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Houses on the Jeetze © Schiwago
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Salzwedel, officially known as Hansestadt Salzwedel, is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, and has a population of approximately 21,500. Salzwedel is located on the
German Timber-Frame Road . Salzwedel is situated at the Jeetze River in the northwestern part of the Altmark. It is located between
Hamburg and
Magdeburg . The delicacies of the town are
Baumkuchen , Salzwedeler (Altmärker) Wedding-Soup and Tiegelbraten (mutton).
The city from 1247 began developing as a reestablishment from the old part of the town. In 1701 it became part of the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1713, the two towns Altstadt and Neustadt became one. Salzwedel became part of the Prussian Province of Saxony in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars. In 1870 it received a railroad connection. The medieval part of the town remains the commercial and administrative center of the town until today.
Typical old housing © Björn Gäde
On November 9, 1989 the East-West German border crossing near Salzwedel was opened, along with East-West border crossings in the rest of the country, allowing East Germans residing in Salzwedel and elsewhere to travel freely to West Germany for the first time since the building of the Berlin Wall. In 1990 Salzwedel received its first democratically elected city government. The official name of the city was changed into
Hansestadt Salzwedel on 1 April 2008, in reference to its history as a member of the Hanseatic League.
Salzwedel’s sites of interest include the historic part of town, encompassed by the historic city wall and town gates. The city also contains the birth house of
Jenny von Westphalen , later the wife of
Karl Marx .
numerous half-timbered houses
town gates (Neuperver Gate, Stonegate) and medieval city fortifications
remains of a castle (Castle Tower and Garden)
Townhall (former monastery)
Townhall Tower
The Monk Church
gothic Brickchurches St.Marien, St.Katharina und St.Lorenz
another churches: St. Georg and Holy-Spirit-Church
former Townhall, today’s local court of Salzwedel
Fairy-Tale Garden
Johann-Friedrich-Danneil-Museum
“Baumkuchen” Bakeries
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