On 17 October 1928 the Hohenberg estate district was merged with the Krusemark estate district and the rural municipalities of Hohenberg and Krusemark to form a rural municipality of Hohenberg-Krusemark. The municipality of Hohenberg-Krusemark was reorganized on 25 July 1952 from the district of Osterburg to the district of Osterburg. After its dissolution it became part of the district of Stendal on 1 July 1994.
On 31 December 2008 the community of Hindenburg was incorporated, on 1 January 2009 the community of Altenzaun and on 1 September 2010 the community of Schwarzholz was incorporated.
Year
Population
1925
598
1939
521
1946
787
1946
560
1971
514
1981
681
1993
604
2006
637
2014
1268
2015
1261
2017
1246
2018
1241
2020 (Jan)
1266
Politics
Municipal Council
The municipal elections on 26 May 2019 produced the following result:[4]
Hohenberg-Krusemark was already a center of the horse sport at the time of the GDR. Every year, riding events are held here, especially in the areas of eventing and rural riding, which are organized by the equestrian sports club founded in 1881.
Associations
In Hohenberg-Krusemark there is an active club life which consists of the Heimatverein, the Interessenverein "Sternreiten in der Altmark" e.V., the Dorfentwicklungsverein, the Pferdesportverein "1881" Hohenberg-Krusemark e.V. and the Kulturförderverein "Östliche Altmark".
Religion
The 2011 European Union census showed that of the 1296 inhabitants of the municipality of Hohenberg-Krusemark, about 23% belonged to the Protestant and about 3% to the Catholic Church.[5] The protestant village church of Krusemark is from the 12th century and is the oldest preserved building in the region.