Tangerhütte

Tangerhütte
Town
New Palace
Coat of arms
Location of Tangerhütte within Stendal district
Tangerhütte Show map of Germany Tangerhütte Show map of Saxony-Anhalt
Coordinates: 52°26′N 11°48′E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Stendal
Subdivisions	17
Government
• Mayor (2021–28)	Andreas Brohm[1]
Area
• Total	294.73 km^2 (113.80 sq mi)
Elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,599
• Density	36/km^2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	39511–39517
Dialling codes	03935
Vehicle registration	SDL
Website	www.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

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