Apenburg is a village and a former municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in

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. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the municipality

Apenburg-Winterfeld Apenburg-Winterfeld is a municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Apenburg, Winterfeld and Altensalzwedel Altensalzwedel is a villag ...

History

Apenburg became a town during the Middle Ages.Heinrich Gottfried Gengler: ''Regesten und Urkunden zur Verfassungs- und Rechtsgeschichte der deutschen Städte im Mittelalter'', Erlangen 1863
pp. 50-51
Following World War II, it became part of

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Footnotes

Altmarkkreis Salzwedel {{AltmarkkreisSalzwedel-geo-stub