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Bismark is a town in the Stendal district, in the historic Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2010
Statistisches Bundesamt These 19 former municipalities and Bismark proper, that had previously co-operated in the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Bismark/Kläden, now form the 20 ''Ortschaften'' (municipal divisions) of the town.Hauptsatzung der Einheitsgemeinde Stadt Bismark (Altmark)
November 2018.
* Elise Hampel, born Lemme (1903-1943); resistance fighter, executed on April 8, 1943 with her husband Otto Hampel in Berlin-Plötzensee.
Altmark :''See German tanker Altmark for the ship named after Altmark and Stary Targ for the Polish village named Altmark in German.''
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region, which is located in the northern part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...
, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It is situated approximately west of Stendal
The Hanseatic City of Stendal () is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the Stendal District and the unofficial capital of the Altmark region.
Geography
Situated west of the Elbe valley, the Stendal town centre is located s ...
in north-eastern Germany.
In the early 12th century, the area then under the rule of Albert the Bear
Albert the Bear (german: Albrecht der Bär; 1100 – 18 November 1170) was the first margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142.
Life
Albert was the only son of Otto, Count of Ba ...
was settled with peasants migrating from the Low Countries
The term Low Countries, also known as the Low Lands ( nl, de Lage Landen, french: les Pays-Bas, lb, déi Niddereg Lännereien) and historically called the Netherlands ( nl, de Nederlanden), Flanders, or Belgica, is a coastal lowland region in N ...
. The town's name is derived from the nearby river Biese (after nl, bies meaning '' rush plants''); though it may also refer to the ''bishop's march'', a possession of the Havelberg bishops mentioned in a 1209 deed issued by the Ascanian
The House of Ascania (german: Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possession, Anhalt.
The Ascanians are named after Ascania (or Ascaria) Castle, known as ''Schloss ...
margrave Albert II. With the Altmark, Bismark was part of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
The Margraviate of Brandenburg (german: link=no, Markgrafschaft Brandenburg) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe.
Brandenburg developed out ...
until it was adjudicated to the Prussian Province of Saxony after the 1815 Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...
.
One Herbordus of Bismarck was mentioned holding the office of a '' Schultheiß'' in Stendal about 1270. His descendant Otto von Bismarck received the honorary citizenship of Bismark in 1895.
At an administrative reform that became effective on 1 January 2010, the town of Bismark absorbed the former municipalities of Badingen, Berkau, Büste, Dobberkau, Garlipp, Grassau, Hohenwulsch, Holzhausen, Käthen, Kläden, Könnigde, Kremkau, Meßdorf, Querstedt, Schäplitz, Schernikau, Schorstedt and Steinfeld. Schinne was absorbed on 1 September 2010.Statistisches Bundesamt These 19 former municipalities and Bismark proper, that had previously co-operated in the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Bismark/Kläden, now form the 20 ''Ortschaften'' (municipal divisions) of the town.Hauptsatzung der Einheitsgemeinde Stadt Bismark (Altmark)
November 2018.
Notable persons
* Elise Hampel, born Lemme (1903-1943); resistance fighter, executed on April 8, 1943 with her husband Otto Hampel in Berlin-Plötzensee.
References
Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Stendal (district) {{Stendal-geo-stub