Hohenberg-Krusemark is a municipality in the district of Stendal, in

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 the ...

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. It is about 17 km (10 miles) North East of the town

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 ...

Geography

The municipality consists of the following 10 divisions (''Ortsteile''):Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Hohenberg-Krusemark
July 2019. *

Altenzaun Altenzaun is a village and a former municipality in the Stendal (district), district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality Hohenberg-Krusemark. Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Stendal ...

* Gethlingen * Groß Ellingen * Hindenburg (incl. Klein Hindenburg) * Hohenberg-Krusemark * Klein Ellingen * Osterholz * Rosenhof *

Schwarzholz Schwarzholz is a village and a former municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the municipality Hohenberg-Krusemark Hohenberg-Krusemark is a municipality in the district of Ste ...

History

On October 17, 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 July 25, 1952 from the district of Osterburg to the district of Osterburg. After its dissolution it became part of the district of Stendal on July 1, 1994. On December 31, 2008 the community of Hindenburg was incorporated, on January 1, 2009 the community of Altenzaun and on September 1, 2010 the community of Schwarzholz was incorporated.

Politics

Municipal Council

The municipal elections on May 26, 2019, produced the following result: * four seats Voter group "Per Region * four seats CDU * two seats single applicants Four of the 10 municipal councillors are women.

Partnerships

Hohenberg-Krusemark is a partner municipality of

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, initiated in 1989 after the opening of the border by the

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s of Groß Ellingen and Ellingen in Bavaria. Furthermore, the local community Straßenhaus of the association community

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is a partner community of Hohenberg-Krusemark.

Culture

Sports

Hohenberg-Krusemark was already a center of the horse sport at the time of the

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. 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

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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. The protestant village church of Krusemark is from the 12th century and is the oldest preserved building in the region. File:Schwarzholz Preussischer Rundsockelstein-03.jpg, Listed half-timbered house in Schwarzwolz File:Groß-Ellingen Bauernhof Heerstraße 9.jpg, Groß-Ellingen farmhouse File:Osterholz Gutshaus-01.jpg, Osterholz manor File:Altenzaun Preussischer Ganzmeilenobelisk-01.jpg, Altenzaun Prussian full mile obelisk File:Hohenberg-Krusemark Kirche alt1.jpg, Hohenberg-Krusemark Church

References

Municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Stendal (district) {{Stendal-geo-stub