Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. It has a population of 10,612 (2020) and is situated on the river Tanger, approximately 20 km south of Stendal.
The town Tangerhütte consists of the following 19 ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions, that were all independent municipalities within the association or
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
Municipal associations (, , ) are statutory corporations or public bodies created by statute in the German federal states of Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, and Schleswig-Holstein. In Baden-Württemberg the term ''stipulated municipal association ...
Bittkau
Bittkau is a village and a former municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 31 May 2010, it is part of the town Tangerhütte.Cobbel
* Demker
* Grieben
* Hüselitz
* Jerchel
* Kehnert
* Lüderitz
* Ringfurth
* Schelldorf
* Schernebeck
* Schönwalde
*Tangerhütte
* Uchtdorf
* Uetz
* Weißewarte
* Windberge
File:Tangerhuette Altes Schloss.JPG, The Old Palace
File:Tangerhütte Das Neue Schloss.jpg, The New Palace
File:Tangerhütte Kirche Elisabeth.JPG, Church of Saint Elisabeth
File:Herrenhaus Briest.jpg, 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
The House of Bismarck is a German nobility, German noble family that rose to prominence in the 19th century, largely through the achievements of the statesman Otto von Bismarck. He was granted a hereditary Graf, comital title in 1865, the heredit ...
since 1345.
In November 2023, Tangerhütte made international headlines when it was proposed that the
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945)Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new li ...