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Salzwedel is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the district (Kreis) of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, and has a population of some 21,500. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ...
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With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ...
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...
Geography
Salzwedel is situated at the Jeetze river in the northwestern part of the Altmark. It is located between Hamburg and Magdeburg. Distances from Uelzen are 44 km W, 12 km N of Lüchow, 41 km S of Gardelegen and 24 km E of Arendsee. Altmark is a region in Germany, between Hamburg and Magdeburg, the northern third of Saxony-Anhalt (the districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Stendal). ...
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Uelzen is a town in Lower Saxony, capital of the district Uelzen. ...
Lüchow is a town, capital of the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...
Gardelegen, a town of Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt, on the right bank of the Milde, 20 m. ...
Arendsee is a place in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...
In 1968 test drillings reveal a significant reservoir of natural gas near the city. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ...
History The town was founded in 1112. In medieval ages the town belonged to the Hanseatic league from 1358 to 1518. The city from 1247 began developing as a reestablishment from the old part of the town. In 1713, the two cities became one. Events The people of Laon, France, proclaim a commune and murder their bishop Salzwedel, Germany is founded The German state of Baden is founded Afonso I becomes Count of Portugal Otto of Ballenstedt is made Duke of Saxony by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Births Deaths October 5 - Sigebert of...
Carta marina of the Baltic Sea region (1539). ...
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Events Shams ad-Din disappears resulting in Jalal Uddin Rumi writing 30,000 verses of poetry about his disappearance. ...
// Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713...
In 1870 it received a railroad connection.
The medieval part of the town remains the commercial and administrative center of the town until today.
As in other German cities during the reign of the NSDAP under Adolf Hitler, the Jewish segment of the population of the city was systematically disowned and driven out of the city. The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ...
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In 1943, the Neuengamme concentration camp built a female subcamp in Salzwedel, capable of holding more than 1,000 female prisoners. Eventually more than 3,000 women were held there, both Jews and non-Jews. The guard staff at the camp included sixty SS men and women. One Aufseherin is known today by name, Lieselotte Darnstaedt, who was born in 1908. Lieselotte also served at Ravensbruck before coming to Salzwedel. Neuengamme was a concentration camp near Hamburg, Germany during World War 2 [1]. The site is one of the few concentration camps in Germany where most of the buildings have been conserved and serves as a memorial today. ...
Aufseherin (female overseer or attendant - german plural Aufseherinnen) is the term for a female guard in the Nazi concentration camps. ...
View of the barracks at Ravensbrück Ravensbrück was a German concentration camp located 90 km north of Berlin. ...
On April 29, 1945, the US Army liberated the Salzwedel women's subcamp, and also a men's camp nearby for male non-German political prisoners. They were shocked to find more than ninety corpses of women who had died of typhus, dysentery and malaria. April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ...
Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
At the beginning of 1945, prior to the arrival of American ground forces, Allied war planes attacked the main train station of Salzwedel, killing 300 people. Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
The US Army eventually turned over control of the city to the Soviet Army , causing Salzwedel to eventually become part of the GDR. GDR redirects here. ...
On November 9, 1989 the East-West German border crossing near Salzwedel was openend , along with East-West border crossings in the rest of the country, allowing East Germans residing in Salzwedel and elsewhere to travel freely to West Germany for the first time since the building of the Berlin Wall. November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, 20 November 1961. ...
In 1990 Salzwedel received its first democratically elected city government. 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Main sights Salzwedel's sites of interest include the historic part of town, encompassed by the historic city wall and town gates. The city also contains the birth house of Jenny von Westphalen, later the wife of Karl Marx. Johanna Jenny von Westphalen (born 12 February 1814, died 2 December 1881) was the wife of Karl Marx, and the daughter of Johann Ludwig, Baron von Westphalen, a professor at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin. ...
Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818, Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883, London) was a German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ...
Transportation Salzwedel is accessed by route 71 (north to south) and 248 (west to east). Access to the nearest autobahn is A39 which is 59 km away in Wolfsburg, the A250 is 80.9 km away in Lüneburg, the A24 in Dreieck and the A241 is 81.4 km away. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...
Bundesautobahn 39 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 39, short form Autobahn 39, abbreviated as BAB 39 or A 39) is an autobahn in northern Germany. ...
Wolfsburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...
Lüneburg (English: Lunenburg) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 50km southeast of Hamburg. ...
Bundesautobahn 24 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 24, short form Autobahn 24, abbreviated as BAB 24 or A 24) is an autobahn in Germany. ...
Bundesautobahn 241 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 241, short form Autobahn 241, abbreviated as BAB 241 or A 241) was an autobahn in Germany. ...
It is linked by a railway which Amerikalinie (America Line) which restored in the 1990s linking Berlin and Bremen. The line belongs to Stendal/Uelzen. Other stations in Wittenberge near Arendsee and in Oebisfelde. This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...
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Oebisfelde is a city in the Ohrekreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...
Culture The delicacy of the town is Baumkuchen. Baumkuchen Sękacz in Poland or Šakotis in Lithuania Known as the King of Cakes the Baumkuchen is a kind of layered cake, known in many countries throughout Europe. ...
External links - Homepage of Salzwedel (in German)
Arendsee-Kalbe | Beetzendorf-Diesdorf | Gardelegen Stadt | Salzwedel | Salzwedel-Land | Südliche Altmark | Image File history File links Altmarkkreis_coa. ...
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...
Arendsee-Kalbe is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (collective municipality) in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...
Beetzendorf-Diesdorf is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (collective municipality) in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...
Salzwedel-Land is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (collective municipality) in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...
Südliche Altmark is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (collective municipality) in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. ...
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