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Stendal
District
Landkreis Stendal in S-A.svg
Country  Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
Capital Stendal
Area
 • Total 2,423.04 km2 (935.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total 136,866
 • Density 56.4852/km2 (146.2961/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration SDL
Website landkreis-stendal.de

Stendal is a district (Kreis) in the north-east of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed in 1994 by joining the old district of Stendal with the districts Osterburg and Havelberg.

Partnerships

The districts has twin town agreements with  Russia, Yarzevo District  Lithuania, Mažeikiai district  Sweden, Vårgårda  Germany,  North Rhine-Westphalia, Lippe

Coat of arms

Coat of arms The red eagle in the left of the coat of arms is the symbol of Brandenburg, as historically the Altmark was part of Brandenburg. It also stands for the district Havelland. The golden trefoil with three oak leaves symbolizes the old district of Stendal, and is taken from the coat of arms of the family of Bismarck. The three golden diamonds on black ground come from the coat of arms of the dukes of Osterburg, representing the former district Osterburg.

Towns and municipalities

Free towns
  1. Havelberg
Verwaltungsgemeinschaften
  • Arneburg-Goldbeck
  1. Altenzaun
  2. Arneburg2
  3. Baben
  4. Beelitz
  5. Behrendorf
  6. Bertkow
  7. Eichstedt
  8. Goldbeck1
  9. Hassel
  10. Hohenberg-Krusemark
  11. Iden
  12. Klein Schwechten
  13. Lindtorf
  14. Rochau
  15. Sandauerholz
  16. Sanne
  17. Schwarzholz
  18. Werben2
  • Bismark/Kläden
  1. Badingen
  2. Berkau
  3. Bismark2
  4. Büste
  5. Dobberkau
  6. Garlipp
  7. Grassau
  8. Hohenwulsch
  9. Holzhausen
  10. Käthen
  11. Kläden1
  12. Könnigde
  13. Kremkau
  14. Meßdorf
  15. Querstedt
  16. Schäplitz
  17. Schernikau
  18. Schinne
  19. Schorstedt
  20. Steinfeld
  • Elbe-Havel-Land
  1. Fischbeck
  2. Hohengöhren
  3. Kamern
  4. Klietz
  5. Neuermark-Lübars
  6. Sandau2
  7. Schönfeld
  8. Schönhausen1
  9. Schollene
  10. Wulkau
  11. Wust
  • Osterburg
  1. Ballerstedt
  2. Düsedau
  3. Erxleben
  4. Flessau
  5. Gladigau
  6. Hindenburg
  7. Königsmark
  8. Krevese
  9. Meseberg
  10. Osterburg1, 2
  11. Rossau
  12. Walsleben
  • Seehausen
  1. Aulosen
  2. Beuster
  3. Boock
  4. Bretsch
  5. Falkenberg
  6. Gagel
  7. Geestgottberg
  8. Gollensdorf
  9. Groß Garz
  10. Heiligenfelde
  11. Kossebau
  12. Krüden
  13. Lichterfelde
  14. Losenrade
  15. Losse
  16. Lückstedt
  17. Neukirchen
  18. Pollitz
  19. Schönberg
  20. Seehausen1, 2
  21. Wahrenberg
  22. Wanzer
  23. Wendemark
  • Stendal-Uchtetal
  1. Buchholz
  2. Dahlen
  3. Groß Schwechten
  4. Heeren
  5. Insel
  6. Möringen
  7. Nahrstedt
  8. Staats
  9. Stendal1, 2
  10. Uchtspringe
  11. Uenglingen
  12. Vinzelberg
  13. Volgfelde
  14. Wittenmoor
  • Tangerhütte-Land
  1. Bellingen
  2. Birkholz
  3. Bittkau
  4. Cobbel
  5. Demker
  6. Grieben
  7. Hüselitz
  8. Jerchel
  9. Kehnert
  10. Lüderitz
  11. Ringfurth
  12. Schelldorf
  13. Schernebeck
  14. Schönwalde
  15. Tangerhütte1, 2
  16. Uchtdorf
  17. Uetz
  18. Weißewarte
  19. Windberge
  • Tangermünde
  1. Bölsdorf
  2. Buch
  3. Grobleben
  4. Hämerten
  5. Langensalzwedel
  6. Miltern
  7. Storkau
  8. Tangermünde1, 2
1seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft; 2town
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