Hohenberg-Krusemark
Municipality
Coat of arms of Hohenberg-Krusemark
Coat of arms
Location of Hohenberg-Krusemark within Stendal district
Hohenberg-Krusemark is located in Germany
Hohenberg-Krusemark
Hohenberg-Krusemark
Hohenberg-Krusemark is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Hohenberg-Krusemark
Hohenberg-Krusemark
Coordinates: 52°43′36″N 11°57′11″E / 52.72667°N 11.95306°E / 52.72667; 11.95306
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictStendal
Municipal assoc.Arneburg-Goldbeck
Government
 • Mayor (2019–26) Dirk Kautz[1]
Area
 • Total63.39 km2 (24.48 sq mi)
Elevation
31 m (102 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,194
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
39596
Dialling codes039394
Vehicle registrationSDL
Websitewww.arneburg-goldbeck.de

Hohenberg-Krusemark is a municipality in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is about 17 km (10 miles) North East of the town Stendal.

Geography

The municipality consists of the following 10 divisions (Ortsteile):[3]

History

On 17 October 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 25 July 1952 from the district of Osterburg to the district of Osterburg. After its dissolution it became part of the district of Stendal on 1 July 1994.

On 31 December 2008 the community of Hindenburg was incorporated, on 1 January 2009 the community of Altenzaun and on 1 September 2010 the community of Schwarzholz was incorporated.

Year Population
1925 598
1939 521
1946 787
1946 560
1971 514
1981 681
1993 604
2006 637
2014 1268
2015 1261
2017 1246
2018 1241
2020 (Jan) 1266

Politics

Municipal Council

The municipal elections on 26 May 2019 produced the following result:[4]

  • 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 Ellingen in Bavaria, initiated in 1989 after the opening of the border by the volunteer fire departments of Groß Ellingen and Ellingen in Bavaria. Furthermore, the local community Straßenhaus of the association community Rengsdorf-Waldbreitbach in Rhineland-Palatinate is a partner community of Hohenberg-Krusemark.

Culture

Evangelical village church Krusemark

Sports

Hohenberg-Krusemark was already a center of the horse sport at the time of the GDR. 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 2011 European Union census 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.[5] The protestant village church of Krusemark is from the 12th century and is the oldest preserved building in the region.

References

  1. ↑ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2021" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2022.
  3. ↑ Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Hohenberg-Krusemark, July 2019.
  4. ↑ Sachsen-Anhalt, Statistisches Landesamt. "Kommunalwahlen in Sachsen-Anhalt am 26. Mai 2019". wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  5. ↑ "Zensusdatenbank - Ergebnisse des Zensus 2011". ergebnisse.zensus2011.de. Retrieved 2020-10-17.


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