Arendsee
Template:ForTemplate:For Template:Infobox German location Arendsee ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a town in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is named after the lake Arendsee, located north of the town.
Geography
The municipality is located in the Altmark region and on the southern bank of the Arendsee lake, the largest and deepest natural lake in Saxony-Anhalt. Template:Clear-left
Subdivisions
The town Arendsee consists of Arendsee proper (including the Ortsteile Genzien and Gestien) and the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:<ref name=Hauptsatzung>Hauptsatzung der Stadt Arendsee (Altmark), 21 January 2020.</ref> Template:Div col
- Binde (incl. Ritzleben)
- Fleetmark (incl. Lüge, Molitz, Störpke)
- Höwisch
- Kaulitz
- Kerkau (incl. Lübbars)
- Kläden (incl. Kraatz)
- Kleinau (incl. Dessau, Lohne)
- Leppin (incl. Harpe, Zehren)
- Mechau
- Neulingen
- Rademin (incl. Ladekath)
- Sanne-Kerkuhn (Sanne and Kerkuhn)
- Schrampe (incl. Zießau)
- Thielbeer (incl. Zühlen)
- Vissum (incl. Kassuhn, Schernikau)
- Ziemendorf
History
The locality and the lake were first mentioned in the Royal Frankish Annals in 822.
In 1184 Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg founded a Benedictine nunnery in Arendsee while the then competent Prince-Bishop of Verden, Tammo (d. 1188), endowed it with estates.
The former municipalities Binde, Höwisch, Kaulitz, Kerkau, Kläden, Kleinau, Leppin, Neulingen, Sanne-Kerkuhn, Schrampe, Thielbeer and Ziemendorf were merged into Arendsee on 1 January 2010.<ref>Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2010, Statistisches Bundesamt</ref> The former municipalities Fleetmark, Mechau, Rademin and Vissum were merged into Arendsee on 1 January 2011.<ref>Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2011, Statistisches Bundesamt</ref>
Population development
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1964–1981 census results, from 2011: 2011 European Union census<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
References
External links
Template:Cities and towns in Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (district)