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Havelberg
Sign in to saveHavelberg () is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Havel, and part of the town is built on an island in the centre of the river. The two parts were incorporated as a town in 1875. It has a population of 6,436 (2020).
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Havelberg-Stadtansicht mit Havel.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Church of Saint Lawrence seen across the Havel River
- German location.image_coa
- DE-ST 15-0-90-225 Havelberg COA.png
- German location.image_plan
- Havelberg in SDL.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Stendal
- German location.elevation
- 26
- German location.area
- 149.12
- German location.postal_code
- 39532–39539
- German location.area_code
- 039387 and 039382
- German location.licence
- SDL
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 15 0 90 225
- German location.divisions
- 14
- German location.website
- havelberg.de
- German location.mayor
- Mathias Bölt
- German location.leader_term
- 2022–29
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Havelberg () is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Havel, and part of the town is built on an island in the centre of the river. The two parts were incorporated as a town in 1875. It has a population of 6,436 (2020).
==History== thumb|left|Aerial view thumb|left|Beguinenhaus at Salt Market thumb|left|Kirchstraße thumb|left|Scabellstraße The Bishopric of Havelberg was founded in 946, by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (then a prince), but the bishop tended to live in either Plattenburg or Wittstock, a few miles north of Havelberg. An early bishop was Anselm of Havelberg.