Schönhausen (Elbe)
Schönhausen (; ) is a municipality in the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Elbe-Havel-Land.
Key facts
- German location.image_photo
- Schönhausen romanische Kirche.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Parish church
- German location.image_coa
- DE-ST 15-0-90-500 Schoenhausen COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
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- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Stendal
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- Elbe-Havel-Land
- German location.elevation
- 34
- German location.area
- 74.09
- German location.postal_code
- 39524
- German location.area_code
- 039323
- German location.licence
- SDL
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Schönhausen (; ) is a municipality in the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Elbe-Havel-Land.
== Geography== The village is situated on a terminal moraine, stretching along the eastern bank of the Elbe River. It is located about north of the state capital of Magdeburg, halfway between Stendal in the west and Rathenow in the east. Since 1 January 2010, Schönhausen includes the former municipality of Hohengöhren.