Schwanebeck

Schwanebeck () is a small town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Vorharz. thumb|left|St Peter's Church The municipal area is situated northeast of Halberstadt, on the Bundesstraße 245 highway to Hamersleben. Since 2010, it also comprises the former municipality of Nienhagen.

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German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_coa: DE-ST 15-0-85-285 Schwanebeck COA.png
German location.image_plan: Schwanebeck in HZ.png
German location.state: Sachsen-Anhalt
German location.district: Harz
German location.Verbandsgemeinde: Vorharz
German location.elevation: 109
German location.area: 32.66
German location.postal_code: 39397
German location.area_code: 039424
German location.licence: HZ
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 15 0 85 285
German location.website: www.stadt-schwanebeck.de
German location.mayor: Benno Liebner
German location.leader_term: 2022–29

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Population: 2437
Area: 32.66
Elevation: 109
Official website: www.vorharz.net/de/schwanebeck.html
Image: Kirche in Schwanebeck Ortsmitte.jpg
Dialing code: 039424
Licence plate code: HZ

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Commons category: Schwanebeck
postal code: 39397
P8168: Edmund Gerber
hashtag: Schwanebeck

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==History== A Saxon settlement at the site was first mentioned in a 1062 deed. The area belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt, which after the Protestant Reformation was finally secularised according to the 1648 Peace of Westphalia.