Stendal
Sign in to saveStendal (), officially the Hanseatic City of Stendal (), is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the Stendal District and the unofficial capital of the Altmark region.
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Stendal is a town in eastern Germany that serves as the capital of both the Stendal District and the Altmark region. As a historic Hanseatic city, it holds significance as an important administrative and cultural center in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
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Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Stendal Petrikirche Marienkirche 2011-09-17.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- September 2011 view over Stendal with the St. Nicholas Church
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Stendal COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Stendal in SDL.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Stendal
- German location.elevation
- 31
- German location.area
- 268.02
- German location.postal_code
- 39551–39596
- German location.area_code
- 03931
- German location.licence
- SDL
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16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Divisions
- History
- Education
- Main sights
- Theatre of the Altmark
- Winckelmann Museum
- Fire Brigade Museum
- Other
- Transportation
- Twin towns – sister cities
- People
- Associated with the town
- Honorary citizens
- References
- External links
Stendal (), officially the Hanseatic City of Stendal (), is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the Stendal District and the unofficial capital of the Altmark region.
==Geography== thumb|left|Aerial view of Stendal Situated west of the Elbe valley, the Stendal town centre is located some west of Berlin, around east of Hanover, and north of the state capital Magdeburg. Stendal is the seat of a University of Applied Sciences () and preserves a picturesque old town including a historic market and several churches. The nearby village Uchtspringe is home to a psychiatric rehabilitation clinic.