Tangerhütte

Tangerhütte
Town
New Palace
Coat of arms
Location of Tangerhütte within Stendal district
Tangerhütte Show map of Germany Tangerhütte Show map of Saxony-Anhalt
Coordinates: 52°26′N 11°48′E / 52.433°N 11.800°E / 52.433; 11.800
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Stendal
Subdivisions	17
Government
• Mayor (2021–28)	Andreas Brohm[1]
Area
• Total	294.73 km2 (113.80 sq mi)
Elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,599
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	39511–39517
Dialling codes	03935
Vehicle registration	SDL
Website	www.tangerhuette.de

Tangerhütte (German: [taŋɐˈhʏtə] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It has a population of 10,612 (2020) and is situated on the river Tanger, approximately 20 km south of Stendal.

Geography[edit]

The town is situated near the river Tanger which the town was named after. Tangerhütte station is situated on the Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway.^[3]

Divisions[edit]

The town Tangerhütte consists of the following 19 Ortschaften or municipal divisions, that were all independent municipalities within the association or Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Tangerhütte-Land until 31 May 2010:^[4][5]

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  The Old Palace
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  The New Palace
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  Church of Saint Elisabeth
• 
  Briest Manor

History[edit]

In 1950, the municipality of Briest (Altmark) became part of Tangerhütte. The estate of Briest had been owned by the House of Bismarck since 1345.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2023, Tangerhütte made international headlines when it was proposed that the Anne Frank day care center, would be renamed "World Explorer", a name "without political background". It was criticized particularly in the context of rising antisemitism in 21st-century Germany.^[6]

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