Bismark, Germany

Bismark is a town in the Stendal district, in the historic Altmark region, which is located in the northern part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 22 km (14 mi) west of Stendal in north-eastern Germany.

Parish church
Bismark
Coat of arms
Location of Bismark within Stendal district
Bismark
Bismark
Coordinates: 52°40′0″N 11°33′0″E
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictStendal
Government
  MayorAnnegret Schwarz
Area
  Total289.43 km2 (111.75 sq mi)
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
  Total8,256
  Density29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
39576, 39579, 39599, 39606, 39624, 39629
Dialling codes039080, 039083, 039089, 039320, 039324, 039325, 039328
Vehicle registrationSDL
Websitewww.stadt-bismark.de

In the early 12th century, the area then under the rule of Albert the Bear was settled with peasants migrating from the Low Countries. The town's name is derived from the nearby river Biese (after Dutch: bies meaning rush plants); though it may also refer to the bishop's march, a possession of the Havelberg bishops mentioned in a 1209 deed issued by the Ascanian margrave Albert II. With the Altmark, Bismark was part of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was adjudicated to the Prussian Province of Saxony after the 1815 Congress of Vienna.

One Herbordus of Bismarck was mentioned holding the office of a Schultheiß in Stendal about 1270. His descendant Otto von Bismarck received the honorary citizenship of Bismark in 1895.

Since an administrative reform that became effective on 1 January 2010, the town of Bismark has comprised the former municipalities of Badingen, Berkau, Büste, Dobberkau, Garlipp, Grassau, Hohenwulsch, Holzhausen, Käthen, Kläden, Könnigde, Kremkau, Meßdorf, Querstedt, Schäplitz, Schernikau, Schorstedt and Steinfeld.

References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2018" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt (in German).
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