Verbandsgemeinde Elbe-Havel-Land
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Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ' N , 12 ° 2' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| County : | District of Stendal | |
| Area : | 360.45 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 8228 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 23 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | SDL, HV, OBG | |
| Association key : | 15 0 90 5052 | |
| Association structure: | 6 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Fontanestr. 6 39524 Schönhausen (Elbe) |
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| Mayor : | Steffi Friedebold | |
| Location of the Elbe-Havel-Land association in the Stendal district | ||
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The Elbe-Havel-Land association was established on January 1, 2010 in the Stendal district in Saxony-Anhalt . Since association communities are allowed to have a maximum of eight member communities with 1000 inhabitants each, the following changes were made on the same day:
- Incorporation of the municipalities of Schönfeld (213 inhabitants) and Wulkau (445 inhabitants) into the municipality of Kamern, whose population increases from 678 to 1,336
- Incorporation of the community of Neuermark-Lübars (351 inhabitants) into the community of Klietz, whose population increases from 1,476 to 1,827
- Incorporation of the community of Hohengöhren (425 inhabitants) into the community of Schönhausen, whose population increases from 1,940 to 2,365
- Merger of the municipalities Fischbeck (659 inhabitants) and Wust (866 inhabitants) to form the new municipality Wust-Fischbeck (1,525 inhabitants)
The specified population figures refer to the key date December 31, 2008.
geography
The community is located east of the Elbe partly in the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve and in the Land of Schollene .
Member municipalities
The Elbe-Havel-Land community consists of the following six member communities:
politics
coat of arms
The coat of arms was approved by the district on January 18, 2010.
Blazon : "In blue in front of two lowered silver corrugated bars, a silver stork with black wing cover and red beak and legs."
The new community has decided to take over the coat of arms of the dissolved administrative community Elbe-Havel-Land and continue to do so.
The colors of the Verbandsgemeinde are silver (white) - blue.
The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch .
flag
The flag is blue - white - blue (1: 4: 1) striped (longitudinal shape: stripes running vertically, transverse shape: stripes running horizontally) and centered with the municipal coat of arms.
traffic
The federal road 107 runs through the association . In Schönhausen there is a train station on the Berlin – Lehrte railway line .
Religions
The 2011 census in the European Union showed that of the 8,899 inhabitants of the Elbe-Havel-Land association, around 23% belonged to the Protestant and around 3% to the Catholic Church.