Wartenberg (Bismark)

Wartenberg City of Bismark (Altmark) Coordinates: 52 ° 38 ′ 17 ″  N , 11 ° 30 ′ 41 ″  E
Height :	38 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	139  (May 17 1939)
Incorporation :	December 21, 1973
Incorporated into:	Berkau
Postal code :	39629
Area code :	039089
Location in Saxony-Anhalt

Wartenberg belongs to the locality Berkau and is a district of the town of Bismark (Altmark) in the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

geography

The Altmark Kirchdorf Wartenberg is located four kilometers southwest of the town Bismark (Altmark). To the east of the village lies the forest area "Grützland".

history

Wartenberg was first mentioned in 1335 as Wardenberg . In the Landbuch der Mark Brandenburg from 1375 the place is listed as Wardenberghe .

Incorporations

On December 21, 1973, the municipality of Wartenberg was incorporated into the municipality of Berkau. Since January 1, 2010, the district of Wartenberg has been part of the newly formed village of Berkau and the town of Bismark (Altmark).

Population development

year Residents 1801 157 1818 142 1840 151

year Residents 1885 165 1892 190 1900 166

year Residents 1910 156 1925 138 1939 139

year Residents 1946 221

religion

The Protestant church Wartenberg belongs to the parish Berkau that the parish area Garlipp the church district Stendal in Propst Sprengel Stendal Magdeburg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

Culture and sights

• In 1881 the old village church was torn down and the current church was built, a brick building with a tower made of field stones.

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Bismark (Altmark)

Personalities

The later Lord Mayor of Stendal Karl Wernecke (1885–1945) was born in Wartenberg.

literature

• Wilhelm Zahn: Local history of the Altmark . Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, Salzwedel 1928, p. 145 .
• Block, Helmut Kurt (ed.): The knowledge of the region. Bismark Kläden and the surrounding area . tape 2 . Edition Kulturförderverein Östliche Altmark, Altenzaun 2007, ISBN 978-3-9811747-0-0 , p. 23-27 .
• JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical handbook from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. tape 2 . Verlag Heinrichshofen, 1842, p. 305 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Central Statistical Office of the German Democratic Republic (ed.): Systematic and alphabetical directory of the municipalities of the German Democratic Republic (territorial status January 1, 1952) . Berlin 1952, p. 31 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official register of municipalities for the German Empire . In: Statistisches Reichsamt (Hrsg.): Statistics of the German Reich . 2nd Edition. tape 550 . Publishing house for social policy, economy and statistics, Paul Schmidt, 1941, ZDB -ID 223601-1 , p. 99 .
2. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 346 .
3. ^ Haase, Hilbert: Parish Almanach or the Protestant clergy and churches of the province of Saxony in the counties of Wernigerode, Rossla and Stolberg . 19th year, 1903, ZDB -ID 551010-7 , p. 109 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed May 6, 2017]).
4. ↑ Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel-Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 526 .