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Havelberg
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Also known as Havelberg, Germany

Havelberg () is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Havel, and part of the town is built on an island in the centre of the river. The two parts were incorporated as a town in 1875. It has a population of 6,436 (2020).

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_photo
Havelberg-Stadtansicht mit Havel.jpg
German location.image_caption
Church of Saint Lawrence seen across the Havel River
German location.image_coa
DE-ST 15-0-90-225 Havelberg COA.png
German location.image_plan
Havelberg in SDL.png
German location.state
Sachsen-Anhalt
German location.district
Stendal
German location.elevation
26
German location.area
149.12
German location.postal_code
39532–39539
German location.area_code
039387 and 039382
German location.licence
SDL
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
15 0 90 225
German location.divisions
14
German location.website
havelberg.de
German location.mayor
Mathias Bölt
German location.leader_term
2022–29

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Havelberg () is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Havel, and part of the town is built on an island in the centre of the river. The two parts were incorporated as a town in 1875. It has a population of 6,436 (2020).

==History== thumb|left|Aerial view thumb|left|Beguinenhaus at Salt Market thumb|left|Kirchstraße thumb|left|Scabellstraße The Bishopric of Havelberg was founded in 946, by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (then a prince), but the bishop tended to live in either Plattenburg or Wittstock, a few miles north of Havelberg. An early bishop was Anselm of Havelberg.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Havelberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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