Schwanebeck
Schwanebeck () is a small town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Vorharz. thumb|left|St Peter's Church The municipal area is situated northeast of Halberstadt, on the Bundesstraße 245 highway to Hamersleben. Since 2010, it also comprises the former municipality of Nienhagen.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_coa
- DE-ST 15-0-85-285 Schwanebeck COA.png
- German location.image_plan
- Schwanebeck in HZ.png
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Harz
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- Vorharz
- German location.elevation
- 109
- German location.area
- 32.66
- German location.postal_code
- 39397
- German location.area_code
- 039424
- German location.licence
- HZ
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 15 0 85 285
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Schwanebeck () is a small town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Vorharz. thumb|left|St Peter's Church The municipal area is situated northeast of Halberstadt, on the Bundesstraße 245 highway to Hamersleben. Since 2010, it also comprises the former municipality of Nienhagen.
==History== A Saxon settlement at the site was first mentioned in a 1062 deed. The area belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt, which after the Protestant Reformation was finally secularised according to the 1648 Peace of Westphalia.
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