Tangerhütte () is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It has a population of 10,612 (2020) and is situated on the river Tanger, approximately 20 km south of Stendal.
Geography The town is situated near the river Tanger which the town was named after. Tangerhütte station is situated on the Magdeburg-Wittenberge railway.
Divisions The town Tangerhütte consists of the following 19 Ortschaften or municipal divisions, that were all independent municipalities within the association or Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Tangerhütte-Land until 31 May 2010:Hauptsatzung der Einheitsgemeinde Stadt Tangerhütte, July 2020.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010, Statistisches Bundesamt
Bellingen Birkholz Bittkau Cobbel Demker Grieben Hüselitz Jerchel Kehnert Lüderitz Ringfurth Schelldorf Schernebeck Schönwalde Tangerhütte Uchtdorf Uetz Weißewarte Windberge
History In 1950, the municipality of Briest (Altmark) became part of Tangerhütte. The estate of Briest had been owned by the House of Bismarck since 1345.
In November 2023, Tangerhütte made international headlines when it was proposed that the Anne Frank day care center, would be renamed "World Explorer", a name "without political background". It was criticized particularly in the context of rising antisemitism in 21st-century Germany.Graham Bowley Germans Recoil at Push to Rename ‘Anne Frank’ Day Care NYT, Nov. 8, 2023
Twin towns Hegyvidék, Hungary Extertal, Germany
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