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Altmark

Altmark is a region in Germany, between Hamburg and Magdeburg, northern third of Saxony-Anhalt (Districts Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Stendal).

landscape

The region very rural and flat, with lots of nature and forests, villages and little towns. Most important towns are Salzwedel and Stendal.

rivers and lakes

• Elbe
• Biese
• Havel
• Uchte
• Milde
• Jeetzel
• Arendsee

traffic

• Autobahn A14 (highway planned)
• Federal Roads B71, B107, B188, B189, B190, B248
• Railway
  • Uelzen-Salzwedel-Magdeburg
  • Wittenberge-Salzwedel-Oebisfelde
  • Hanover-Stendal-Berlin
  • Magdeburg-Stendal-Wittenberge
  • Bismark (Sachsen-Anhalt)-Kalbe (Milde)
  • Stendal-Tangermünde

towns in Altmark region:

• Salzwedel
• Oebisfelde
• Arendsee
• Seehausen
• Diesdorf
• Beetzendorf
• Klötze
• Mieste
• Gardelegen
• Kalbe (Milde)
• Bismark (Saxony-Anhalt)
• Osterburg
• Stendal
• Havelberg
• Tangermünde
• Tangerhütte
• Uchtspringe

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