Altmark region

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historical region rural region

The Altmark region is a historic rural area in northern Germany known as one of the cradles of Brandenburg and Prussian history.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Altmark region canonical 3
Mark (region) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
rural region ⓘ
administrativeCenter Stendal ⓘ
borders Brandenburg ⓘ
Lower Saxony ⓘ
contains Gardelegen ⓘ
surface form: town of Gardelegen

Osterburg ⓘ
surface form: town of Osterburg

Salzwedel ⓘ
surface form: town of Salzwedel

Stendal ⓘ
surface form: town of Stendal

town of Tangermünde ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
describedAs one of the cradles of Brandenburg history ⓘ
one of the cradles of Prussian history ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Middle Low German ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity distinct regional traditions within Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
renewable energy ⓘ
hasHeritage Hanseatic history ⓘ
brick Gothic architecture ⓘ
medieval towns ⓘ
hasMainRiver Elbe ⓘ
surface form: Elbe River

Havel River ⓘ
hasSubregion Altmarkkreis Salzwedel ⓘ
Stendal district ⓘ
surface form: district of Stendal
hasTransportInfrastructure Elbe–Havel Canal ⓘ
surface form: Elbe River navigation

rail connections via Stendal ⓘ
historicalAffiliation Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Margraviate of Brandenburg ⓘ
Province of Saxony ⓘ
historicalNameMeaning old march ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Brandenburg ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
knownFor early Brandenburg history ⓘ
role in formation of Prussia ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ
language German ⓘ
locatedEastOf state of Lower Saxony border ⓘ
locatedIn North German Plain ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
surface form: federal state of Saxony-Anhalt

Northern Germany ⓘ
surface form: northern Germany
locatedNorthOf Magdeburg ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Lower Saxony ⓘ
locatedWestOf Elbe ⓘ
surface form: Elbe River
partOf Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
planning region Altmark in Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
regionType sparsely populated area ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saxony-Anhalt → contains → Altmark region ⓘ
Aller River → flowsThrough → Altmark region ⓘ
Jerichow → locatedInRegion → Altmark region ⓘ
House of Mark → territorialBase → Altmark region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mark (region)