Gardelegen

Built around a medieval settlement on the Milde River, Gardelegen grew into one of the historic towns of Saxony-Anhalt’s Altmark. The compact centre retains sections of its old fortifications and the Church of St Mary, while the town’s Hanseatic past reflects the Altmark’s former trading links across northern Germany. Beyond the streets and brick-built townscape, the flat, largely agricultural Altmark gives Gardelegen a distinctly inland character. A few kilometres away, the Gardelegen Field Memorial at Isenschnibbe commemorates the murder of more than 1,000 concentration-camp prisoners in April 1945, an essential and sobering part of local history. Find related webcams in the Altmark surrounding Gardelegen to build a fuller picture of Saxony-Anhalt.

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