Werben_(Elbe)
Werben (Elbe)
Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Werben (Elbe) is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Werben | |
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Market Place and Town Hall of Werben (Elbe) | |
Location of Werben (Elbe) within Stendal district | |
| Coordinates: 52°52′N 11°58′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Stendal |
| Municipal assoc. | Arneburg-Goldbeck |
| Subdivisions | 2 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–25) | Bernd Schulze[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.39 km2 (20.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 957 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 39615, 39606 |
| Dialling codes | 039393 |
| Vehicle registration | SDL |
| Website | www.werben-elbe.de |
It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe River, approximately seven kilometres west of Havelberg. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Arneburg-Goldbeck. The town's official name is Hansestadt Werben (Elbe), referring to its status as a former member of the Hanseatic League.
Werben was first documented in 1005 and placed an influential role during the medieval wars between the Saxons and Polabian Slavs; its name is of Slavic origin. Part of the Altmark, it received town rights in 1151 from Albert the Bear and received an influx of Hollanders in 1160. It became a participant of the Hanseatic League in 1358. While part of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Werben was the scene of the 1631 Battle of Werben during the Thirty Years' War. Werben became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1701. It became part of the Prussian Province of Saxony in 1815 after the Napoleonic Wars and the new state of Saxony-Anhalt after World War II. In January 2010 it absorbed the former municipality Behrendorf.[3]
Werben's architecture is reminiscent of the Biedermeier style (Biedermeierstadt). Twice a year, the "Biedermeiermarkt" is held, a weekend festival in remembrance of this period.
Sons and daughters of the city
- Friedrich Reindel (1824-1908), Scharfrichter
People who are connected to the city
- Markgraf Albrecht the Bear (c. 1100-1170), issued the first charter as a margrave of Brandenburg in Werder in 1157, and donated the income of the Werbener Kirche and Grundbesitz to the Johanniterhospital at Jerusalem in 1160.
- Gottfried Arnold (Germanic theologian, 1666-1714) was pastor from 1704 to 1707 in advertisements
- Friedrich Schorlemmer (born 1944), evangelical theologian, grew up in advertising and lives in Werben (as of 2012)
- Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
