Arneburg

Arneburg
Arneburg
Coat of arms
Arneburg
Location of Arneburg within Stendal district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Stendal
Municipal assoc.	Arneburg-Goldbeck
Government
• Mayor	Lothar Riedinger
Area
• Total	30.72 km2 (11.86 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	1,561
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	39596
Dialling codes	039321
Vehicle registration	SDL
Website	www.arneburg-goldbeck.de

Arneburg (<phonos file="Arneburg.ogg"></phonos>) is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 12 km northeast of Stendal. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Arneburg-Goldbeck.

History

The stronghold was founded by Henry the Fowler on the Elbe as a bulwark against the Wends. In the Middle Ages Arneburg was a strategic possession of Brandenburg, whose Elector Frederick II (the "Iron Elector") mortgaged it for "100 good Rhenish gilders" to Hans von Blumenthal, who was appointed Vogt of Arneburg, a post which he still held long after 1450, when the Hohenzollerns had repaid the mortgage. Arneburg was an important Hohenzollern possession and indeed the Elector John Cicero died there in 1499. The ruins are now part of a park surrounded by a pretty town.