Demker

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Demker is a district of the city of Tangier cottage in the south of the district of Stendal, in Saxony -Anhalt ( Germany ).

Geography

The place is located in the southeast of the Altmark Stendal and between Tangerhütte, in the valley of the River Tangier. For the former municipality Demker still included the districts Station Demker and Elvers village.

History

Demker emerged in 1238 as the first time Demeke in a document on, from this period the churches in Demker and Elvers village. Elvers village - originally designed as Wendish Rundling - was 1022 ( together with the village Steinedal - of today's district town of Stendal ) mentioned in a document.

Already in 1849 Demker was connected via the route Magdeburg- Wittenberg to the railway network.

On May 31, 2010, Demker joined with the other municipalities in the administrative community Tangerhütte - country together to the new city Tangerhütte.

Not only in the context of village renewal program, the village hall was remodeled in recent years, created walkways and street lighting rehabilitated.

Volunteer fire department groups and sports club ( bowling, football) determine the village life, which also includes the now traditional Easter and autumn fire and the village festival include.

Policy

Mayor

The last mayor of the municipality Demker was Petra Fischer.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 3 July 2008 by the county.

Blazon: " Divided by silver and red over blue Wellenschildfuß, front pole, two red roses with golden slugs and red sepals, behind three golden ears of corn, in the sign two silver waves. "

The colors of this place are - derived from the color of the main subject and the tincture of the shield - white-red.

The former council of Demker decided to apply the coat of arms shown here for guidance in April 2008 from several under discussion templates of Magdeburg Kommunalheraldikers Jörg Mantzsch. His symbols and colors explained as follows:

The two heraldic roses back to the coat of arms of the von Arnstedt that influenced decisively as landlords over 500 years, the development of Demker. As landlords and patrons of the church articulated and promoted it over many generations, the social life of the community quite crucial. Their coat of arms was in the diagonally divided shield three roses ( see Figure crest version after Gotha Adelslexikon 1942), two of which are borrowed. For coats of arms are three different sources, Siebmachers armorial, the New Prussian Adelslexicon of Baron Leopold von Zedlitz and Neukirch from 1842 and the Gotha Adelslexikon from 1942, which show different pictures.

The Tangier is a river that certainly was a reason for colonization and subsequent management in the early and history as a water vein. Demker and Elvers village are proven places Slavic foundation and it is known that the Slavs settled like the water they used for fishing. The Tangier is symbolically represented by the wavy sign foot.

The spikes are due to the fact that agriculture is for the residents of Demker over countless generations was the predominant economic base. In addition to small livestock farming was operated. Before the introduction of the potato that was mainly of cereal crops. This fact is expressed by the three ears of corn that are generally seen as cereal without any specific genre.

Coat of Arms version of the von Gotha Arnstedt after Adelslexikon

Flag

The flag is red and white (1:1) striped ( horizontal format: strip horizontally extending, longitudinal Format: strip running vertically ) and centrally occupied with the municipal coat of arms.

Attractions

• Home exchange at the Old Forge
• Stork couples Elvers in Demker and village

Economy and infrastructure

In addition to residing in Demker farms with the waste disposal and composting company AWU has its headquarters in the town.

In the local area of ​​the Demker L 30 of Tangermünde the road from Stendal crosses to Luderitz ( on the main road 189 ) to Tangier hut. There buses stop and call buses of the regional transport company West Saxons ( RVW ) stendalbus under the brand name. Demker has a station on the railway line Magdeburg- Wittenberg, which is served by regional trains.