Sachau

52.474611.261957Koordinaten: 52 ° 28 ' 29 " N, 11 ° 15' 43 " O

Position of the settlement Sachau Gardelegen

Sachau is a town and a district of the Hanseatic City Guard Insert in the Altmark Salzwedel in Saxony- Anhalt.

Geography

Sachau is about eleven kilometers north of Calvörde between the Colbitz - Letzlinger Heath and Drömling Nature Park. The Gardelegener old town is located about ten kilometers north-east. Mieste and the colony Broad Oak are in the west, Wernitz the northwest, Solpke in the north, the east, and Jerchel Jeseritz in southeastern Sachau.

History

Sachau was until 2010 a separate municipality, which was incorporated in the course of municipal reform 2009/2010/2011 by resolution of Parliament in the Hanseatic city Gardelegen. The former municipality was a member of the administrative community Southern Altmark.

Policy

Mayor

The last mayor of the municipality Sachau was Viola Mewes.

Culture and sights

At the village square is under an oak tree, a memorial to fallen of the First World War.