Windberge

52.51666666666711.71666666666747Koordinaten: 52 ° 31 '0 "N, 11 ° 43' 0" E

Wind Mountain is a district of the city of Tangier hut in the southwest of the district of Stendal, in Saxony- Anhalt.

Geography

Windberge between Stendal and the Colbitz - Letzlinger Heath in the south of the Altmark. Through the municipal area of ​​the upper Tangier, an Elbe Creek, which rises in the neighboring town of Witten bog flows. The area is hilly, south-west the wooded terrain rises to 128 m above sea level. NN to (Bauer Heide). The village Windberge is designed as a typical street village.

For the former municipality and current village Windberge also includes the hamlets of Brunkau, Otter Castle and shut.

History

The first mention of Windberge dates back to 1168th The village church Windberge was about middle of the 13th century.

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

Policy

Mayor

The last mayor of the municipality Windberge was Hartmut Valentin.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 21 May 2010 by the county.

Blazon: " In red as a moderately lower drawbar a confluence of two streams, the top two, is the sign edge tapering undulating currents banded blue silver two-fold, the shield due to upward flowing silver bordierte blue stream also curled, in the angle of the upper streams a continuous black grooved silver wall with four pinnacles, the confluence in the lower part of the front accompanied by a lowered golden scythe blade and rear a golden oak leaf. "

The colors of this place are - derived from the main crest motif ( wall ) and the sign color - white and red

In Windberge already existed a crest precursor, which was developed in the course of village renewal in 1996 out of the church and is not approved. From heraldic point of view this own creation can not be approved, but the basic ideas have been largely used and accepted.

Wind Mountain is located in the Altmark. This is next to the center mark and the Neumark one of the family seat of the Mark Brandenburg. The coat of arms of Brandenburg shows in silver red Brandenburg eagle and the colors of the country are red - silver. For this reason, the shield color was chosen red and tinged the castle silver.

The two blue - silver wave beams that flow together from the plate edge to the center and drain to sign foot wider than wave beams, symbolize the many Tangier resources and give the geographical condition and again that unite them here to the little creek Tangier.

The golden scythe blade is symbolic of agriculture, has historically been the main source of income of the people living here. Even today, the place is dominated by agriculture.

The golden oak leaf goes into the great forests of the district. These extend as far into the territory of the Colbitz - Letzlinger Heath. In addition, the leaf symbolizes the natural surroundings of the village.

The silver crenellated wall that grows out of the confluence of the sources available for the Otter Castle. This is a former lowland castle in Tangier landscape exactly at the confluence of the headwaters. From this castle today is to see only the former castle hill, known locally also Schlossberg. There, in 2007, archaeological excavations took place. The four battlements of the wall stand out as number symbolism for the four districts Brunkau, Otter Castle, Schleuss and Windberge.

The coat of arms was designed by Thomas Hundisburg Rystau.

Flag

The hamlet flag is red - white - red ( 1:4:1 ) striped (Landscape: strip horizontally extending, longitudinal Format: strip running vertically ) and centrally occupied with the municipal coat of arms.

Demographics

Traffic

There buses stop and call buses of the regional transport company West Saxons ( RVW ) stendalbus under the brand name.