What is Stendal?
[[Image:Stendal Petrikirche Marienkirche 2011-09-17.jpg|thumb|250px|View over Stendal]] [[Image:DE-ST 15-0-90-535 Stendal COA.svg|thumb|200px|The coat of arms of Stendal]] '''Hansestadt Stendal''' or '''Stendal''' ({{IPA-de|ˈʃtɛndaːl}}) is a [[town]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Germany]]. About 40,000 people live in the city. It is the capital of the [[Stendal Rural District|Stendal District]] and the main town in the [[Altmark]] region. {{Commonscat}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Towns in Saxony-Anhalt]] {{europe-stub}}