What is Altmarkkreis Salzwedel Rural District?
{{Infobox German district | name=Altmarkkreis Salzwedel| image_coa=DE-ST 15-0-81 Altmarkkreis Salzwedel COA.svg| state=Saxony-Anhalt| former regierungsbezirk=[[Magdeburg (region)|Magdeburg]]| capital=[[Salzwedel]] |Kreisschlüssel = 15081 |area=2292| population=101,000| population_as_of=2002| density=44| carsign=SAW| url=[http://www.altmarkkreis-salzwedel.de/ altmarkkreis-salzwedel.de]| map=Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in S-A.svg |latd=52|latm=50|latNS=N |longd=11|longm=10|longEW=E }} '''Altmarkkreis Salzwedel''' is a district in [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Germany]]. == History == The old '''[[Altmark]]''' region, included parts of the neighbouring district of [[Stendal (district)|Stendal]]. In the [[10th century]] it was the eastern border of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. In the [[Late Middle Ages]] many towns were members of the [[Hanseatic League]]. The modern district was established in [[1994]] by joining the former districts of [[Gardelegen]], [[Klötze]], [[Salzwedel]] and part of [[Osterburg]]. == Coat of arms == {| |- valign=top || ||The coat of arms displays: * The [[heraldic]] eagle of [[Brandenburg]], which was also part of the arms of [[Salzwedel]] * The lion of [[Lüneburg]], since the town of [[Klötze]] belonged to the [[duchy]] of [[Brunswick-Lüneburg]] in medieval times * The symbol of the Altmark, that was used during the 11th and 12th centuries |} ==Towns and municipalities== {| |----- !Free towns |- |valign=top| # [[Salzwedel]] |} {| ! colspan=3|[[Amt (political division)|Verwaltungsgemeinschaften]] |- valign=top || * 1. '''[[Arendsee-Kalbe]]''' # [[Altmersleben]] # [[Arendsee]]<sup>1, 2</sup> # [[Brunau]] # [[Engersen]] # [[Güssefeld]] # [[Höwisch]] # [[Jeetze]] # [[Kahrstedt]] # [[Kakerbeck]] # [[Kalbe]]<sup>2</sup> # [[Kläden]] # [[Kleinau]] # [[Leppin]] # [[Neuendorf am Damm]] # [[Neulingen, Saxony-Anhalt|Neulingen]] # [[Packebusch]] # [[Sanne-Kerkuhn]] # [[Schrampe]] # [[Thielbeer]] # [[Vienau]] # [[Wernstedt]] # [[Winkelstedt]] # [[Ziemendorf]] * 2. '''[[Beetzendorf-Diesdorf]]''' # [[Ahlum]] # [[A