Gardelegen

Gardelegen is a middle magnificence city within the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in Saxony Anhalt. It is the third biggest metropolis in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Only the middle metropolis of Gardelegen has city systems, the ultimate 48 districts and the severa housing sites are scattered in rural regions.

The first point out of Gardelegen because the seat of Heinricus comes de Gardelege is dated to the year 1186. Count Heinrich von Gardelegen, a brother of Margrave Otto II of Brandenburg, appears this year as a witness of a document of the Bishop of Brandenburg, that is placed inside the Brandenburg Cathedral Archive. In the feudal order of Brandenburg items to the Archdiocese of Magdeburg Gardelegen is also stated in 1196 as a castle and stain. The brewing rights were provided in 1314. Since then, the Garley beer turned into brewed in Gardelegen. Garley is the world's oldest continuously used emblem name. In 1316, the town received the mayor's workplace and hence the High Jurisdiction. Gardelegen joined the Altmarkische Stadtebund in 1353 and the Hanseatic League in 1358. In 1488 there was a Bierziesestreit with the Elector.