Stories about the region and people

Portrait Bettina Hennig - Salzwedeler Baumkuchen

Salzwedeler Baumkuchen – an original

Bettina Hennig still runs her father's bakery where the Salzwedeler Baumkuchen are still baked according to the original recipe from 1807.

Guest interview at Radkultur Starck

Cycling is a culture of its own. An attitude to life that has accompanied Christian Starck since his childhood, which he wants to inspire the people of Altmark for.

Portraitfoto Kerstin Maslow - Bilderbuchcafé

Dished up in Havelberg's BILDERbuchCafé

In Kerstin Maslow's BILDERbuchCafé you can not only indulge, you can also listen to the stories of Havelberg.

Interview with the cathedral pastor Frank Städler

Frank Städler is the pastor of Havelberg Cathedral and has exciting stories to tell about his work.

Commitment to the memory

Ute Schröter is involved in an association that saved the old Havelberg Cathedral curia from dereliction.

Dished up at the Deutsches Haus in Arendsee

Burghard Bannier works where others spend their holidays. For him the Altmark is still an ideal world which he likes living in.

Sustainable traditional confectionery

Olaf Stehwien is continuing his family's traditional Tangermünde-based business and sells confectionery internationally.

From wooden toys to their own hotel

Renate and Andreas Lewerken started with a small joinery and today they run a business that combines a joinery, a shipyard and a hotel.

Portraitfoto Felix Neumann - Grünland Bioladen

Felix Neumann from the Grünland organic food store

Felix Neumann supplies Altmarkers with regional products from organic farming with his organic food store and a delivery service for organic food boxes.

Altmark stories

Altmarkers tell their stories