Editing Altmark (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Altmark.png|thumb|Topography of the Altmark]]
The Altmark is located west of the [[Elbe]] river between the cities of [[Hamburg]] and [[Magdeburg]], mostly included in the {{as of | 2009 | alt = present-day}} districts of [[Altmarkkreis Salzwedel]] and [[Stendal (district)|Stendal]]. In the west, the [[Drawehn]] hill range and the [[Drömling]] depression separate it from the [[Lüneburg Heath]] in [[Lower Saxony]]; the Altmark also borders the [[Lüchow-Dannenberg|Wendland]] region in the north and the [[Magdeburg Börde]] in the south. Adjacent east of the Elbe is the historical [[Prignitz]] region.

The population is small. The [[cultural landscape]] within the [[North European Plain]] is rural and widely covered with forests and [[heath (habitat)|heathlands]]. The largest towns are [[Stendal]], with a population of 39,000, and [[Salzwedel]] (21,500).