The best running trails around Gardelegen

The Stendal Gate in Gardelegen These are the remains of one of the four representative city gates from the 16th century, which at the time, connected by a city wall, led around Gardelegen. On the opposite side of the street, there was a bastion, just as this one still exists today in remnants on the left side. On the site of the former city fortification, the green ring of ramparts now extends around the city center. The moat can still be discerned in some places. https://www.gardelegen.de/B%C3%BCrgerservice/Anliegen-von-A-bis-Z/Verwaltung/Stendaler-Tor-.php?ModID=9&FID=3524.613.1&La=1&object=tx%7C3524.1.1&redir=1

The town hall, first mentioned in a document in 1241 as a trading and exhibition house, stands in the middle of the historic old town on a triangular town hall square. The finely structured late Gothic brick facade, the arcades with star vaults on the south side, the richly vaulted interiors, the Hausmann Tower with its double lantern, and the coats of arms on the east and west sides make the building one of the most noteworthy in the city. https://www.gardelegen.de/B%C3%BCrgerservice/Anliegen-von-A-bis-Z/Verwaltung/Das-Rathaus-zu-Gardelegen.php?ModID=9&FID=3524.154.1

The Kaisersteinlauf Letzlingen is a running event of the Elbe-Ohre Cup. With great care, the organizers aim to provide the runners with a thoroughly beautiful event! The great cake buffet invites you to indulge!

Lovely little town center. Perfect for a break and a stroll.

The Stendal Gate in Gardelegen was built in the 16th century as part of the city's fortifications and originally resembled the Salzwedel Gate. In the 1920s, the gate tower was demolished during road widening, so today only the remains of a bastion remain.

Gardelegen's town hall is located in the center of the historic old town on the triangular town hall square. First mentioned in 1241, it originally served as a merchant's and showroom. After a devastating fire in 1526, the building was rebuilt in the late Gothic style between 1527 and 1552. In the early 20th century, the town hall underwent extensive renovations. Between 1914 and 1917, numerous alterations were carried out under the direction of architect Otto Stiehl. These included the addition of the east and west gables and the opening of the arcades. Another extensive renovation of the building took place between 1998 and 1999. The town hall consists of four connected structures: a rectangular hall building, a Hausmann tower on the northwest side, a perpendicular building on the southeast side, and a square building on the northeast side. The architectural style combines late Gothic elements with Baroque and Neo-Gothic extensions. Particularly striking is the tower with its curved dome and double-pierced lantern, which – along with St. Nicholas' Church and St. Mary's Church – dominates the city skyline. Today, the town hall serves as the seat of the city administration. However, some administrative functions have been relocated to a neighboring building on Rudolf-Breitscheid-Straße.

Once in the region, you shouldn't miss the ramparts. They are worth seeing and worth a small detour on your bike tour in Gardelegen. The Gardelegen ramparts are the best-preserved and most complete ramparts of their kind in Saxony-Anhalt. Today, a 2.5 km long linden avenue runs around the entire old town center, forming a green ring that is rarely found in Germany. The site belongs to the tourist and monument conservation network "Gartenträume – Historische Parks in Sachsen-Anhalt".

A real piece of the Middle Ages from the 13th century can be found right next to the Salzwedel Gate. The Tormühle – a place to stay, inn, and post house – was one of the town's most important sources of income at the time and, until the end of the 19th century, the place for surrounding villages to grind their grain. The surrounding villages were obliged to have their grain ground here. The mill operated until the second half of the 20th century.