Altmark Attractions

The Altmark is the low-lying area between the Middle Elbe depression on the east and north-east, the Ohre valley with the Mittelland Canal on the south and the Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park on the west and northwest.

The Altmark is flat in some areas and gently undulating in others, with terminal moraines (the Hellberge, near Wiepke, 160 m/525ft), tracts of outwash sand (Colbitz-Letzlingen Heath, 139 m/456ft) and extensive depressions (Wische, Drömling).

The light sandy soils of the Altmark are suitable for agriculture and forestry. Fields of rye and potatoes alternate with areas of woodland, and there are large areas of forest in the southern part of the region, on Letzlingen Heath.