- Jerichow
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen Jerichow.svg
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 29
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 1
Lageplan = Jerichow in JL.png
Bundesland = Sachsen-Anhalt
Landkreis = Jerichower Land
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Elbe-Stremme-Fiener
Höhe = 34
Fläche = 53.04
Einwohner = 2270
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 39319
Vorwahl = 039343
Kfz = JL
Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 0 86 080
Straße = Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 10
Website = [http://www.jerichow.de/ www.jerichow.de]
Bürgermeister = Harald BotheJerichow (IPA2|ˈjeːʁɪço) is a town in the
Jerichower Land district, inSaxony-Anhalt ,Germany . It is situated on the right bank of theElbe , northwest ofGenthin . It is part of the "Verwaltungsgemeinschaft " ("collective municipality")Elbe-Stremme-Fiener .Jerichow is home of Jerichow Abbey, the former Premonstratensian convent which was founded as early as 1144. In 1148 the construction of the convent church of St Marian and St Nicholas in a late romanesque style started. It makes it to one of the oldest brick buildings in the area and through its artistical perfectness highly influential on the brick architecture in the
Margraviate of Brandenburg .External links
* [http://www.strasse-der-romanik.net/stationen/station18.htm Jerichow at the "Romanesque Route"] (English/German)
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