Diesdorf

Geschichte

Diesdorf is a municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.GeographyDiesdorf is situated in the western Altmark about 5km east of the border between Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony which between 1945 and 1990 was part of the inner German border, and about 25km southwest of Salzwedel. The nearest major settlement in Lower Saxony is Wittingen at a distance of about 10km. The surrounding countryside is characterised by terminal moraines and sandy soils which are mostly wooded. It has been shaped during the Saale stage of the middle Pleistocene.Aside from the eponymous village, the municipality consists of the following districts: Abbendorf, Bergmoor, Dankensen, Dülseberg, Haselhorst, Höddelsen, Hohenböddenstedt, Hohengrieben, Lindhof, Mehmke, Molmke, Neuekrug, Peckensen, Reddigau, Schadeberg, Schadewohl, Waddekath, and Wüllmersen, as well as the smaller settlements Forsthof Vier, Kerstenberg, Römke, and Schinkenmühle. Waddekath is located immediately east of the former inner German border.The climate is comparatively dry with an average yearly precipitation of 622 mm, lower values being registered in only 25 % of the weather stations of DWD. Precipitation is distributed fairly evenly over the year, with a ratio of 1.6 between the wettest month (August) and the driest (October), with lower variations being registered only in 4 % of the DWD weather stations.