Barby, Germany

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

(2016–23) Torsten Reinharz^[1] (SPD)Area • Total152.61 km² (58.92 sq mi)Elevation51 m (167 ft)Population • Total8,129 • Density53/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes039298Vehicle registrationSLKWebsitewww.stadt-barby.de

Barby (German pronunciation: [ˈbaʁbiː] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the River Elbe, near the confluence with the Saale, approx. 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Magdeburg. Since an administrative reform of 1 January 2010 it comprises the former municipalities of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Elbe-Saale, except for Gnadau, that joined Barby in September 2010. The Barby Ferry, a reaction ferry across the Elbe, links Barby with Zerbst-Walternienburg.

Geography

The town Barby consists of the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:^[3]

Twin towns

Barby is twinned with:

• Schöppenstedt, Germany
• Aukštadvaris, Lithuania
• Pruchnik, Poland

Notable people

• Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773–1843), philosopher
• Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1843), theologian and philosopher
• Max Sering (1857-1939), economist
• Walter Conrad [de] (1892-1970), jurist and politician (FDP)
• Gottfried Wehling (1862–1913), architect

References

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