Postal codes 39249 Area 40.85 km² Population 9,015 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 039298 | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Dialling codes 039298 Postal code 39249 Local time Thursday 10:46 AM | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind W at 37 km/h, 60% Humidity Points of interest Saale, Steckby-Lödderitzer Forst, Prinzesschen | ||
Barby 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.
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Map of 39249 Barby, Germany
The burgward of Barby was first mentioned in a 961 deed by German king Otto I. Since the 12th century, the area was enfeoffed to the Counts of Barby descending from nearby Arnstein, who achieved Imperial immediacy in 1497. Upon the extinction of the line in 1659, the County of Barby fell to the Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels, ruled by a cadet branch of the electoral Saxon House of Wettin. When Duke Georg Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels died without issue in 1739, Barby fell to the Electorate of Saxony. The Elector rented Barby to Count von Zinzendorf in repayment for a loan and Barby was for several decades the headquarters of the worldwide work of the Moravian Church as well as of its theological seminary.
The Barby Ferry, a cable ferry across the Elbe, links Barby with Zerbst-Walternienburg.
Twin towns
Barby is twinned with: