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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Salzlandkreis

Postal codes
  
39435

Area
  
29.13 km²

Population
  
3,829 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
039268

State
  
Saxony-Anhalt

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Dialling codes
  
039268

Local time
  
Tuesday 8:22 PM

Postal code
  
39435

Municipal assoc.
  
Egelner Mulde

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 88% Humidity

Egeln is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Bode, approx. 15 km northwest of Staßfurt, and 25 km southwest of Magdeburg.

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Map of Egeln, Germany

Egeln is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Egelner Mulde.

International relations

Egeln is twinned with:

  • Mûrs-Erigné (France)
  • Bzenec (Czech Republic)
  • Rüthen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) -– since 1991

    • Sons and daughters of the city

  • Friedrich Lücke (1791-1855), Protestant theologian, university professor and abbot of the monastery Bursfelde near Hann. Münden, Germany
  • Ernst Pittschau (1859-1916), born in Egeln, court actor at the court theater (today Burgtheater) in Vienna, married in second marriage with the Viennese actress Hilda Hofer aka Schützenhofer (1873-1961).
  • Ruth Fuchs (born 1946), javelin thrower, olympia winner 1972 and 1976, later Member of the Volkskammer, Member of Landtag, Member of Bundestag

    • References

    Egeln Wikipedia
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