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Kalbe,_Saxony-Anhalt Latitude and Longitude:

52°38′00″N 11°24′00″E / 52.6333°N 11.4000°E / 52.6333; 11.4000
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Kalbe
Coat of arms of Kalbe
Location of Kalbe within Altmarkkreis Salzwedel district
Apenburg-Winterfeld Arendsee Beetzendorf Dähre Diesdorf Gardelegen Jübar Kalbe Klötze Kuhfelde Rohrberg Salzwedel Wallstawe
Kalbe is located in Germany
Kalbe
Kalbe
Kalbe is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Kalbe
Kalbe
Coordinates: 52°38′00″N 11°24′00″E / 52.6333°N 11.4000°E / 52.6333; 11.4000
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
Government
 •  Mayor (2016–23) Karsten Ruth [1]
Area
 • Total272.51 km2 (105.22 sq mi)
Elevation
29 m (95 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total7,407
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes
39624, 39638
Dialling codes039080, 039009, 039030, 039081, 039085
Vehicle registrationSAW
Website stadt-kalbe-milde.de

Kalbe (German pronunciation: [ˈkalbə] ) is a town in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km north of Gardelegen, on the river Milde. To avoid confusion with Calbe, it is also called Kalbe an der Milde.

Kalbe an der Milde was the location of the World War II German Naval VLF Goliath transmitter complex.

Kalbe is home to D. Dornblüth & Sohn, a small luxury watch maker.

Geography

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

References

  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
  3. ^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Kalbe (Milde), § 12, 4 June 2015.