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. 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:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Barby , May 2019.
Barby Breitenhagen Glinde Gnadau Groß Rosenburg Lödderitz Pömmelte Sachsendorf Tornitz Wespen Zuchau
History In 1295, Adolf King of the Romans granted a privilege to Albert, lord of Barby, to collect the imperial tax levied upon the Jews living in Barby at the time.
Twin towns Barby is twinned with: Schöppenstedt, Germany Aukštadvaris, Lithuania Pruchnik, Poland
Notable people
Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1843), theologian and philosopher Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773–1843), philosopher Max Sering (1857–1939), economist Gottfried Wehling (1862–1913), architect (1892–1970), jurist and politician (FDP) Albrecht Schöne (1925–2025), Germanist
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