Barby, Germany

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 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:


 * Barby
 * Breitenhagen
 * Glinde
 * Gnadau
 * Groß Rosenburg
 * Lödderitz
 * Pömmelte
 * Sachsendorf
 * Tornitz
 * Wespen
 * Zuchau

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 (politician) (1892-1970), jurist and politician (FDP)
 * Gottfried Wehling (1862–1913), architect