Barby, Germany

Barby
Town hall
Barby
Location of the town of Barby within Salzlandkreis district
Coordinates	51°58′N 11°52′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Salzlandkreis
Mayor	Jens Strube
Basic statistics
Area	152.61 km2 (58.92 sq mi)
Elevation	51 m  (167 ft)
Population	9,293 (31 December 2010)
- Density	61 /km2 (158 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SLK
Postal code	39249
Area code	039298
Website	www.stadt-barby.de

Barby is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe river, 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.

Coat of arms of the Counts of Barby

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 Barby Ferry, a cable ferry across the Elbe, links Barby with Zerbst-Walternienburg.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities

Barby is twinned with:

• Schöppenstedt, Germany
• Aukštadvaris, Lithuania
• Pruchnik, Poland

Notable people

• Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773–1843), philosopher