Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony-Anhalt
- District
- Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
- Mayor 2023 30
- Andreas Pietsch
- Total
- 272.51 km (105.22 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 29 m (95 ft)
- Density
- 25.60/km (66.30/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 39624, 39638
- Dialling codes
- 039080, 039009, 039030, 039081, 039085
- Vehicle registration
- SAW
- Website
- stadt-kalbe-milde .de
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalbe (Milde)” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.