Gnadau

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Gnadau
Coat of arms Location
Gnadau has no coat of arms
Gnadau (Germany)
Gnadau
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Salzlandkreis
Municipal assoc. Elbe-Saale
Mayor Hartwig Neetz
Basic statistics
Area 3.63 km² (1.4 sq mi)
Elevation 49 m  (161 ft)
Population 535  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 147 /km² (382 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SLK
Postal code 39249
Area code 03928
Website www.stadt-barby.de

Coordinates: 51°58′00″N 11°47′00″E / 51.966667, 11.783333

Gnadau is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded as a settlement of the Moravian Church (Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine) in the 18th Century and is seat of a number of diaconal institutions. The name means "Meadow of Grace".