Haldensleben

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Haldensleben
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Haldensleben
Haldensleben (Germany)
Haldensleben
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Börde
Mayor Norbert Eichler
Basic statistics
Area 137.69 km² (53.2 sq mi)
Elevation 54 m  (177 ft)
Population 19,618  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 142 /km² (369 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BK
Postal code 39340
Area code 03904
Website www.stadt-haldensleben.de
Location of the town of Haldensleben within Börde district
Map

Coordinates: 52°17′00″N 11°25′00″E / 52.283333, 11.416667

Haldensleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Ohre river, approx. 30 km northwest from Magdeburg. It is connected by railway to Magdeburg, Oebisfelde and Eilsleben. It is the capital of the district Börde. It has a Protestant and a Catholic church. An old equestrian statue of Roland symbolized the rights of a medieval settlement to be accepted as a "town". It is the only statue of Roland sitting on a horse in the world. Before 1938, when it merged with Althaldensleben, the town was called Neuhaldensleben.