Kelbra

Kelbra
Town hall
Kelbra
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Mansfeld-Südharz
Municipal assoc. Goldene Aue
Mayor Reinhard Teschke
Basic statistics
Area 40.54 km2 (15.65 sq mi)
Elevation 157 m  (515 ft)
Population 3,648 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 90 /km2 (233 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SGH
Postal code 06537
Area code 034651
Website www.kelbra.de

Kelbra is a town the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated north of the Kyffhäuser mountains, approx. 20 km west of Sangerhausen, and 20 km east of Nordhausen. Kelbra is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Goldene Aue.

Kelbra lies on the northern slopes of the Kyffhäuser mountains in der Goldene Aue. The B 85 federal road starts in the neighbouring village of Berga and runs through Kelbra over the Kyffhäuser to Passau.

Due to the proximity of the Kelbra Dam and the Kyffhäuser, the town is a type of tourist centre, but suffers from heavy day traffic, especially motorcycles, because the very attractive climb up to the Kyffhäuser starts here.

Nearby are the Barbarossa Cave and the Peasants' War Panorama in Bad Frankenhausen. Kelbra is a good base for excursions into the Harz.

The villages of Sittendorf, Tilleda (Kyffhäuser) and Thürungen belong to the borough of Kelbra.

Twinning

Kelbra is twinned with the English village of Frampton Cotterell and the German town of Bad Salzdetfurth

References

  1. ^ [http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf "Bevölkerung und Erwerbstätigkeit; Bevölkerung der Gemeinden; Natürliche Bevölkerungsbewegungen, Wanderungen"] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. July 2011. http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/download/stat_berichte/6A102_hj_2010_02.pdf.