Elbe-Parey

Elbe-Parey
Elbe-Parey
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Jerichower Land
Local subdivisions 7
Mayor Jutta Mannewitz
Basic statistics
Area 108.64 km2 (41.95 sq mi)
Elevation 32 m  (105 ft)
Population 7,176 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 66 /km2 (171 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate JL
Postal codes 39307 39317
Area code 039349
Website www.elbe-parey.de

Elbe-Parey (formerly Elbe-Parey) is a municipality in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Elbe-Havel Canal, approx. 40 km northeast of Magdeburg.

It was the birthplace (1853) of Elisabeth von Ardenne, on whose life the novel "Effi Briest" is considered to be based.

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.