Calvörde
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| Calvörde | |
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| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Börde |
| Municipal assoc. | Oebisfelde-Calvörde |
| Mayor | Klaus Zimmermann |
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| Area | 36.24 km² (14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 52 m (171 ft) |
| Population | 1,780 (30/06/2006)[1] |
| - Density | 49 /km² (127 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | BK |
| Postal code | 39359 |
| Area code | 039051 |
| Website | www.calvoerde.de |
| Location of Calvörde within Börde district | |
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Calvörde (Calvörde [kalˈføːʁdə]) is a municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km northwest from Haldensleben between the Ohre river and the Midland Canal. Calvörde is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") Oebisfelde-Calvörde. Before 1944 the Amt of Calvörde was part of the Duchy of Brunswick.
The first documentary mention goes back to the year 1196. At the place, where today still is a bridge, was a ford through the Ohre river. A trade route which came from southeast crossed the river here. It led from Leipzig across Magdeburg to Lüneburg and Hamburg. There also was a second road which came from Braunschweig. The emergence of the ford is attributed to a man named Kale. That's why the historic meaning of "Calvörde" is Kale's ford.
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