Calvörde

Infobox German Location
image_photo = Calvoerde_Church.jpg
Wappen = Wappen Calvoerde.svg
lat_deg = 52 | lat_min = 23 | lat_sec = 44
lon_deg = 11 | lon_min = 17 | lon_sec = 48
Lageplan = Calvörde in BK.pngLageplanbeschreibung =
Bundesland = Saxony-Anhalt
Landkreis = Börde
Amt = Oebisfelde-Calvörde
Höhe = 52
Fläche = 36.24
Einwohner = 1780
Stand = 2006-06-30
pop_ref = [http://www.statistik.sachsen-anhalt.de/gk/statistik/gem/s/g.15362022.chart.html]
PLZ = 39359
PLZ-alt = 3242
Vorwahl = 039051
Kfz = BK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 15 3 62 022
Adresse-Verband = Lange Straße 12
39646 Oebisfelde
Website = [http://www.calvoerde.de/ www.calvoerde.de]
Bürgermeister = Klaus Zimmermann
Partei =

Calvörde (Audio|DE-Calvoerde.ogg|Calvörde IPA| [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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