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Oebisfelde Stadtteil of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen Coordinates 52°26′N 10°59′E / 52.43333°N 10.98333°ECoordinates: 52°26′N 10°59′E / 52.43333°N 10.98333°E Administration Country Germany State Saxony-Anhalt District Börde Town Oebisfelde-Weferlingen Basic statistics Area 152.64 km2 (58.93 sq mi) Elevation 68 m (223 ft) Population 7,437 (30 October 2005) - Density 49 /km2 (126 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate BK Postal codes 39646, 39359 Area code 039002 Website www.oebisfelde.info Oebisfelde (German pronunciation: [øːbɪsˈfɛldə]) is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Oebisfelde-Weferlingen. It is accessed by Bundesstraße (German federal highway) 188.
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Geography
Oebisfelde is in the Altmark/Magdeburg Börde area. It is bordered by Lower Saxony at the Aller river. East of Oebisfelde is the Drömling Nature Park.
History
Between 1945 and 1990 the station of Oebisfelde served as East German inner German border crossing for rail transport. In Oebisfelde's component village of Buchhorst there was a East German border crossing for inland navigation on the Mittellandkanal, only open for freight vessels. The traffic between the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany (till 1949, thereafter the East German Democratic Republic, or West Berlin and the British zone of occupation (till 1949) and thereafter the West German Federal Republic of Germany was subject to the Interzonal traffic regulations, that between West Germany and West Berlin followed the special regulations of the Transit Agreement (1972).
Former Districts
- Bergfriede
- Breitenrode
- Buchhorst
- Gehrendorf
- Lockstedt
- Niendorf
- Wassensdorf
- Weddendorf
Twinnings
- Lidzbark, Poland
Sites of interest
- Castle
- Naturpark Drömling
Sports
- Association: SV Oebisfelde Sparte Handball
External links
- http://www.oebisfelde.info (in German)
Categories:- Villages in Saxony-Anhalt
- Inner German border
- Börde geography stubs
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