Kelbra

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Kelbra within Mansfeld-Südharz district

(2017–24) Lothar Bornkessel^[1]Area

• Total40.54 km² (15.65 sq mi)Elevation

157 m (515 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,220 • Density79/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

06537

Dialling codes034651Vehicle registrationMSH, SGHWebsitewww.kelbra.de

Kelbra (German: [ˈkɛlbʁa] ^ⓘ) 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 the 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 road climbing up to the Kyffhäuser starts here.

Nearby are the Barbarossa Cave and the Peasants' War Panorama in Bad Frankenhausen.

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

Berga-Kelbra station, which is on the Halle–Hann. Münden railway is located nearby in Berga.

Town twinning

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

People

Paul Carell (1911–1997), journalist

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse, Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt, accessed 8 July 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.