Kalbe is a town in the

Altmarkkreis Salzwedel Altmarkkreis Salzwedel is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Gifhorn, Uelzen, Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony, and the districts of Stendal and Börde (district). History The ...

(district), in

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...

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. It is situated approximately 15 km north of

Gardelegen Gardelegen (; nds, Garlä) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Milde, 20 m. W. from Stendal, on the main line of railway Berlin-Hanover. History Gardelegen has a Roman Catholic and three Evangelical chur ...

, on the river Milde. To avoid confusion with

Calbe Calbe (official name: ''Calbe (Saale)'') is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography It is situated on the river Saale, approx. north of Bernburg, and southeast of Magdeburg. It is known as Calbe an der ...

, it is also called ''Kalbe an der Milde''. Kalbe an der Milde was the location of the World War II German Naval

VLF Very low frequency or VLF is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3–30 kHz, corresponding to wavelengths from 100 to 10 km, respectively. The band is also known as the myriameter band or myriameter wave a ...

Goliath transmitter Goliath transmitter was a very low frequency (VLF) transmitter for communicating with submarines, built by Nazi Germany's '' Kriegsmarine'' navy near Kalbe an der Milde in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which was in service from 1943 to 1945. It was capa ...

complex. Kalbe is home to D. Dornblüth & Sohn, a small luxury watch maker.

Geography

The town Kalbe consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Kalbe (Milde)
§ 12, 4 June 2015. * Altmersleben * Badel *

Brunau Brunau is a village and a former municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous co ...

* Engersen * Güssefeld * Jeetze * Jeggeleben * Kahrstedt * Kakerbeck *Kalbe (Milde) * Neuendorf am Damm * Packebusch * Vienau * Wernstedt * Winkelstedt * Zethlingen

References

Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Altmarkkreis Salzwedel {{AltmarkkreisSalzwedel-geo-stub