Oebisfelde () is a town and a former municipality in the
Börde district
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in
Saxony-Anhalt
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and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...
,
Germany
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. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town
Oebisfelde-Weferlingen.
It is accessed by
Bundesstraße (German federal highway) 188.
Geography
Oebisfelde is in the
Altmark/
Magdeburg Börde area. It borders on
Lower Saxony
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, across the
Aller river. East of Oebisfelde is the
Drömling Nature Park.
Subdivisions
* Bergfriede
* Breitenrode
* Buchhorst
* Gehrendorf
* Lockstedt
* Niendorf
* Wassensdorf
* Weddendorf
History
Between 1945 and 1990 the
Oebisfelde railway station served as an East German
inner German border crossing for
rail transport
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. In Oebisfelde's component village of Buchhorst there was an 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 (until 1949, thereafter the East
German Democratic Republic
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, or
West Berlin
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and the British zone of occupation) and
Federal Republic of Germany was subject to the
Interzonal traffic regulations, which, between West Germany and West Berlin, followed the special regulations of the
Transit Agreement (1972)
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.
Twinnings
*
Lidzbark Welski,
Poland
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Sites of interest
* The 10th century Oebisfelde water castle
* Naturpark
Drömling
Burg Oebisfelde.jpg, The water castle
Rathaus Oebisfelde.JPG, The townhall
St.Katharinenkirche Oebisfelde.jpg, The Lutheran Church
Oebisfelde Herz jesu 2008 hell.jpg, The Catholic Church
Oebisfelde Nicolaikirche.JPG, The former Lutheran Church
References
External links
* http://www.oebisfelde.info (in German)
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt
Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
Inner German border
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