Walbeck, Börde

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Walbeck
Stadtteil of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
Ruins of the abbey church
Coat of arms
Location of Walbeck
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Coordinates: 52°17′N 11°4′E / 52.283°N 11.067°E / 52.283; 11.067
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Börde
Town	Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
Area
• Total	14.61 km2 (5.64 sq mi)
Elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• Total	688[1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	39356
Dialling codes	039061
Vehicle registration	BK

Walbeck 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.^[2]

Geography

Walbeck is situated in the west of the Magdeburg Börde on the Aller River at the northeastern rim of the Lappwald hill range. It is located about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of Weferlingen, near the border with Helmstedt in the state of Lower Saxony. A nearby crack of karstic (Muschelkalk) galleries is the site of a significant fossil deposit with numerous traces of Paleocene mammals (Arctocyonidae) and birds.

With effect from 1 January 2010, Walbeck and the neighbouring municipalities of Oebisfelde, Bösdorf, Eickendorf, Etingen, Kathendorf, Rätzlingen, Eschenrode, Döhren, Hödingen, Hörsingen, Schwanefeld, Seggerde, Siestedt, and Weferlingen merged to form the new town of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen.

Walbeck Abbey

Walbeck was first mentioned in 929, when the local

• Counts of Walbeck
• Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007), actor, died in Walbeck

References

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