Schönebeck

Town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Schönebeck within Salzlandkreis district

(2020–27) Bert Knoblauch^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total85.77 km² (33.12 sq mi)Elevation

51 m (167 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total30,389 • Density350/km² (920/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

39218

Dialling codes03928Vehicle registrationSLK, ASL, BBG, SBK, SFTWebsitewww.schoenebeck.de

Schönebeck (German: [ˈʃøːnəbɛk] ^ⓘ), officially Schönebeck (Elbe), is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 14 kilometres (9 miles) southeast of Magdeburg.

For much of the twentieth century it was noted for its large salt mine.

The manor house of Schönebeck was owned by Count Heinrich von Blumenthal, Mayor of Magdeburg, until 1810.

The firm of Sellier & Bellot opened a munitions factory there in the 1829.

Geography

The town Schönebeck consists of Schönebeck proper and three Ortschaften or municipal divisions, that were independent municipalities until January 2009, when they were absorbed into Schönebeck:^[3]^[4]

Plötzky
Pretzien
Ranies

Twin towns – sister cities

Schönebeck is twinned with:^[5]

Garbsen, Germany
Söke, Turkey
Trakai, Lithuania

Schönebeck also have friendly relations with Farmers Branch, Texas, United States.^[5]

Notable people

Christoph Grabinski (born 1990), footballer
Katharina Heise (1891–1964), sculptor, painter and printmaker
Willi Krakau (1911–1995), racing driver
Erik Neutsch (1931–2013), writer

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.
^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Schönebeck (Elbe), February 2021.
^ Gebietsänderungen am 01.01.2009, Statistisches Bundesamt
^ ^a ^b "Städtepartnerschaften". schoenebeck.de (in German). Schönebeck (Elbe). Retrieved 2021-03-19.