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12 unusual facts about Barby


Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

August also increased his incomes by taking over the administration of the County of Barby during the minority of Count August Ludwig.

Barby Ferry

The Barby Ferry, also known as the Ronney Barby Ferry, is a cable ferry across the Elbe river between Barby and Walternienburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Battle of Pokarwis

The army was split into two groups: one, led by the Count of Barby, to operate in Sambia and the other, under the leadership of the Count of Reyden, to operate in Natangia.

Berlin-Blankenheim railway

In 1998, Regionalbahn trains stopped running between Barby and Güsten and instead ran between Güsten and Magdeburg.

Christian Beyer

In 1533 he was invested as witness to the dispute regarding the Elector's financial credit given to Wolffen, Count of Barby, and the Castle and township of Barby and it's signed “Privileges of Werdau”.

Friedrich Schleiermacher

Born in Breslau in the Prussian Silesia as the son of a Reformed Church chaplain in the Prussian army, Schleiermacher started his formal education in a Moravian school at Niesky in Upper Lusatia, and at Barby near Magdeburg.

Georg Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby

before=Heinrich

George Henry Loskiel

According to the wish of his father he was educated at the Moravian college and theological seminary in Barby, Germany.

Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby

Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels, Count of Barby (b. Halle, 29 September 1657 - d. Barby, 16 February 1728), was a German prince of the House of Wettin and count of Barby.

Heinrich's rule over Barby nonetheless had significant economic and cultural importance for the city and the region.

Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt

In Barby on 3 March 1560 Joachim Ernest married Agnes (b. Barby, 23 June 1540 – d. Bernburg, 27 November 1569), daughter of Wolfgang I, Count of Barby-Mühlingen.

On Religion

He entered a Moravian seminary in Barby, Germany in 1785, only to lead to his eventual expulsion for engaging in heretical philosophic discourse.


Christian, Count of Waldeck

Christian was the son of Count Josias I of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1554-1588) and his wife Marie of Barby (1563-1619).

Ishay Berger

On January 27, 2011, Useless ID played their last show in support of The Lost Broken Bones at the Barby club in Tel Aviv, Israel, before taking off to record their new album at the Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Jost Andreas von Randow

He was the son of Caspar von Randow of Loburg († 1610) and of Elisabeth von Barby who hailed from the house of Kalitz († 1618).