birth) in German, but it could also come from the Latin adjective "calvus", which describes a bleak landscape. Calbe is famous for Bismarck's tower, which is located at the Wartenberg, and the long tradition for growing onions, which are regionally called "Bollen". Personality Sons and daughters of the town Anna Margareta von Haugwitz (1622–1673) Carl Miller (1860–1930), local politician in Magdeburg Constantin von Dietze (1891–1973), agricultural scientist and theologian Hermann Bley (1936–2011), football player Christina Berger (born 1946), professor of materials science at the Darmstadt University of Technology Steffen Kammler (born 1965), Norwegian conductor Personalities associated with Calbe Till Eulenspiegel, trickster figure Wilhelm Loewe (1814–1886), politician, President of the Rump Parliament Marie Nathusius, (1817–1857), narrator Christian Scriver, (1629–1693), theologian References Salzlandkreis