Meisdorf

Meisdorf
Ortsteil of Falkenstein/Harz
The dovecote (Taubenturm) in Meisdorfer Hof
Coat of arms
Meisdorf
Coordinates: 51°42′37″N 11°17′39″E / 51.71028°N 11.29417°ECoordinates: 51°42′37″N 11°17′39″E / 51.71028°N 11.29417°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Harz
Town	Falkenstein/Harz
Population (2007-01-01)
• Total	1,100
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	06463
Dialling codes	034743

Meisdorf is a village in the town of Falkenstein/Harz in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Location

Meisdorf lies at the eastern foot of the Harz Mountains in the east of the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park at around 200 m above sea level (NN). The River Selke flows through it and forms a picturesque valley (Selketal) in the Lower Harz and Mansfeld Land. Southwest of Meisdorf above the river lies the ruins of Anhalt Castle, the preserved medieval castle of Falkenstein and the sites of Old Falkenstein Castle and the Ackeburg.

Literature

• Sven Frotscher: Burg Falkenstein und Schloß Meisdorf. Ed. Leipzig, Leipzig, 1995, ISBN 3-361-00434-9
• Heimatverein Meisdorf (ed.): Chronik der Gemeinde Meisdorf. Meisdorf, 2005 (self-publication)

External links

• Meisdorf at falkenstein-harz.de
• Meisdorf at heimatverein-meisdorf.de