Zeithain

Zeithain
Coat of arms
Zeithain
Location of Zeithain within Meißen district
Coordinates: 51°20′N 13°21′E / 51.333°N 13.350°ECoordinates: 51°20′N 13°21′E / 51.333°N 13.350°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Meißen
Government
• Mayor	Hannes Berger
Area
• Total	81.49 km^2 (31.46 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	5,819
• Density	71/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	01619
Dialling codes	03525
Vehicle registration	MEI
Website	www.zeithain.de

Zeithain is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany.

Historically, it is known for the Zeithain Encampment (Zeithainer Zeltlager or Zeithainer Lustlager), which was a huge agglomeration of tents and troops, involving the whole 27,000-men-strong army of August the Strong. This event took place from 1 to 26 June 1730.^[2]

During World War II a large prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag IV-B/H, was located in Zeithain. A memorial and museum commemorate it.^[3]

Municipality subdivisions

Zeithain includes the following subdivisions:

• Cottewitz
• Gohlis
• Jacobsthal
• Kreinitz
• Lorenzkirch
• Moritz
• Neudorf
• Promnitz
• Röderau-Bobersen
• Zschepa

Gallery

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  Zeithain Encampment in 1730

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  Memorial Ehrenhain, Zeithain

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  Memorial stone April 1945 in Lorenzkirch

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  Ruin of the Holländermmühle in Lorenzkirch, Zeithain

Twin towns

• Teningen, Germany

References

1. "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2014] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). 7 September 2015.
2. Holger Schuckelt: The Turkish Chamber: Oriental Splendour in the Dresden Armoury, Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-422-06914-5, p. 112
3. Memorial and History of Zeithain camp