Zeithain
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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 km2 (31.46 sq mi) | |
Population (2014-12-31)[1] | ||
• Total | 5,819 | |
• Density | 71/km2 (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
- ↑ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2014] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). 7 September 2015.
- ↑ Holger Schuckelt: The Turkish Chamber: Oriental Splendour in the Dresden Armoury, Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-422-06914-5, p. 112
- ↑ Memorial and History of Zeithain camp
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