Meuro (Bad Schmiedeberg)
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Meuro
City of Bad Schmiedeberg
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 27 ″ N , 12 ° 41 ′ 37 ″ E
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| Height : | 115 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 26.59 km² |
| Residents : | 608 (Dec. 31, 2007) |
| Population density : | 23 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 2009 |
| Postal code : | 06905 |
| Area code : | 034925 |
 View from the north of the stone church in Meuro
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Meuro is a district of the city of Bad Schmiedeberg in the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt . Since July 1, 2009, Meuro has belonged to Bad Schmiedeberg with the districts Ogkel, Sackwitz and Scholis. The last mayor was Volker Barth.
geography
The place is about 20 kilometers southeast of Wittenberg and about 5 kilometers northwest of Bad Schmiedeberg on the northern edge of the Dübener Heide . The southern part of the village is in the Dübener Heide nature reserve . The river Flieth flows through the Meuro district .
history
On July 1, 1950, the previously independent municipality of Sackwitz was incorporated.
A central agricultural flight test base (AFES) was built in the former district of Ogkel from 1981 to 1983. Until German reunification, the base and the airfield served as an experimental basis for carrying out application-related investigations with agricultural aircraft. In addition, attempts to fight forest fires using helicopters were carried out on the site.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Meuro is located on the national road 129 between Kemberg and Bad Schmiedeberg . The B 2 runs west of the municipality and the B 182 to the east .
Attractions
- Meuroer Feldsteinkirche
- Field stone church Ogkel
additional
- In 1679 the evangelical theologian August Müller senior was born in Meuro.
- In 2001 the former district of Sackwitz u. a. Filming location for the ZDF four-part series “ Liebesau - The Other Home ”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 2nd to December 31st, 2009
- ^ Agricultural Aircraft Test Center / Interflug, Akad. D. Agricultural Sciences d. GDR; Release DATE: 1985
- ↑ Autumn meeting of the specialist committee to maintain tradition of the Brandenburg State Fire Brigade Association | 10/17/2015 | "Fire brigade in disaster control" | Page 43
