Würflau

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Würflau
Unified community of Osternienburger Land
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 34 ″  N , 12 ° 3 ′ 13 ″  E
Incorporation : October 1, 1961
Incorporated into: Elsnigk
Postal code : 06386
Area code : 034973
Würflau (2011)

Würflau is a district of the municipality Osternienburger Land in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld in Saxony-Anhalt .

Geographical location

The village is about two kilometers southeast of Osternienburg and about one kilometer south of Elsnigk .

history

The first documentary mention of Würflau took place in 1370 in the loan book of the Magdeburg Cathedral Provost as Worpleve . The name may be of Slavic origin. Before 1602 Würflau was probably uninhabited for some time.

traffic

On the eastern edge of the village, a road leads south from Elsnigk in the north, which crosses federal highway 185 at Scheuder's inn .

The place has no rail connection.

Web links

Commons : Würflau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. Th. Stenzel, Geschichte der Ortschaften des Kreises Köthen, 1886, p. 33
  2. Die Kunstdenkmale des Landes Anhalt, Volume 2: Landkreis Dessau-Köthen, Burg 1943, p. 393