Meuro

Meuro
Stadtteil of Bad Schmiedeberg
Meuro
Coordinates: 51°44′N 12°42′E / 51.733°N 12.700°E / 51.733; 12.700Coordinates: 51°44′N 12°42′E / 51.733°N 12.700°E / 51.733; 12.700
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Wittenberg
Town Bad Schmiedeberg
Area
  Total 26.59 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
Population (2006-12-31)
  Total 613
  Density 23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 06905
Dialling codes 034925
Vehicle registration WB
Website www.bad-schmiedeberg.de

Meuro is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Bad Schmiedeberg.

Geography and transport

Meuro lies about 20 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg and about 5 km northwest of Bad Schmiedeberg on the northern edge of the Düben Heath, putting the community's more southerly areas in the Düben Heath Nature Park. West of the community runs the Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 2, which joins Berlin and Wittenberg, and to the north runs the B 187. The community is also crossed by a stream called the Flieth.

Subdivisions

Meuro consists of Ogkeln, Sackwitz, and Scholis.

Sightseeing


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