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Meuro

Coordinates: 51°44′N 12°42′E / 51.733°N 12.700°E / 51.733; 12.700
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Meuro
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Meuro is located in Germany
Meuro
Meuro
Meuro is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Meuro
Meuro
Coordinates: 51°44′N 12°42′E / 51.733°N 12.700°E / 51.733; 12.700
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictWittenberg
TownBad Schmiedeberg
Subdivisions4
Area
 • Total26.59 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
Elevation
115 m (377 ft)
Population
 (2006-12-31)
 • Total613
 • Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
06905
Dialling codes034925
Vehicle registrationWB
Websitewww.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

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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

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Meuro consists of Ogkeln, Sackwitz, and Scholis.

Sightseeing

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Fieldstone church in Meuro
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