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Also known as Rosslau

Rosslau (in German orthography: Roßlau) was until 30 June 2007 a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, belonging to the district Anhalt-Zerbst. After a fusion with the town of Dessau it became eponym of the newly founded town of Dessau-Roßlau and a quarter of it. Rosslau is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, here crossed by two railway bridges, 3 mi. by rail N. of Dessau and 35 mi. S.E. of Magdeburg. It has a ducal residence, an old castle, a handsome parish church, and manufactures of machinery, paper, sealing-wax, wire goods, sugar, bricks and chemicals. Rosslau became a town in 160

Key facts

German place.name
Rosslau, Roßlau
German place.type
Stadtteil
German place.Town
Dessau-Roßlau
German place.image_photo
Roßlau, Markt und Ev. Stadtkirche St. Marien.jpg
German place.image_caption
Market Square (Markt) and Town's church
German place.image_coa
Wappen Rosslau (Elbe).png
German place.state
Saxony-Anhalt
German place.district
urban
German place.population
12183
German place.population_as_of
2020-12-31
German place.area
61.80
German place.elevation
58
German place.postal_code
06862
German place.area_code
034901
German place.licence
AZE

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Roßlau
Country
Germany
Area
61.80
Elevation
71
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Elbe
Official website
www.rosslau.de
Image
Roßlau, Markt und Ev. Stadtkirche St. Marien.jpg
Dialing code
034901
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Commons category
Roßlau
replaced by
Dessau-Roßlau
postal code
06862
twinned administrative body
Somain
native label
Roßlau
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Town merger
  • History
  • Sights
  • Traffic
  • Sons and daughters
  • Twin towns
  • References
  • External links

Rosslau (in German orthography: Roßlau) was until 30 June 2007 a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, belonging to the district Anhalt-Zerbst. After a fusion with the town of Dessau it became eponym of the newly founded town of Dessau-Roßlau and a quarter of it. Rosslau is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, here crossed by two railway bridges, 3 mi. by rail N. of Dessau and 35 mi. S.E. of Magdeburg. It has a ducal residence, an old castle, a handsome parish church, and manufactures of machinery, paper, sealing-wax, wire goods, sugar, bricks and chemicals. Rosslau became a town in 1603.

==Town merger== On 1 July 2007 the town Rosslau (Elbe) was consolidated with the town Dessau. Together they are named Dessau-Roßlau. The mayor of the new town is Klemens Koschig, who was elected on 22 April 2007.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roßlau (Elbe)” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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