Schildau
Sign in to saveSchildau () is a small town in the district Nordsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 12 km southwest of Torgau and 40 km east of Leipzig. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the town Belgern-Schildau.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadtteil
- German location.Town
- Belgern-Schildau
- German location.image_photo
- Schildau Rathaus0.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Schildau City Hall
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen schildau.PNG
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Nordsachsen
- German location.elevation
- 127
- German location.area
- 74.60
- German location.population
- 3522
- German location.Stand
- 2011-12-31
- German location.postal_code
- 04889
- German location.area_code
- 034221
- German location.licence
- TDO
- German location.website
- www.stadt-schildau.de
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Schildau () is a small town in the district Nordsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 12 km southwest of Torgau and 40 km east of Leipzig. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the town Belgern-Schildau.
==History== From 1815 to 1944, Schildau was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony, from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg, from 1945 to 1952 of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Leipzig of East Germany and since 1990 of Saxony.
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