Schkopau
Sign in to saveSchkopau () is a municipality in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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- German location.image_photo
- Schlosshotel Schkopau (3309103015).jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Schkopau Castle
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Schkopau bis 2004.png
- German location.image_plan
- Schkopau in SK.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Saalekreis
- German location.elevation
- 98
- German location.area
- 99.74
- German location.postal_code
- 06258
- German location.area_code
- 03461
- German location.licence
- SK
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 15 0 88 330
- German location.website
- www.gemeinde-schkopau.de
- German location.mayor
- Torsten Ringling
- German location.leader_term
- 2018–25
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Schkopau () is a municipality in the Saalekreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
==Geography== It is situated at the confluence of the Saale River with its White Elster and Luppe tributaries, approx. north of Merseburg, and south of Halle. thumb|left|Streetcar in Schkopau Schkopau station is a stop on the Thuringian Railway line from Halle to Eisenach. Another connection is provided by an interurban tramway line from Halle to Bad Dürrenberg. Beside the resident chemical industry, the municipality is the site of the Schkopau Power Station, a brown coal power plant run by the E.ON electric utility.