Schkopau

Schkopau () 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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Country: Germany
Located in: Saalekreis
Population: 10929
Area: 99.74
Elevation: 98
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Saale
Shares border with: Merseburg
Official website: www.gemeinde-schkopau.de
Image: Blick über Schkopau 2.jpg
Dialing code: 03461

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postal code: 06258
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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.

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