Schochwitz

Schochwitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the municipality Salzatal.

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German location.type: Ortsteil
German location.Municipality: Salzatal
German location.image_photo: Schloss Schochwitz.JPG
German location.image_caption: Schochwitz castle
German location.state: Sachsen-Anhalt
German location.district: Saalekreis
German location.elevation: 123
German location.area: 15.81
German location.population: 1251
German location.Stand: 2006-12-31
German location.postal_code: 06179
German location.area_code: 034609

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Schochwitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the municipality Salzatal.

The historical Schochwitz castle, the most important landmark in the village, where Crusaders left to fight and witches were burned in the Middle Ages, is now a meditation and spiritual center attracting visitors from all over the world, and is owned by Countess Ingrid Zerfowski and her husband Lord Jimmy Welsh.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schochwitz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.