
Würchwitz
Sign in to saveWürchwitz is a village and former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Zeitz. It is the only place in the world that produces Milbenkäse (mite cheese), a German speciality cheese which dates back to the Middle Ages.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadtteil
- German location.Town
- Zeitz
- German location.state
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- German location.district
- Burgenlandkreis
- German location.elevation
- 195
- German location.area
- 14.17
- German location.population
- 642
- German location.Stand
- 2006-12-31
- German location.postal_code
- 06712
- German location.area_code
- 034426
- German location.licence
- BLK
- German location.website
- www.zeitz.de
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Ortsteil
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Zeitz
- Area
- 14.17
- Elevation
- 197
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.zeitz.de
- Dialing code
- 034426
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- Commons category
- Würchwitz
- postal code
- 06712
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Encyclopedic overview
Würchwitz is a village and former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Zeitz. It is the only place in the world that produces Milbenkäse (mite cheese), a German speciality cheese which dates back to the Middle Ages.
thumb|center|The cheese mite memorial at Würchwitz.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Würchwitz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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