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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.

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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