Meuro

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Coordinates: 51°44′N 12°42′E

Meuro
Coat of arms of Meuro Location of Meuro in Germany

Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Wittenberg
Population 653 (31/12/2003)
Area 26.59 km²
Population density 24 /km²
Elevation 115 m
Coordinates 51°44′ N 12°42′ E
Postal code 06905
Area code 034925
Licence plate code WB
Mayor Joachim Kliebe

Meuro is a community in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The community belongs to the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Kurregion Elbe-Heideland, whose seat is in the town of Bad Schmiedeberg.

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[edit] Geography and transport

Meuro lies about 20 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg and about 10 km northwest of Bad Schmiedeberg on the northern edge of the Dübener Heide (heath), putting the community's more southerly areas in the Dübener Heide Nature Park. West of the community runs Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 2, which joins Berlin and Wittenberg, and to the north runs the B 187. The community is also crossed by a stream called the Flieth.

[edit] Constituent communities

Meuro has three of these: Ogkeln, Sackwitz and Scholis.

[edit] Sightseeing

  • Dübener Heide

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