Korgau

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Coordinates: 51°40′N, 12°45′E

Korgau
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Wittenberg
Population	354 (31/12/2003)
Area	11.66 km²
Population density	33 /km²
Elevation	115 m
Coordinates	51°40′ N 12°45′ E
Postal code	06905
Area code	034925
Licence plate code	WB
Mayor	Bernd Langbein
Website	Gemeinde Korgau

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

Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 Sightseeing 4 External link

[edit] Location

Korgau lies 2 km south of Bad Schmiedeberg on the eastern edge of the Dübener Heide (heath). It can be reached by road from Bad Schmiedeberg and Moschwig.

[edit] History

Korgau is formed out of two communities named Großkorgau and Kleinkorgau (groß = great; klein = little in German), which under a decree issued on 20 July 1950, when the region was part of East Germany, were combined to form the single community of Korgau. The first time that either place was mentioned was supposedly about 1400.

Through Korgau ran the old postal road from Düben to Pretzsch, which unfortunately also brought marauding troops during the Thirty Years' War who wrought much destruction.

Großkorgau belonged until 1815 to the Amt (subnational entity) of Pretzsch in the Kingdom of Saxony, whereupon it passed to Wittenberg district in the administrative region of Merseburg in the Prussian province of Saxony.

[edit] Sightseeing

• Post mill from 1824

[edit] External link

• Community's official homepage