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Axien is a municipality in the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Annaburg-Prettin in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
[edit] Geography and transport
The community lies about 35 km southeast of Wittenberg and about 20 km north of Torgau in the lowlands on the east bank of the Elbe on an old, now dry, arm of that river. West of the community runs Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 182, and to the north is the B 187. It lies on the "Mid-Germany Church Road". In the south, the community borders on Saxony.
[edit] History
The village of Axien is first documented in the 10th century. The village, however, must have been older, a castle by the name of Wazgrini in Axien having been mentioned in 865. It was used as a fortified bridgehead at a ford on the Elbe.
[edit] Subdivisions
- Axien
- Kähnitzsch (since 10 January 1938)
- Gehmen
[edit] Sightseeing
- Well known is the brick church with ceiling paintings from the 12th century.
- Atonement Cross in Kähnitzsch
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