Bethau

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Bethau
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Wittenberg
Municipal assoc.	Annaburg-Prettin
Mayor	Silke Noack
Basic statistics
Area	5.67 km² (2.2 sq mi)
Elevation	77 m  (253 ft)
Population	182  (31/12/2006)
- Density	32 /km² (83 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WB
Postal code	06925
Area code	035386
Website	www.vgm-annaburg-prettin.de Coordinates: 51°40′00″N 13°00′00″E / 51.666667, 13

Bethau is a municipality in the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies right on the boundary with Saxony about 35 km southeast of the district seat at Wittenberg and 12 km north of Torgau. Bethau is part of the administrative municipality (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Annaburg-Prettin.

[edit] Geography and transport

Bethau lies in the lowlands on the east bank of the Elbe west of the Annaburg Heath. This is, however, to a great extent a Bundeswehr troop drilling ground, and is therefore off limits. West of the municipality runs the Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 182, and to the north is the B 187. In the south, the municipality borders on Saxony.

[edit] History

Bethau is believed to have been founded in 1159 by Flemish migrants. They were settled in the area by Wichmann von Seeburg, Archbishop of Magdeburg, and Albert the Bear.

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