Kropstädt

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Coordinates: 51°58′00″N 12°43′59″E / 51.966667, 12.73306

Kropstädt
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Kropstädt (Germany)
Kropstädt
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Wittenberg
Municipal assoc. Elbaue-Fläming
Mayor Peter Ackermann
Basic statistics
Area 32.13 km² (12.4 sq mi)
Elevation 107 m  (351 ft)
Population 1,315  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 41 /km² (106 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WB
Postal code 06895
Area code 034920

Kropstädt is a municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The municipality belongs to the administrative municipality (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Elbaue-Fläming, whose seat is in the town of Zahna.

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[edit] Geography

Kropstädt lies about 12 km northeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg in the Fläming and is part of the Fläming Nature Park, which was opend in 2005.

[edit] Economy and transportation

Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 2 from Wittenberg to Berlin runs right through the community.

[edit] Sights

  • Castle Kropstädt with garden, built around 1850 on the place of the former water castle Liesnitz, which was built in 1150.

[edit] Personalities

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