Labrun

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Labrun
Coat of arms Location
Labrun has no coat of arms
Labrun (Germany)
Labrun
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Wittenberg
Municipal assoc. Annaburg-Prettin
Mayor Bärbel John
Basic statistics
Area 5.01 km² (1.9 sq mi)
Elevation 77 m  (253 ft)
Population 130  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 26 /km² (67 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WB
Postal code 06922
Area code 035386
Website www.vgm-annaburg-prettin.de

Coordinates: 51°40′15″N 12°57′55″E / 51.67083, 12.96528

Labrun is a municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The municipality has belonged to the administrative municipality (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Annaburg-Prettin since 1 January 2005. Formerly, it had belonged to the administrative community of Heideck-Prettin.

[edit] Geography and transport

The community lies about 45 km southeast of Wittenberg and about 20 km north of Torgau in the lowlands on the east bank of the Elbe west of the Annaburg Heath, among Prettin, Bethau, Großtreben, Plössig and Groß Nauendorf. This is, however, to a great extent a Bundeswehr troop drilling ground, and is therefore off limits. West of the community runs the Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 182, and to the north is the B 187. In the south, the community borders on Saxony.

[edit] History

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

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