Meuro

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Meuro
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Meuro (Germany)
Meuro
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Wittenberg
Municipal assoc. Kurregion Elbe-Heideland
Local subdivisions 4
Mayor Joachim Kliebe
Basic statistics
Area 26.59 km² (10.3 sq mi)
Elevation 115 m  (377 ft)
Population 613  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 23 /km² (60 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WB
Postal code 06905
Area code 034925
Website www.bad-schmiedeberg.de

Coordinates: 51°44′00″N 12°42′00″E / 51.733333, 12.7

Meuro is a municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The municipality belongs to the administrative municipality (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Kurregion Elbe-Heideland, whose seat is in the town of Bad Schmiedeberg.

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[edit] Geography and transport

Meuro lies about 20 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg and about 10 km northwest of Bad Schmiedeberg on the northern edge of the Dübener Heide (heath), putting the community's more southerly areas in the Dübener Heide Nature Park. West of the community runs Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 2, which joins Berlin and Wittenberg, and to the north runs the B 187. The community is also crossed by a stream called the Flieth.

[edit] Subdivisions

Meuro consists of Ogkeln, Sackwitz, and Scholis.

[edit] Sightseeing

  • Dübener Heide

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