Meuselwitz

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Meuselwitz
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Meuselwitz (Germany)
Meuselwitz
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Thuringia
District Altenburger Land
Mayor Barbara Golder (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 56.99 km² (22 sq mi)
Elevation 170 m  (558 ft)
Population 12,283  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 216 /km² (558 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate ABG
Postal code 04610
Area code 03448
Website www.meuselwitz.de
Location of the town of Meuselwitz within Altenburger Land district
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Coordinates: 51°3′0″N 12°18′0″E / 51.05, 12.3

Meuselwitz is a town in the Altenburger Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Altenburg and 11 km east of Zeitz.

[edit] History

During World War II, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp operated here. It provided slave labour for HASAG, the third largest consumer of forced labour during the war. All satellies of Buchenwald were HASAG factories. The Meuselwitz plant used 1,666 prisoners, of which 1,376 were women. The SS charged less for women and they had a higher mortality rate.[1] Since 1 December 2007, Wintersdorf is part of the town Meuselwitz.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Edward Victor.Alphabetical List of Camps, Subcamps and Other Camps.www.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/List %20 of %20 camps.htm
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