Micheln

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Micheln
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Micheln
Micheln (Germany)
Micheln
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Municipal assoc. Osternienburg
Mayor Erhard Deistler
Basic statistics
Area 16.58 km² (6.4 sq mi)
Elevation 69 m  (226 ft)
Population 770  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 46 /km² (120 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate ABI
Postal code 06386
Area code 034973
Website vg-osternienburg.de

Coordinates: 51°48′00″N 11°58′00″E / 51.8, 11.966667

Micheln is a municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

On June 23rd, 2004, the village was severely damaged by a F3 tornado having wind speeds until 300km/h. 70% of the village's buildings were nearly destroyed. Although the tornado belonged to the strongest for 30 years, fortunately nobody was killed.