Tornau, Wittenberg

Tornau
Ortsteil of Gräfenhainichen
Tornau
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Saxony-Anhalt
District Wittenberg
Town Gräfenhainichen
Basic statistics
Area 25.81 km2 (9.97 sq mi)
Elevation 118 m  (387 ft)
Population 559  (31 December 2009)
 - Density 22 /km2 (56 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WB
Postal code 06774
Area code 034243
Website www.tornau-heidedorf.de

Tornau is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Gräfenhainichen. It was part of the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Tor zur Dübener Heide.

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Geography

Location

Tornau lies about 5 km north of Bad Düben in the Dübener Heide Nature Park.

Neighbouring municipalities

Politics

The municipal council is made up of nine councillors.

(as of municipal election on 5 September 2004)

Economy and transportation

Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 2 between Leipzig and Wittenberg runs straight through the municipality, while State Highway (Landesstraße) 130, which connects to the B 2 and the B 183/107, crosses the municipal area.

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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