Zeithain

Zeithain
Coat of arms
Zeithain
Location of Zeithain within Meißen district
Coordinates: 51°20′N 13°21′E / 51.333°N 13.350°E / 51.333; 13.350Coordinates: 51°20′N 13°21′E / 51.333°N 13.350°E / 51.333; 13.350
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Meißen
Government
• Mayor	Hannes Berger
Area
• Total	81.49 km2 (31.46 sq mi)
Elevation	98 m (322 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	5,839
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	01619
Dialling codes	03525
Vehicle registration	MEI
Website	www.zeithain.de

Zeithain is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in Saxony, Germany.

Historically, it is known for the Zeithain Encampment (Zeithainer Zeltlager or Zeithainer Lustlager), which was a huge agglomeration of tents and troops, involving the whole 27,000-men-strong army of August the Strong. This event took place from 1 to 26 June 1730.^[2]

During World War II a large prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag IV-B/H, was located in Zeithain. A memorial and museum commemorate it.^[3]

Municipality subdivisions

Zeithain includes the following subdivisions:

• Cottewitz
• Gohlis
• Jacobsthal
• Kreinitz
• Lorenzkirch
• Moritz
• Neudorf
• Promnitz
• Röderau-Bobersen
• Zschepa

Mayor

In June 2012 Ralf Hänsel was elected mayor.

Gallery

• 
  Zeithain Encampment in 1730
• 
  Memorial Ehrenhain, Zeithain
• 
  Memorial stone April 1945 in Lorenzkirch
• 
  Ruin of the Holländermmühle in Lorenzkirch, Zeithain

Twin towns

• Teningen, Germany

References