Pretzsch, Wittenberg

Pretzsch
Pretzsch
Stadtteil of Bad Schmiedeberg
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pretzsch
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	Coordinates: 51°43′N 12°48′E / 51.717°N 12.800°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Wittenberg
Town	Bad Schmiedeberg
Area
• Total	20.92 km2 (8.08 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population (2006-12-31)
• Total	1,603
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	06909
Dialling codes	034926
Vehicle registration	WB
Website	www.pretzsch-elbe.de

Pretzsch (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a small town and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Bad Schmiedeberg.

Geography

Pretzsch lies in the middle of the Elbauen (natural polders along the Elbe), on the river's west bank which is on the northwest edge of the Düben Heath Nature Park. It is about 20 km southeast of Wittenberg and is the intersection of Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 182 between Torgau and Wittenberg, and state road (Landesstraße) L 128 between Bad Schmiedeberg and Jessen.

History

Pretzsch was first mentioned in 981 in one of

German Reunification

.

The SS

Nazi death camp

system, were first assembled at a police academy in Pretzsch in the spring of 1941.

Subdivisions

Pretzsch includes the village of Merschwitz.

Sightseeing

Renaissance stately home from the 16th century
Wieck'sches Haus from 1725
Late Gothic church with Baroque additions by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
Heimatmuseum (half-timbered house) from the 18th century
Pretzsch Bahnhof, the heritage railway station which starred in the 2009 film
Astapovo, Russia where Leo Tolstoy died.^[1]