Bergwitz is a village and a former municipality in

Wittenberg Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. It is situated on the River Elbe, north of Leipzig and south-west of the reunified German ...

district in

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

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. Since 1 July 2005 it is part of the town

Kemberg Kemberg () is a town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The town lies on the north edge of the Düben Heath Nature Park. Subdivisions The town Kemberg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal districts:

. Bergwitz is known regionally for the Bergwitzsee (Bergwitz lake) as a tourist recreation area.

Geography

Bergwitz is located on the edge of the

Düben Heath The Düben Heath () is a landscape in Germany in eastern Saxony-Anhalt and northern Saxony, between the rivers Elbe and the Mulde, on the northern edge of the Leipzig Bay. It is bounded in the west by the town of Dessau, in the north by the Elb ...

, about 15 kilometers from

Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is situated on the River Elbe, north of Leipzig and south-west of the reunified German federal c ...

and 60 kilometers from

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and

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East Berlin, East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chem ...

History

The area was already settled in the Bronze Age about 3000 years ago. On 1 July 2005, the municipality of Bergwitz with its subdivision of Klitzschena, was amalgamated with Kemberg.

Main sights

Bergwitz is well known for its lake. File:BergwitzKircheSW.jpg, Church in Bergwitz File:Bergwitzsee, Bergwitz, Sachsen-Anhalt.jpg, Bergwitz lake with Bergwitz in the background File:Bergwitz, Bergwitzsee - Sonnenuntergang im September 2019.jpg, Bergwitz lake File:Bergwitz Bockwindmuehle.jpg, Bergwitz post mill File:BergwitzKircheKD.jpg, Bergwitz war memorial File:Waldhaus am Bergwitzsee WelterbeRegion Anhalt-Dessau-Wittenberg, Uwe Weigel, 2020.jpg, Waldhaus (Forest House)

Transport

Bergwitz lies on Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 100 from Lutherstadt Wittenberg via

Bitterfeld Bitterfeld () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2007 it has been part of the town of Bitterfeld-Wolfen. It is situated approximately 25 km south of Dessau, and 30 km northeast of Hall ...

and on ''Landesstraße'' L129 from

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to Kemberg. Klitzschena lies on district road K2041 from Bergwitz to Seegrehna.

Bundesautobahn 9 is an autobahn in Germany, connecting Berlin and Munich via Leipzig and Nuremberg. It is the fifth longest autobahn spanning . Route The northern terminus of the A 9 is at the Potsdam interchange, where it merges into the A 10, ...

(

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) can be reached by the ''Dessau Ost'' or ''Vockerode'' interchange 22 km away. Bergwitz

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

lies on the

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line between Wittenberg and Leipzig/ Halle. It is part of

Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund The Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV) is a List of German transport associations, transport association in the Germany, German Leipzig-Halle (Saale) area. The company is based in Halle (Saale), but its head office is in Leipzig. The MDV is a ...

. From 1903 to 1951, there was a

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

connection between Bergwitz and Kemberg. The former station has been demolished.

References

External links

Town of KembergBergwitz lakeVerwaltungsgemeinschaft's website
{{Authority control Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Kemberg