Plossig is a village and a former municipality in

Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the River Elbe, north of ...

district in

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

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. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town

Annaburg Annaburg () is a small town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was the seat of the former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Annaburg-Prettin. Constituent communities The town Annaburg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or mu ...

. The municipality belonged to the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of

Annaburg-Prettin Annaburg-Prettin was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("administrative community") in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated on the right bank of the Elbe, southeast of Wittenberg. The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinsch ...

Geography

Plossig lies about 12 km south of Jessen on the edge of the Düben Heath Nature Park.

Economy and Transportation

Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 187 between Jessen and

lies 12 km away.

References

External links

''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft's'' website
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Annaburg {{Wittenberg-geo-stub