Schleesen 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,

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. Since 1 January 2010, 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:

Geography

Schleesen lies about 15 km southwest of

Lutherstadt 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 ...

on the edge of the ''Flusslandschaft Mittlere Elbe''

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Subdivisions

Schleesen has two of these: Naderkau and Bräunigk.

History

Schleesen had its first documentary mention on 12 December 1200 under the name ''Selezne'' in a document from the monastery at Wörlitz. The

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Ch ...

was built about 1250.

Regular events

The ''Rosenfest'' is held yearly on the third weekend in July.

Economy and transportation

Schleesen lies on the L 132 state road from

Oranienbaum-Wörlitz Oranienbaum-Wörlitz is a town in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2011 by the merger of the former towns Oranienbaum and Wörlitz and the former municipalities Brandhorst, Gohrau, Griesen, Ho ...

Radis Radis is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kemberg. Geography Radis lies about 20 km southwest of Lutherstadt Wittenberg on the edge of the D ...

and on district road (''

Kreisstraße A Kreisstraße (literally: "district road" or "county road") is a class of road in Germany. It carries traffic between the towns and villages within a '' Kreis'' or district or between two neighbouring districts. In importance, the ''Kreisstraße ...

'') K2040 from

Selbitz Selbitz is a town in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 12 km west of Hof. Sport The town's association football club SpVgg Selbitz greatest success came in 2012 when it qualified for the new northern division of the ...

to Schleesen. Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 107 between

Gräfenhainichen is a town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Geography The town was the seat of the offices of the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Tor zur Dübener Heide until it was disbanded in January 2011. It lies ...

and Coswig is about 6 km away, and the B 100 between Gräfenhainichen and

is about 5 km away. The

Autobahn The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...

interchange with

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, ...

, ''Dessau-Ost'', is about 12 km away. The nearest

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

is found at

on the line between Wittenberg and

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 Halle ( ...

Personalities

Richard Bartmuß Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

(born 23 December 1859; died 1910), was a German composer.

External links

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