Meuro

Meuro
Stadtteil of Bad Schmiedeberg
Meuro
Coordinates	51°44′N 12°42′E / 51.73333°N 12.7°E / 51.73333; 12.7Coordinates: 51°44′N 12°42′E / 51.73333°N 12.7°E / 51.73333; 12.7
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Wittenberg
Town	Bad Schmiedeberg
Stadtteil subdivisions	4
Basic statistics
Area	26.59 km2 (10.27 sq mi)
Elevation	115 m  (377 ft)
Population	613  (31 December 2006)
- Density	23 /km2 (60 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WB
Postal code	06905
Area code	034925
Website	www.bad-schmiedeberg.de

Meuro is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Bad Schmiedeberg.

Geography and transport

Meuro lies about 20 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg and about 5 km northwest of Bad Schmiedeberg on the northern edge of the Dübener Heide (heath), putting the community's more southerly areas in the Dübener Heide Nature Park. West of the community runs the Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 2, which joins Berlin and Wittenberg, and to the north runs the B 187. The community is also crossed by a stream called the Flieth.

Subdivisions

Meuro consists of Ogkeln, Sackwitz, and Scholis.

Sightseeing

Fieldstone church in Meuro

• Meuroer Fieldstone church
• Dübener Heide

External links

• Dübener Heide Nature Park