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Meuselwitz Coordinates 51°3′0″N 12°18′0″E / 51.05°N 12.3°ECoordinates: 51°3′0″N 12°18′0″E / 51.05°N 12.3°E Administration Country Germany State Thuringia District Altenburger Land Mayor Barbara Golder (CDU) Basic statistics Area 56.99 km2 (22.00 sq mi) Elevation 170 m (558 ft) Population 11,261 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 198 /km2 (512 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate ABG Postal code 04610 Area code 03448 Website www.meuselwitz.de Meuselwitz is a town in the Altenburger Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Altenburg and 11 km east of Zeitz.
History
During World War II, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp operated here. It provided slave labour for HASAG, the third largest consumer of forced labour during the war. All satellites of Buchenwald were HASAG factories. The Meuselwitz plant used 1,666 prisoners, of which, 1,376 were women. The SS charged less for women; they had a higher mortality rate.[2] Wintersdorf has been part of the town Meuselwitz since December 1, 2007.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.thueringen.de/datenbank/TabAnzeige.asp?tabelle=gg000102%7C%7C.
- ^ Edward Victor.Alphabetical List of Camps, Subcamps and Other Camps.www.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/List %20 of %20 camps.htm
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