Belgern-Schildau

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Town in Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Belgern-Schildau within Nordsachsen district

(2021–28) Ingolf Gläser^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total158.3 km² (61.1 sq mi)Elevation

127 m (417 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total7,577 • Density48/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

04874, 04889

Dialling codes034221, 034224Vehicle registrationTDO, DZ, EB, OZ, TG, TOWebsitewww.belgernschildau.de

Belgern-Schildau is a town in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2013 by the merger of the former towns Belgern and Schildau. It is located on the left bank of the Elbe, south of Torgau and east of Leipzig.

Personalities

Friedrich Anton von Heynitz (1725-1802), reformer of the Prussian mining system
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831), Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and army reformer
Friedrich Wilhelm Hauffe (1845-1915), politician (German Conservative Party), Member of Reichstag, Member of Landtag (Kingdom of Saxony)
Adalbert Oehler (1860-1934), mayor of Düsseldorf (1911-1919)

References

^ Wahlergebnisse 2021, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 3 February 2022.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.