AnnaburgPrettin was a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft administrative community in the Wittenberg district district of Wittenberg , in Saxony Anhalt , Germany . It was situated on the right bank of the Elbe , southeast of Wittenberg . The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft was in Annaburg. It was disbanded in January 2011. The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of AnnaburgPrettin consisted of the following municipalities population in 2005 in brackets Annaburg 3,762 Axien 592 Bethau 190 Gro Naundorf 779 Labrun 130 Lebien 375 Plossig 279 Prettin 2,114 mter Saxony Anhalt Wittenberg geo stub coord 51 44 N 13 03 E display title region DE ST type city 7969 source dewiki Category Former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Saxony Anhalt de Verwaltungsgemeinschaft AnnaburgPrettin mk nl Verwaltungsgemeinschaft AnnaburgPrettin ... more details
. Until 1572, Annaburg was called Lochau and was, until it was abolished for good in 1821, the seat of the Amt subnational entity Amt of Annaburg. In 1550, Lochau was home to 40 men who owned land, among ... somewhere just outside Lochau. The first Saxon court pharmacy is also to be found in Annaburg. The Elector ... in Annaburg. After losing town rights in the 17th century, they were granted Annaburg once again in 1939. gallery File Annaburg Vorderschloss.jpg Castle File Annaburg Hinterschloss.jpg File Annaburg Grundschule.jpg Primary school File Annaburg Sekundarschule.jpg Secondary school gallery Personalities ... geo stub roa rup Annaburg de Annaburg eo Annaburg fa fr Annaburg it Annaburg mk nl Annaburg pl Annaburg pt Annaburg ro Annaburg ru sl Annaburg sr vi Annaburg vo Annaburg war Annaburg ... more details
herself running the Amt subnational entity mter of Annaburg, Schweinitz with Prettin and Lichtenburg ...Infobox German location Art Ortsteil Town Annaburg image photo Wappen Wappen prettin.png lat deg 51 lat min 40 lon deg 12 lon min 55 Bundesland Sachsen Anhalt Landkreis Wittenberg H he 77 Fl che 28.79 Einwohner 1889 Stand 2009 12 31 PLZ 06922 Vorwahl 035386 Kfz WB Prettin is a town and a former municipality in Wittenberg district Wittenberg district in Saxony Anhalt . Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg . It was part of the former Amt subnational entity administrative community Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of AnnaburgPrettin . Geography and transportation The town lies about 30 km southeast of Wittenberg and about 12 km northnorthwest of Torgau in the lowland on the Elbe s east bank, west of the Annaburg Heath. This is, however, to a great extent a Bundeswehr troop drilling ground, and is therefore off limits. West of the community runs the Federal Highway Bundesstra e B 182, and to the north is the B 187. In the south, the community borders on Saxony . Prettin is linked with the Saxon community of Dommitzsch by a ferry on the Elbe. History Lying at an old river crossing in the Elbe valley, the first settlers in the Prettin area were Slavic peoples Slavs , and the area itself belonged to the Slavic domain of Nisizi. After the German Burgward castle district , which first crops up in one of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Otto I s documents as Pretimi ... troops. Three years after Hedwig s death, however, Prettin was sacked by the Swedes. Later, Elector ... s seat upon the former s death in 1717. Back in the 16th century, there were not 800 inhabitants in Prettin ... s official website See also Lichtenburg concentration camp Category Towns in Saxony Anhalt de Prettin eo Prettin it Prettin mk nl Prettin pl Prettin pt Prettin ro Prettin ru sr vi Prettin vo Prettin war Prettin ... more details
Infobox German location Art Ortsteil Town Annaburg image photo Wappen kein lat deg 51 lat min 40 lat sec 15 lon deg 12 lon min 57 lon sec 55 Bundesland Sachsen Anhalt Landkreis Wittenberg H he 77 Fl che 5.01 Einwohner 133 Stand 2009 12 31 PLZ 06922 Vorwahl 035386 Kfz WB Labrun is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district Wittenberg district in Saxony Anhalt , Germany . Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg . The municipality belonged to the Amt subnational entity administrative municipality Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of AnnaburgPrettin from 1 January 2005 until 2011. Before, it had belonged to the administrative community of Heideck Prettin. Geography and transport The community lies about 45 km southeast of Wittenberg and about 20 km north of Torgau in the lowlands on the east bank of the Elbe west of the Annaburg Heath, among Prettin, Bethau, Gro treben, Pl ssig and Gro Nauendorf. This is, however, to a great extent a Bundeswehr troop drilling ground, and is therefore off limits. West of the community runs the Federal Highway Bundesstra e B 182, and to the north is the B 187. In the south, the community borders on Saxony . History Labrun is believed to have been founded in 1159 by Flemish people Flemish migrants. They were settled in the area by the Archbishop of Magdeburg Wichmann von Seeburg and Albert I of Brandenburg Albert the Bear . References Reflist External links http www.elbe elster tour.de Elbe Elster Tourism Association Category Villages in Saxony Anhalt Wittenberg geo stub de Labrun eo Labrun it Labrun mk nl Labrun pt Labrun ro Labrun ru sr vi Labrun vo Labrun war Labrun ... more details
Infobox German location Art Ortsteil Town Annaburg image photo Wappen kein lat deg 51 lat min 42 lat sec lon deg 12 lon min 57 lon sec Bundesland Sachsen Anhalt Landkreis Wittenberg H he 74 Fl che 11.12 Einwohner 251 Stand 2009 12 31 PLZ 06922 Vorwahl 035386 Kfz WB Plossig is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district Wittenberg district in Saxony Anhalt , Germany . Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg . The municipality belonged to the Amt subnational entity administrative community Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of AnnaburgPrettin . Geography Plossig lies about 12 km south of Jessen Elster Jessen on the edge of the D bener Heide Nature Park. Economy and Transportation Federal Highway Bundesstra e B 187 between Jessen and Wittenberg lies 12 km away. References Reflist External links http www.annaburg.de Verwaltungsgemeinschaft s website Category Villages in Saxony Anhalt Wittenberg geo stub de Plossig eo Plossig it Plossig mk nl Plossig pt Plossig ro Plossig ru sr vi Plossig vo Plossig war Plossig ... more details
For places in Poland, see ebie , L bork County and ebie , S upsk County . Infobox German location Art Ortsteil Town Annaburg image photo Wappen kein lat deg 51 lat min 43 lat sec lon deg 12 lon min 56 lon sec Bundesland Sachsen Anhalt Landkreis Wittenberg H he 73 Fl che 12.74 Einwohner 337 Stand 2009 12 31 PLZ 06922 Vorwahl 035386 Kfz WB Lebien is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district Wittenberg district in Saxony Anhalt , Germany . Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg . The municipality belonged to the Amt subnational entity administrative municipality Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Annaburg Prettin . Geography Lebien lies about 8 km south of Jessen Elster Jessen . Economy and transportation Federal Highway Bundesstra e B 187 between Wittenberg and Jessen is about 9 km away. History Until 1815, the community belonged to the Amt subnational entity Amt of Annaburg. In 1550 there were 15 men who owned land, among them twelve H fnerner I ll English that as soon as I find out what it means. who were directly responsible to the Amt. In the village itself were three free yards, which in 1550 belonged to Hans von Wesenagk, Nicol von Hondorf and Michael am Ende The village bordered on the Annaburg Heath and the villages of Gerbisbach Zwiesigko , Sch neicho , K hnitzsch , Hohndorf and Plossig . Lebien was once a branch of Axien and only later got its own church. References Reflist External links http www.annaburg.de Administrative community s website Category Villages in Saxony Anhalt Wittenberg geo stub de Lebien eo Lebien it Lebien mk nl Lebien pt Lebien ro Lebien ru sr vi Lebien vo Lebien war Lebien ... more details
Infobox German location Art Ortsteil Town Annaburg image photo Wappen kein lat deg 51 lat min 40 lon deg 13 lon min 00 Bundesland Sachsen Anhalt Landkreis Wittenberg H he 77 Fl che 5.67 Einwohner 183 Stand 2009 12 31 PLZ 06925 Vorwahl 035386 Kfz WB Bethau is a village and a former municipality in the Wittenberg district Wittenberg district in Saxony Anhalt , Germany . Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg . It lies right on the boundary with Saxony about 35 km southeast of the district seat at Wittenberg and 12 km north of Torgau . Bethau was part of the Amt subnational entity administrative municipality Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of AnnaburgPrettin . Geography and transport Bethau lies in the lowlands on the east bank of the Elbe west of the Annaburg Heath. This is, however, to a great extent a Bundeswehr troop drilling ground, and is therefore off limits. West of the municipality runs the Federal Highway Bundesstra e B 182, and to the north is the B 187. In the south, the municipality borders on Saxony . History Bethau is believed to have been founded in 1159 by Flemish people Flemish migrants. They were settled in the area by Wichmann von Seeburg , Archbishop of Magdeburg , and Albert I of Brandenburg Albert the Bear . References Reflist Category Villages in Saxony Anhalt Wittenberg geo stub de Bethau eo Bethau it Bethau mk nl Bethau pt Bethau ro Bethau ru sr vi Bethau vo Bethau war Bethau ... more details
Infobox German location Art Ortsteil Town Annaburg image photo Wappen kein lat deg 51 lat min 42 lat sec lon deg 13 lon min 0 lon sec Bundesland Sachsen Anhalt Landkreis Wittenberg H he 77 Fl che 17.68 Einwohner 726 Stand 2009 12 31 PLZ 06925 Vorwahl 035385 Kfz WB Gro Naundorf or Gross Naundorf is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district Wittenberg district in Saxony Anhalt , Germany . Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg . The municipality belonged to the Amt subnational entity administrative municipality Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of AnnaburgPrettin . Geography Gro Naundorf lies about 11 kilometres south of Jessen Elster Jessen . Politics The municipal council is made up of nine councillors. Social Democratic Party of Germany SPD 2 seats Sport citizens coalition 2 seats Heimatverein citizens coalition 1 seat Independent 4 seats as of municipal election held on 5 September 2004 Economy and transportation Federal Highway Bundesstra e B 187 running from Wittenberg to Jessen is about 12 km away. References Reflist External links http www.annaburg.de Administrative municipality website Category Villages in Saxony Anhalt DEFAULTSORT Grossnaundorf Wittenberg geo stub de Gro Naundorf eo Gro Naundorf it Gro Naundorf mk nl Gro Naundorf pt Gro Naundorf ro Gro Naundorf ru sr vi Gro Naundorf vo Gro Naundorf war Gro Naundorf ... more details
Several places share the name Annaberg Annaberg , a former district of Saxony Annaberg, Lower Austria Annaberg Lung tz , Salzburg, Austria, also known as Annaberg im Lammertal Annaberg Buchholz , Saxony, Germany, capital of the district Erzgebirgskreis Annaberg Historic District , sugar plantation ruins on St. John, Virgin Islands. German name for Cha upki Racib rz County Cha upki and for G ra wi tej Anny , villages in Poland, site of the battle of Annaberg in 1921 See also Annaburg Annabergite geodis de Annaberg et Annaberg it Annaberg nl Annaberg pl Annaberg ru ... more details
DATE OF BIRTH 29 July 1918 PLACE OF BIRTH Annaburg , Germany DATE OF DEATH 10 December 1994 ... 1994 deaths Category People from Annaburg Category German military personnel of World War II Category ... more details
Infobox German location Art Ortsteil Town Annaburg image photo Kirche Axien 1.jpg Wappen lat deg 51 lat min 42 lon deg 12 lon min 52 Bundesland Sachsen Anhalt Landkreis Wittenberg H he 73 Fl che 22.57 Einwohner 565 Stand 2006 12 31 PLZ 06922 Vorwahl 035386 Kfz WB Axien is a village and a former municipality in the Wittenberg district Wittenberg district in Saxony Anhalt , Germany . Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg . Geography and transport The community lies about 35 km southeast of Wittenberg and about 20 km north of Torgau in the lowlands on the east bank of the Elbe on an old, now dry, arm of that river. West of the community runs Federal Highway Bundesstra e B 182, and to the north is the B 187. It lies on the Mid Germany Church Road . In the south, the community borders on Saxony . History The village of Axien is first documented in the 10th century. The village, however, must have been older, a castle by the name of Wazgrini in Axien having been mentioned in 865. It was used as a fortified bridgehead at a ford crossing ford on the Elbe. Subdivisions Axien K hnitzsch since 10 January 1938 Gehmen Sightseeing Well known is the brick church with ceiling paintings from the 12th century. Atonement Cross in K hnitzsch Image Kirche Axien 2.jpg thumb left References Reflist Category Villages in Saxony Anhalt Wittenberg geo stub de Axien eo Axien it Axien mk nl Axien pt Axien ro Axien ru sr vi Axien vo Axien war Axien ... more details
Main List of Nazi German concentration camps The List of subcamps of Sachsenhausen identifies forced labor facilities of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp . Bad Saarow Beerfelde in Steinh fel Berlin Biesenthal B rnicke in Nauen Brandenburg Br x D beritz in Dallgow D beritz Dr gen Niendorf MAUTHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP Ebensee Falkenhagen in Falkensee F rstenwalde Fasterweide Genshagen in Ludwigsfelde Glau in Trebbin Gross Rosen concentration camp Gro Rosen Hohenlychen in Lychen Karlsruhe in Plattenburg Kleinmachnow K nigs Wusterhausen Kolpin K strin Lieberose L bben BUCHENWALD, THEN ITS OWN CAMP Mittelbau M ggelheim in Berlin Neubrandenburg Neudamm Neuengamme concentration camp Neuengamme Oranienburg P litz Prettin Rathenow Riga Sch nwalde Senftenberg Storkow Stuttgart Tettenborn Treuenbrietzen AUSCHWITZ III MONOWITZ Trzebinia Peenem nde Peenem nde V 2 Production Plant Usedom Werder Wewelsburg Wittenberg br Construction labor teams that detained Poles Baubrigade 1 Baubrigade 8 Baubrigade 9 Baubrigade 10 Baubrigade 12 Baubrigade I Baubrigade II Baubrigade V Baubrigade XIII Nazi stub DEFAULTSORT Sachsenhausen Category Sachsenhausen concentration camp Category Nazi SS INCLUDES Category Sachsenhausen concentration camp ABOVE Category Nazi concentration camps Category 20th century in Germany de Liste der Au enlager des KZ Sachsenhausen simple List of subcamps of Sachsenhausen ... more details
Spelling UK file Camillo Marcolini by JH Schmidt.JPG thumb 300px Camillo Count Marcolini Ferretti April 2, 1739 in Fano July 10, 1814 in Prague was a minister and general director of the fine arts for the Electorate of Saxony Electorate , later Kingdom of Saxony . The prince elector Frederick Christian met Camillo s father in Rome and they agreed that in 1752 Camillo would be sent as donze to the Saxon court. In Saxony, Camillo gained the prince electors and future Frederick Augustus I of Saxony s trust. In 1767 Camillo became Lord Chamberlain, 1778 Lord Controller, 1799 Lord equerry, 1772 Privy Councillor and 1809 minister of the royal cabinet. He followed after the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 the King to his exile. Notable achievements File Camillo Marcolini.jpg thumb 100px left Camillo Count Marcolini Ferretti Camillo also became general director of the fine arts in 1780 later the director of the art academy, as well as director of the Meissen porcelain manufacture. Camillo founded the zoological garden and horse breeding in Annaburg in 1792. Personal life On May 4, 1778 Marcolini married Baroness Anna O Kelly . He died in 1814 in his exile in Prague Ensigna Camillo s ensigna from 1775 and 1814 was the crossed swords with a star. File Camillo Count Marcolini Ensigna.JPG thumb The Ensigna of Camillo Count Marcolini. External links http www.dresden und sachsen.de dresden friedrichstadt palaisbruehlmarcolini.htm Palais Bruehl Marcolini http www.marcolinihaus.de seiten marcolini.html Marcolinihaus http www.khdf.de khdf geschichte index.html Adelspalais wird zum Stadtkrankenhaus Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Marcolini, Camillo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1739 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1814 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Marcolini, Camillo Category 1739 births Category 1814 deaths Category People from the Electorate of Saxony Category People from the Kingdom of Saxony Category Counts de Camillo Marcolini fr Camillo Marcolini ... more details
died on 26 November 1641 at Schloss Lichtenburg in Prettin . Ancestry ahnentafel top width 100 center ... of Denmark DATE OF DEATH 26 November 1641 PLACE OF DEATH Schloss Lichtenburg, Prettin , Electorate ... more details
Infobox District DE name Wittenberg image coa Wappen Landkreis Wittenberg.svg state Saxony Anhalt former regierungsbezirk Dessau region Dessau capital Wittenberg area 1,929.89 Kreisschl ssel 15091 population 144972 population as of 2006 density 75 carsign WB url http www.landkreis wittenberg.de landkreis wittenberg.de map Landkreis Wittenberg in S A.svg Wittenberg is a district Kreis in the east of Saxony Anhalt , Germany . Neighboring districts are from west clockwise Anhalt Bitterfeld , the district free city of Dessau Ro lau , the districts of Potsdam Mittelmark , Teltow Fl ming and Elbe Elster in Brandenburg , and the district of Nordsachsen in the Free State of Saxony . History In 1994 the district was merged with the district of Jessen and a small part of the district of Gr fenhainichen. In 2007, 27 municipalities from the former district Anhalt Zerbst were added to the district of Wittenberg. Geography The main rivers in the district are the Elbe and its tributary, the Schwarze Elster . Partnerships Coat of arms The coat of arms show two swords which is the symbol of a field marshal in the Holy Roman Empire . This title was bestowed upon the counts of Saxony, who therefore added the symbol to their coat of arms. The center of the principality of Saxony was located in the area now covered by the district. Towns and municipalities The district of Wittenberg consists of the following towns Annaburg Bad Schmiedeberg Coswig, Anhalt Coswig Gr fenhainichen Jessen Elster Kemberg Oranienbaum W rlitz Wittenberg Zahna Elster After the resolution of 6 October 2005, as part of municipal reform, the then 27 towns and municipalities of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Coswig Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Coswig and W rlitzer Winkel , formerly in the Anhalt Zerbst district, were assigned to Wittenberg district on 1 July 2007. External links commonscat inline Landkreis Wittenberg http www.landkreis wittenberg.de Official website de icon References References Germany district ... more details
Castle Lichtenburg . She died in Prettin . Ancestry ahnentafel top width 100 center ahnentafel compact5 ... OF BIRTH 1 September 1647 PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg DATE OF DEATH 1 July 1717 PLACE OF DEATH Prettin ... more details
Lichtenburg was a Nazi concentration camp , housed in a Renaissance castle in Prettin , near Wittenberg in eastern Germany . Along with Sachsenburg concentration camp Sachsenburg , it was among the first to be built by the Nazis, and was operated by the Schutzstaffel SS from 1933 to 1939. ref name Pyramid http news.yahoo.com s ap 20061223 ap on re eu holocaust papers pyramid of persecution Holocaust Papers Pyramid of Persecution ref It held as many as 2000 male prisoners from 1933 to 1937 and from 1937 to 1939 held female prisoners. ref name ASF http www.asf ev.de en work camps current program sola2006 lichtenburgprettin germany Lichtenburgprettin Germany ref It was closed in May 1939, when the Ravensbr ck concentration camp for women was opened. An account of the way the camp was run may be read in Lina Haag s book A Handful of Dust or How Long the Night . Haag was perhaps the best known survivor of Lichtenburg, having obtained release before it was shut down. Details about the operation of Lichtenburg, held by the International Tracing Service , only became available to researchers in late 2006. ref name Pyramid The castle today houses a regional museum and exhibit about Lichtenburg s use during the Nazi period. ref name ASF Personnel ref Stefan H rdler, Sigrid Jacobeit Hrsg. Dokumentations und Gedenkort KZ Lichtenburg , Berlin 2009, p. 125ff. ref Camp commandant May 1934 July 1934 SS Brigadef hrer Theodor Eicke July 1934 March 1935 SS Obersturmbannf hrer Bernhard Schmidt SS Bernhard Schmidt March 1935 March 1936 SS Standartenf hrer Otto Reich SS Otto Reich April 1936 October 1936 SS Standartenf hrer Hermann Baranowski November 1936 July 1937 SS Standartenf hrer Hans Helwig July 1937 December 1937 Commisar Alexander Piorkowski Protective custody chief July 1934 February 1935 Edgar Entsberger February 1935 April 1935 Karl Otto Koch April 1935 October 1936 Heinrich Remmert November 1936 August 1937 Egon Zill Director of women s camp December 1937 May 1939 G nther Tamaschke ... more details
Below is the list of subcamps of Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald complex of Nazi concentration camps . Abteroda Allendorf bei Kirchhain Altenburg Th ringen Annaburg Bad Arolsen Aschersleben Aschersleben Duben Aumale Bad Berka Bad Godesberg Bad Salzungen Baubrigade 5 Baubrigade 7 Baubrigade I Baubrigade III Baubrigade IV Baubrigade V Baubrigade VI Baubrigade V West Bensberg bei K ln Berga, Thuringia ref http www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org jsource Holocaust bergatoc1.html Berga Elster. Concentration camp used for Slave labor of US Jewish POWS 1945. Note 3 books of this subcamp Bard, Mitchell G. Forgotten Victiums The Abandonment of Americans in Hitler s Death Camps Westview Press 1994 Gohen, Roger. Soldiers and Slaves Alfred A Knopf 2005 Whitlock, Flint. Given Up For Dead Westview Press 2005 ref Berlin Berlstedt Disambiguation needed Bernau date June 2011 Bernburg Billroda Birkhahn Bischofferode Disambiguation needed Blankenburg date June 2011 Blankenhain Bochum B hlen Braunschweig Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald Buttelstedt Clus Colditz Crawinkel Dernau Dessau Dornburg Dortmund Duderstadt D sseldorf Duisburg Ebensee Eisenach Ellrich Elsnig Elbe Eschershausen Essen Floeszberg Hasag Freiheit Osterode Bad Gandersheim Gandersheim Gelsenkirchen Gie en G ttingen Goslar Guenzerode Halberstadt Zwieberge Hadmersleben Halberstadt Halle concentration camp Halle Hardehausen Harzungen Herzberg Elster Hessisch Lichtenau Hinzert concentration camp Hinzert Holzen Jena Kassel Kiel Neum hlen Koblenz Cologne K ln Niehl Kranichfeld Bad Langensalza Disambiguation needed Langenstein date June 2011 Lauenburg Elbe Disambiguation needed Leimbach date June 2011 Leipzig Leopoldshall Lindenthal concentration camp Lindenthal Lippstadt Lohausen L tzkendorf Disambiguation needed Mackenrode date June 2011 Magdeburg Markkleeberg code name Junkers AG Merseburg Meuselwitz M hlhausen Neuengamme concentration camp Neuengamme Disambiguation needed Neustadt date June 2011 Neustadt Coburg N ... more details
File Albrecht III Sachsen Wittenberg.jpg thumb Seal of Duke Albert III of Saxe Wittenberg Duke Albert III of Saxe Wittenberg lang de Albrecht b around 1375 1380 in Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wittenberg d before 12 November 1422 in Wittenberg was the last Wittenberg Ascanian and prince elector of the Holy Roman Empire German Nation . Life When Prince Elector Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe Wittenberg Rudolf III was poisoned in 1419 and died, his younger brother Albert III, first mentioned in 1407 , also known as Albert the Poor , took over the running of Saxe Wittenberg . Albert III discovered on taking the rule of a land exhausted by many wars and an empty state purse. As a result he could scarcely afford any servants and led a very lonely life. In order to generate some income he controversially imposed the right to charge stall taxes on markets in the town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wittenberg in 1421. He got into such conflict with the townsfolk that it almost led to an armed clash, because this right had belonged to the town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wittenberg for generations. Finally Prince Elector Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg Frederick of Brandenburg , was called in to referee the dispute. He decided that the behaviour of the townsfolk to their lord was inappropriate, but supported their market taxation rights on condition that an apology was made to the lord. In the third year of his reign the prince elector died as a result of an accidental fire in a farmhouse on the Annaburg Heath Lochau Heath , where he was overnighting with his wife during a hunt. The fire came so close to them that he and his wife, dressed only in nightshirts had to be rescued through a window. Several of his servants died in the flames. The prince elector was so shocked by this incident that he died a few days later in Wittenberg. He was buried in the Franciscan chapel there. With his death, Ascanian rule in Saxe Wittenberg came to an end. Family He was the son of Duke Wenceslas I, Duke of ... more details
Infobox military structure name Stalag IV D native name partof location Torgau , Saxony image caption map type Germany 1937 latitude 51.5603 longitude 12.9898 map size map alt Germany, 1937 map caption Germany, 1937 type Prisoner of war camp coordinates code built builder materials height used 1941 1945 demolished condition ownership open to public controlledby flag Nazi Germany garrison commanders occupants Mainly French and British POWs image2 caption2 Stalag IV D was a German World War II prisoner of war camp located in the town of Torgau , Saxony , about Convert 50 km abbr on north east of Leipzig . Camp history The camp comprised two buildings located in the town. The main camp was located on Naundorfer Strasse, about Convert 275 m yd sigfig 2 south west of the railway station. Originally a small print factory it was requisitioned for use as a PoW camp in May 1941. For most of the war the camp held only around 800 POW, ref name gcjonlineMain cite web url http www.gcjonline.co.uk Stalag 20IV D.htm MC title Guide to Stalag IV D, Torgau first Graham last Johnson work gcjonline.co.uk year 2010 accessdate 6 December 2011 ref as most were assigned to Arbeitslager Arbeitskommando Work Camps in factories, mines, railway yards and farms, up to Convert 160 km sigfig 1 away. ref cite web url http www.gcjonline.co.uk AK 20list.htm title List of IV D Arbeitskommando first Graham last Johnson work gcjonline.co.uk year 2010 accessdate 6 December 2011 ref There was also an administration building on the corner of Wolfersdorff and Puschkin Strassen, formerly a school for Army NCOs, with a small compound of wooden huts that housed around 20 POW assigned to clerical duties. ref name gcjonlineMain A sub camp, Stalag IV D Z , was opened in May 1942, located in Annaburg about Convert 20 km abbr on north of Torgau . ref cite web url http www.wartimememories.co.uk pow stalag4dz.html title Stalag 4D Z work The Wartime Memories Project year 2011 accessdate 6 December 2011 ref From March ... more details
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