Meuselwitz

Meuselwitz
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Meuselwitz within Altenburger Land district
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Coordinates: 51°3′N 12°18′E / 51.050°N 12.300°E / 51.050; 12.300
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Altenburger Land
Government
• Mayor (2021–27)	Ronny Dathe[1]
Area
• Total	56.99 km2 (22.00 sq mi)
Elevation	170 m (560 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,117
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04610
Dialling codes	03448
Vehicle registration	ABG
Website	www.meuselwitz.de

Meuselwitz (German: [ˈmɔɪ̯zlˌ̩vɪt͡s] ^ⓘ) 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.

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.^[3] Wintersdorf has been part of the town Meuselwitz since December 1, 2007.

• Wolfgang Hilbig (1941-2007), German author and poet

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