Bethau

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Bethau is a district of the city of Anna castle on the southeastern edge of the county Wittenberg ( Saxony- Anhalt, Germany ).

Geography and transport

Bethau is located about 40 km southeast of Wittenberg and about 20 km north of Torgau in the lowlands on the east bank of the Elbe River west of the Anna Burger Heath. However, this is largely a military training area of the Bundeswehr and therefore restricted. West of the town runs the B 182 and B 187 north to the south Bethau borders on Saxony.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 480 mm, which is extremely low, as it falls into the lower -twentieth of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 1% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is February, most rainfall occurs in August. In August, falling 2.2 times more precipitation than in February. Precipitation varies moderately. At 36% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

Bethau was probably founded in 1159 by Flemish immigrants, these were settled by Archbishop of Magdeburg Wichmann von Seeburg and Albrecht the Bear in this area. In the 12th century, the present-day territory belonged to the Earl of Landsberg. The settlement of the present village area was substantially completed at the beginning of the 13th century. The settlement was made by a locator that in " hooves " dismantled him a piece of land assigned by Magdeburg and distributed to the farmers now had moved. Place names were Betho 1528, 1555 Bethaw, 1598 Betaw and from 1672 Bethau.

On 1 January 2011 Bethau was incorporated into Anna Castle.