Zuchau

51.85388888888911.85527777777868Koordinaten: 51 ° 51 ' 14 " N, 11 ° 51' 19" E

Location of Zuchau in Barby

Zuchau is a district of the town Barby in Salzlandkreis in Saxony- Anhalt.

Geography

Zuchau located in a flat area south of the confluence of the Saale, the Elbe. Dessau is located 30 km to the east, calbe (Saale ) about 12 km north-west of Zuchau. The meadows east of Zuchau part of the Biosphere Reserve Middle Elbe.

For the former municipality Zuchau belonged to the district COLNO.

History

Zuchau already 978 first appears in a deed Otto I..

The Roman quarry stone church "St. Lawrence "with a tympanum in the single-stage south portal dates from the 12th century. The rural character of the village was largely retained even after the creation of a modern infrastructure. Worth seeing is the scale as so-called horse-pond village well.

On January 1, 2010, the formerly independent communities Zuchau, Breitenhagen, Glindemann, United Roseburg, Lödderitz, Pömmelte, Saxony village, Tornitz and wasps as well as the town Barby (Elbe ) merged to form the new town of Barby. At the same time the management of Community Elbe- Saale, was among the Zuchau was dissolved.

Transport links

From Zuchau from roads lead to Bernburg (Saale ), Köthen ( Anhalt) and after calbe (Saale ) and Aken (Elbe ). The nearby train station in the neighboring village of Saxony village lies on the main route Magdeburg- Halle ( Saale).