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Abtsdorf is a village and a former municipality in the Wittenberg district of
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. Since 1 January 2009, it has been part of the town of
Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ...
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Transport

On the community's southern edge lies the
Zörnigall Zörnigall is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Zahna-Elster. It belonged to the administrative municipality (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Elbaue ...
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
on the ''Anhalter Bahn'' line, served every other hour by the ''Regionalexpress'' between
Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ...
and
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run by
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. Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 2 from Wittenberg to
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runs about 4 km northwest of the community, and the B 187 from
Roßlau Rosslau (in German orthography: Roßlau) was until 30 June 2007 a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, belonging to the district Anhalt-Zerbst. After a fusion with the town of Dessau it became eponym of the newly founded town of Dessau-Roßlau and a qua ...
to Wittenberg and Jessen about 4 km to the south. The nearest
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interchanges are at
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and Coswig on A 9, both about 25 km away.


Sources


Wittenberg municipal website: AbtsdorfLandkreis Wittenberg Amtsblatt 2008Dorfverein AbtsdorfAbsdorf
In: August Schumann: ''Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen''. vol. 1, p. 4. Zwickau 1814 Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Wittenberg {{Wittenberg-geo-stub