Döschwitz is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

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. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Kretzschau.Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2010

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It is situated at Federal Road B 180 between Zeitz and

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. The road is there part of the

Romanic Road The Romanesque Road (german: Straße der Romanik) is a scenic route in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt in central-east Germany. It is part of the Transromanica network, a major European Cultural Route since 2006. Route The route takes the ...

(German: Straße der Romanik), the most important scenic and cultural holiday road in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The municipality consists of four villages: * Döschwitz * Gladitz * Hollsteitz * Kirchsteitz Döschwitz is regionally well known for its sports club "Grün-Weiß Döschwitz". The club has five

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teams: two for women, two for men and one for seniors. Further two teams play

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References

External links

Website of Hollsteitz
(German)
Website of Gladitz
(German)
Website of Grün-Weiß Döschwitz
(German) Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Burgenlandkreis {{Burgenlandkreis-geo-stub