Gnadau is a village and a former municipality in the district
Salzlandkreis
Salzland is a district in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Harz, Börde, Magdeburg, Jerichower Land, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz and Saalekreis.
History
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, 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 th ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the town
Barby. It was founded as a settlement of the
Moravian Church
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(Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine) in the 1767 and is seat of a number of diaconal institutions. The name means "Meadow of Grace".
References
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt
Barby, Germany
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