Kropstädt is a village and a former municipality in

Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; 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 River Elbe, north o ...

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 th ...

, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town

Geography

Kropstädt lies about 12 km northeast of

Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; 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 River Elbe, north of ...

in the Fläming and is part of the Fläming Nature Park, which was opened in 2005.

Economy and transportation

Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 2 from

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runs right through the community.

Sights

*Castle Kropstädt with garden, built around 1850 on the place of the former water castle Liesnitz, which was built in 1150.

Personalities

* Hans-Eckardt Wenzel, born 31 July 1955 is a German singer-songwriter, musician and lyricist. Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Wittenberg {{Wittenberg-geo-stub