Lebien is a village and a former municipality in

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 ...

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 2011, it is part of the town

Annaburg Annaburg () is a small town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was the seat of the former ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Annaburg-Prettin. Constituent communities The town Annaburg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or mun ...

. The municipality belonged to the administrative municipality (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of

Annaburg-Prettin Annaburg-Prettin was a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("administrative community") in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was situated on the right bank of the Elbe, southeast of Wittenberg. The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinsch ...

Geography

Lebien lies about 8 km south of Jessen.

Economy and transportation

Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') B 187 between

and Jessen is about 9 km away.

History

Until 1815, the community belonged to the ''

Amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...

'' of Annaburg. In 1550 there were 15 men who owned land, among them twelve ''Hüfnerner'' who were directly responsible to the Amt. In the village itself were three free yards, which in 1550 belonged to Hans von Wesenagk, Nicol von Hondorf and Michael am Ende The village bordered on the Annaburg Heath and the villages of Zwiesigko, Schöneicho, Kähnitzsch, Hohndorf and

Plossig Plossig is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg. The municipality belonged to the administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of Ann ...

. Lebien was once a branch of

Axien Axien is a village and a former municipality in the Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Annaburg. Geography and transport The community lies about 35 km southeast of Wittenberg and abou ...

and only later got its own church.

References

External links

Administrative community's website
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Annaburg {{Wittenberg-geo-stub