Schkortleben is a village and a former municipality in the

Burgenlandkreis Burgenlandkreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established as Landkreis Burgenland by the merger of the former Burgenlandkreis and Landkreis Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. On 16 ...

district, in

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. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the town of

Weißenfels Weißenfels (; often written in English as Weissenfels) is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district, in southern Saxony-Anhalt, central Germany. It is situated on the river Saale, approximately south of Halle. History Perhaps the fir ...

. Until then, the village of Kriechau used to be part of Schkortleben.

Pictures of Kriechau

File:Feuerwehr Kriechau.jpg, Fire department at Kriechau File:Kriechau, Blick in die Friedensstraße.jpg, Kriechau, Friedensstraße File:Kriechau Kirche.jpg, Church at Kriechau,

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, 19th century File:Kriechau, Häuser hinter der Kirche.jpg, Kriechau, area behind the church

References

Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Weißenfels {{Burgenlandkreis-geo-stub