Möhlau is a village and a former municipality in
Wittenberg district in
Saxony-Anhalt,
Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town
Gräfenhainichen. It was part of the
administrative community (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of
Tor zur Dübener Heide.
Geography
The community lies on the southern edge of Wittenberg district about 9 km west of the former district seat of Gräfenhainichen and about 18 km southeast of
Dessau
Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the '' Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it has been part of the newly created municipality of Dessau-Roßlau ...
, right on the border with
Saxony.
Geology
The municipal area is strongly marked by
brown coal strip mining. Most of the old pits have flooded since they were shut down and are now used as bathing ponds.
Subdivisions
Möhlau consists of the subdivisions of Golpa, Rothehaus, Großmöhlau, and Kleinmöhlau.
History
Möhlau is said to have been settled originally by
Slavs
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, main ...
. It had its first documentary mention on 12 December 1200 when a church was consecrated in
Wörlitz
is a town and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it has been part of the town Oranienbaum-Wörlitz. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, east of Dessau.
The historic p ...
, about 25 km away.
References
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt
Gräfenhainichen
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