Meuselwitz

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Location of the town of Meuselwitz within Altenburger Land district
Meuselwitz
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Altenburger Land
Mayor	Barbara Golder (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	56.99 km² (22 sq mi)
Elevation	170 m (558 ft)
Population	12,283 (31/12/2006)
- Density	216 /km² (558 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ABG
Postal code	04610
Area code	03448
Website	www.meuselwitz.de
Coordinates: 51°3′0″N 12°18′0″E / 51.05, 12.3

Meuselwitz is a town in the Altenburger Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Altenburg and 11 km east of Zeitz.

[edit] History

During World War II, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp operated here. It provided slave labour for HASAG, the third largest consumer of forced labour during the war. All satellies of Buchenwald were HASAG factories. The Meuselwitz plant used 1,666 prisoners, of which 1,376 were women. The SS charged less for women and they had a higher mortality rate.^[1] Since 1 December 2007, Wintersdorf is part of the town Meuselwitz.

[edit] References

^ Edward Victor.Alphabetical List of Camps, Subcamps and Other Camps.www.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/List %20 of %20 camps.htm

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