Mehltheuer

Coordinates: 50°32′40″N 12°2′20″E / 50.54444°N 12.03889°E / 50.54444; 12.03889
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Mehltheuer
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Mehltheuer is located in Germany
Mehltheuer
Mehltheuer
Mehltheuer is located in Saxony
Mehltheuer
Mehltheuer
Coordinates: 50°32′40″N 12°2′20″E / 50.54444°N 12.03889°E / 50.54444; 12.03889
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictVogtlandkreis
MunicipalityRosenbach
Area
 • Total22.09 km2 (8.53 sq mi)
Elevation
512 m (1,680 ft)
Population
 (2009-12-31)
 • Total1,478
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
08539
Dialling codes037431
Vehicle registrationV
Websitewww.mehltheuer.de

Mehltheuer is a village and a former municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the municipality Rosenbach.[1]

During World War II, Germany operated a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp in the village, in which over 300 Jewish women from German-occupied Poland and Hungary were imprisoned as forced labour.[2] The prisoners were liberated by American troops in 1945.[2]

There is a train station in the village.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2011, Statistisches Bundesamt
  2. ^ a b "Mehltheuer Subcamp". KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg. Retrieved 3 April 2021.