Type: | Stadtteil |
Town: | Belgern-Schildau |
Image Coa: | Wappen schildau.PNG |
Coordinates: | 51.45°N 68°W |
State: | Sachsen |
District: | Nordsachsen |
Elevation: | 127 |
Area: | 74.60 |
Population: | 3522 |
Stand: | 2011-12-31 |
Postal Code: | 04889 |
Area Code: | 034221 |
Licence: | TDO |
Website: | www.stadt-schildau.de |
Schildau is a small town in the district Nordsachsen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located 12 km southwest of Torgau and 40 km east of Leipzig. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the town Belgern-Schildau.
From 1815 to 1944, Schildau was part of the Prussian Province of Saxony, from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of Halle-Merseburg, from 1945 to 1952 of the State of Saxony-Anhalt, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Leipzig of East Germany and since 1990 of Saxony.