Torgau

Torgau () is a town on the banks of the Elbe river in the northwestern part of the east German state of Saxony. It is the capital of the Nordsachsen district.

AI overview

Torgau is a town located in eastern Germany along the Elbe River, serving as the administrative center of the Nordsachsen district in Saxony. The town's location on a major river has historically made it an important regional center.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Key facts

German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_coa: Torgauer Wappen.svg
German place.image_plan: Torgau in TDO.png
German place.state: Sachsen
German place.district: Nordsachsen
German place.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: Torgau
German place.elevation: 78
German place.area: 102.81
German place.postal_code: 04860
German place.area_code: 03421
German place.licence: TDO, DZ, EB, OZ, TG, TO
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14730310
German place.mayor: Henrik Simon
German place.leader_term: 2022–29

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of: Lutherstadt
Country: Germany
Population: 19683
Area: 102.81
Elevation: 78
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Elbe
Shares border with: Beilrode
Official website: www.torgau.eu
Image: Torgau-.JPG
Dialing code: 034221
Licence plate code: TO
Significant event: Siege of Torgau

Show 13 more facts

P8168: Stirling number
category for people born here: Category:Births in Torgau
twinned administrative body: Sindelfingen
topic's main category: Category:Torgau
Commons category: Torgau
Commons gallery: Torgau
category of associated people: Category:People from Torgau
short name: Tor
postal code: 04861
time of earliest written record: 0973-00-00
P12749: Fabian Gerster
product or material produced: coin
hashtag: Torgau

Sources (12)

via Wikidata · CC0

~9 min read

Encyclopedic overview

12 sections

Contents

History
World War II
Post–World War II
Geography
Population development
Sights
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
Gallery
References
External links
Multimedia

Torgau () is a town on the banks of the Elbe river in the northwestern part of the east German state of Saxony. It is the capital of the Nordsachsen district.

Outside Germany, the town is best known as where on 25 April 1945, the United States and Soviet Armies first met near the end of World War II.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Torgau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.