Beilrode

Municipality in Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Beilrode within Nordsachsen district

(2016–23) Rene Vetter^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total92.67 km² (35.78 sq mi)Elevation

82 m (269 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,049 • Density44/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

04886

Dialling codes03421Vehicle registrationTDO, DZ, EB, OZ, TG, TOWebsitebeilrode.de

Beilrode is a municipality in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It absorbed the former municipality Großtreben-Zwethau in January 2011. It consists of the Ortsteile (divisions) Beilrode, Dautzschen, Döbrichau, Döhlen, Eulenau, Großtreben, Kreischau, Last, Neubleesern, Rosenfeld and Zwethau.^[3]

Infamous residents

Fritz Ritterbusch (1894–1946), German Nazi SS concentration camp commander executed for war crimes

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2016 Archived 2021-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 12 July 2021.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
^ Ortsteile Archived 2021-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Gemeinde Beilrode, accessed 12 October 2021.