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Beilrode

Municipality in Saxony, Germany

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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.

01Notable residents

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