Country Germany District Salzlandkreis Elevation 53 m (174 ft) Area 5.83 km² Postal code 39245 | State Saxony-Anhalt Town Schönebeck Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Sunday 6:00 PM Dialling code 039200 | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind E at 8 km/h, 40% Humidity | ||
Pretzien is a village and a former municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the town Schönebeck.
Map of Pretzien, 39217 Sch%C3%B6nebeck, Germany
In June 2006 there was a scandal after some newspapers reported, that some neo-nazis had burned the book The Diary of a Young Girl (by Anne Frank) at a public celebration of Solstice on 24 June. Pritzien Mayor Friedrich Harwig had supported the right winged club Heimat-Bund Ostelbien e.V., which had organized the celebration. The club had been founded by former members of the NPD.
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