Schildau

{{Short description|Town in Saxony, Germany}} {{other uses}} {{Infobox German location |type = Stadtteil |Town = Belgern-Schildau |image_photo = Schildau Rathaus0.jpg |image_caption = Schildau City Hall |image_coa = Wappen schildau.PNG |coordinates = {{coord|51|27|N|12|56|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |state = Sachsen |district = Nordsachsen |elevation = 127 |area = 74.60 |population = 3522 |Stand = 2011-12-31 |postal_code = 04889 |area_code = 034221 |licence = TDO |website = [http://www.stadt-schildau.de/ www.stadt-schildau.de] }}

'''Schildau''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃɪldaʊ|-|De-Schildau.ogg}}) 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.

==History== 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.

== Notable people == * August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760-1831), Prussian field marshal

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Category:Nordsachsen Category:Former municipalities in Saxony