# Zeithain
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{{Infobox German location
|image_photo = ZeithainHauptstr6.jpg
|image_coa = DEU Zeithain COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|51|20|N|13|21|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Zeithain in MEI.svg
|state = Sachsen
|district = Meißen
|elevation = 98
|area = 81.49
|postal_code = 01619
|area_code = 03525
|licence = MEI, GRH, RG, RIE
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14627360
|divisions = 11
|website = [http://www.zeithain.de/ www.zeithain.de]
|mayor = Mirko Pollmer[[https://wahlen.sachsen.de/download/Buergermeister/statistik-sachsen_wahlen_buergermeister_uebersicht_aktuell.xlsx Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeister im Freistaat Sachsen, Stand: 17. Juli 2022], Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.]
|leader_term = 2021–28
}}
'''Zeithain''' is a municipality in the district of [Meißen](/source/Mei%C3%9Fen_(district)), in [Saxony](/source/Saxony), in eastern [Germany](/source/Germany).
==History==
[[File:Lager bei Zeithain 1730 von Alexander Thiele.jpg|thumb|left|The Zeithain Encampment of June 1730, by [Johann Alexander Thiele](/source/Johann_Alexander_Thiele)]]
Historically, it is known for the Zeithain Encampment (''Zeithainer Zeltlager'' or ''Zeithainer Lustlager'', i. e. the pleasure camp of Zeithain), which was a huge agglomeration of tents and troops, involving the whole 27,000-men-strong army of [Augustus II the Strong](/source/Augustus_II_the_Strong) between the towns of Zeithain and [Glaubitz](/source/Glaubitz). This event took place from 1 to 26 June 1730.[Holger Schuckelt: ''The Turkish Chamber: Oriental Splendour in the [Dresden Armoury](/source/Dresden_Armoury)'', Munich: [Deutscher Kunstverlag](/source/Deutscher_Kunstverlag), 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-422-06914-5}}, p. 112] After the victorious conclusion of the [Great Northern War](/source/Great_Northern_War), the Polish-Saxon king had his army reorganized and equipped and now presented it in a large, magnificent maneuver, organized by Field Marshal Count August Christoph von Wackerbarth, to the Prussian king present, [Frederick William I](/source/Frederick_William_I_of_Prussia), and 48 invited European princes with their military officers as well as envoys of the European powers. It was not only the largest troop show in Europe, proving military capabilities, it was also considered the most gigantic baroque festival of its time, the “military spectacle of the century”, with great festivities, showcasing the high level of Saxon art and culture, concluded with a 23 feet long and 10 feet wide Dresden [Stollen](/source/Stollen).[Hans Beschorner: The Zeithain camp from 1730. In: New archive for Saxon history and antiquity. 28 (1907), pp. 50-113 and pp. 200-252] A five-hour fireworks display on June 24th bathed the river and the town of [Riesa](/source/Riesa) in bright colors. For this purpose, a "fairy palace" measuring 80 x 230 feet was built from scaffolding and canvases, opposite the specially converted Promnitz Castle on the banks of the Elbe River. At the same time, a fleet illuminated to the top of the masts, led by fire-breathing whales and dolphins, sailed past the guests gathered in front of the castle, whose glory and splendor were praised with songs of praise from the royal chapel on the main ship. Captured [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman%E2%80%93Habsburg_wars) state tents were also used, two of which can now be viewed in the ''Türckische Kammer'' (Turkish Chamber) in the [Dresden Palace](/source/Dresden_Palace).
During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), in the spring of 1941, the Stalag 304/IV-H and Stalag 329 [prisoner-of-war camps](/source/German_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_World_War_II) were established in Zeithain.[{{cite book|last1=Megargee|first1=Geoffrey P.|last2=Overmans|first2=Rüdiger|last3=Vogt|first3=Wolfgang|year=2022|title=The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV|publisher=Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|pages=286–287, 325|isbn=978-0-253-06089-1}}] Stalag 329 was relocated to [Zhmerynka](/source/Zhmerynka) in August 1941, and Stalag 304 was relocated to [Leuven](/source/Leuven) in September 1942, and replaced by the [Stalag IV-B](/source/Stalag_IV-B)/Z camp, a subcamp of the Stalag IV-B camp.[ A memorial and museum commemorate it.][[http://en.stsg.de/cms/node/921 Memorial and History of Zeithain camp]]
The first encounter of US and Soviet troops on German soil occurred on [Elbe Day](/source/Elbe_Day), 25 April 1945, at 12 p.m. on the banks of the Elbe in the village of Lorenzkirch, Zeithain. There is a memorial stone commemorating this event.
==Municipality subdivisions==
Zeithain includes the following subdivisions:
*Cottewitz
*Gohlis
*Jacobsthal
*Kreinitz
*Lorenzkirch
*Moritz
*Neudorf
*Promnitz
*Röderau-Bobersen
*Zschepa
== Mayor ==
In 2021, Mirko Pollmer was elected mayor.[
== Gallery ==
File:GedenkZeithainEing.JPG|Memorial Ehrenhain, Zeithain
File:Gedenkstein April 1945 in Lorenzkirch.jpg|Memorial stone [April 1945](/source/Elbe_Day) in Lorenzkirch
File:Fotothek df rp-b 0460013 Zeithain-Lorenzkirch. Ruine der Holländermühle.jpg|Ruin of the ''Holländermühle'' in Lorenzkirch, Zeithain
==Twin towns==
{{flagicon|DEU}} [Teningen](/source/Teningen), Germany
==References==
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