Mehltheuer

For the village in Lower Silesia, see Gościęcice.

Mehltheuer is a village and a former municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the municipality Rosenbach.^[1]

Mehltheuer
Ortsteil of Rosenbach
Post office in Mehltheuer
Location of Mehltheuer
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Coordinates: 50°32′40″N 12°2′20″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Vogtlandkreis
Municipality	Rosenbach
Area
• Total	22.09 km2 (8.53 sq mi)
Elevation	512 m (1,680 ft)
Population  (2009-12-31)
• Total	1,478
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	08539
Dialling codes	037431
Vehicle registration	V
Website	www.mehltheuer.de

During World War II, Germany operated a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp in the village, in which over 300 Jewish women from German-occupied Poland and Hungary were imprisoned as forced labour.^[2] The prisoners were liberated by American troops in 1945.^[2]

There is a train station in the village.

References

1. Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2011, Statistisches Bundesamt
2. "Mehltheuer Subcamp". KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg. Retrieved 3 April 2021.