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Oschatz (Germany)

LC control no.n 80159195
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Geographic headingOschatz (Germany)
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Geographic subdivision usageGermany--Oschatz
Variant(s)Oschatz, Ger.
Associated countryGermany
Found inGeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 51°18ʹ00ʺN 013°07ʹ00ʺE)
Wikipedia, Feb. 17, 2014: "Oschatz" (Oschatz; town in the district Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany; 60 km east of Leipzig, 60 km west of Dresden; first definite mention in a document by Henry III, Margrave of Meissen, 1236; oldest document in the municipal archives a letter of indulgence from bishop Conrad of Meissen, 1246; awarded its own jurisdiction by the local rulers, 1478)
Columbia Gazetteer, c1998 (Oschatz; town, Saxony, E central Germany; first mentioned 1246)
Geographic area codee-gx---