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{{Infobox German location
|type = Ortsteil
|Town = [[Zahna-Elster]]
|image_photo       = Zahna_townhall2.JPG
|image_caption     = Town hall built in 1897
|image_coa            = DE-ST 15-0-91-391 Zahna COA.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|51|55|N|12|47|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|state        = Sachsen-Anhalt
|district         = Wittenberg
|elevation              = 120
|area            = 54.99
|population         = 4131
|Stand             = 2009-12-31
|postal_code               = 06895
|area_code           = 034924
|licence               = WB
}}
'''Zahna''' is a town and a former municipality in [[Wittenberg (district)|Wittenberg]] district in [[Saxony-Anhalt]], [[Germany]] not far from Federal Highway (''Bundesstraße'') [[Bundesstraße 2|B&nbsp;2]] and about 11&nbsp;km east of [[Lutherstadt Wittenberg]]. It was the seat of the former [[Amt (subnational entity)|administrative community]] (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') of [[Elbaue-Fläming]]. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town [[Zahna-Elster]].
==History==
Zahna is one of Saxony-Anhalt's oldest towns. It has been proved that Zahna has been inhabited uninterruptedly since about 2000 BC. This has been established by [[Archaeology|archaeological]] findings from the 6th century BC up until the migration of the [[Semnoni]] who settled in the region.
After them came the [[Sorbs]] who took over their homes. The historic town core shows the form and structure that goes back to [[Flemish people|Flemish]] settlement in the [[High Middle Ages]] in the twelfth century.
The whole [[Highland (geography)|highland]] north of [[Wittenberg]] was so strongly shaped by the Flemings' ways of doing things that the whole area came to be named after them; to this day, it is still called the [[Fläming]] and the town belongs to the [[Fläming Nature Park]], which was opened in 2005.
From 1815 to 1944, Zahna was part of the [[Prussia|Prussian]] [[Province of Saxony]] and from 1944 to 1945 of the Province of [[Halle-Merseburg]].
After [[World War II]], Zahna was incorporated into the State of [[Saxony-Anhalt]] from 1945 to 1952 and the [[Bezirk Halle]] of [[East Germany]] from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Zahna has been part of Saxony-Anhalt, since 2011 as a part of [[Zahna-Elster]].
==Town partnerships==
* {{Flagicon|Poland}} [[Stęszew]] near [[Poznań]], Poland.
* {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Edemissen]] near [[Peine]], Germany.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons|Naturpark Fläming|Fläming Nature Park}}
* [http://www.schmarje.net/zahna.htm Information about Zahna]
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[[Category:Towns in Saxony-Anhalt]]
[[Category:Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt]]
[[Category:Zahna-Elster]]
[[Category:Fläming Heath]]
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