Micheln
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Micheln is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld
, in Saxony-Anhalt
, Germany
. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Osternienburger Land
.
On June 23rd, 2004, the village was severely damaged by a F3
tornado
having wind speeds until 300km/h. 70% of the village's buildings were nearly destroyed. Although the tornado belonged to the strongest for 30 years, fortunately nobody was killed.
Anhalt-Bitterfeld
Anhalt-Bitterfeld is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its capital is Köthen . - History :This district was established by merging the former districts of Bitterfeld, Köthen and a large part of Anhalt-Zerbst as part of the reform of 2007....
, in Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Osternienburger Land
Osternienburger Land
Osternienburger Land is a municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2010 by the merger of the former municipalities Chörau, Diebzig, Dornbock, Drosa, Elsnigk, Großpaschleben, Kleinpaschleben, Libbesdorf, Micheln, Osternienburg,...
.
On June 23rd, 2004, the village was severely damaged by a F3
Fujita scale
The Fujita scale , or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation...
tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
having wind speeds until 300km/h. 70% of the village's buildings were nearly destroyed. Although the tornado belonged to the strongest for 30 years, fortunately nobody was killed.
External links
- 2004 tornado in Micheln (in German)