Torgau

Torgau
Torgau
Coordinates	51°33′37″N 13°0′20″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Admin. region	Leipzig
District	Nordsachsen
Municipal assoc.	Torgau
Town subdivisions	4
Mayor	Andrea Staude (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	90.33 km2 (34.88 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m  (256 ft)
Population	19,894  (31 December 2009)
- Density	220 /km2 (570 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	TDO
Postal code	04860
Area code	03421
Website	www.torgau.de

Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. The town is well known as the place where during the Second World War, United States Army forces met with forces of the Soviet Union during the invasion of Germany on April 25, 1945.

This marked the beginning of the line of contact between Soviet and American forces, but not the occcupation zones. In fact the area surrounding Torgau at first occupied by U.S. forces was later, in July 1945, given over to Soviet forces.

Other websites

• http://www.torgau.de
• http://www.torgau-oschatz.info