Dietrichsdorf

Dietrichsdorf is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

The community lies 9 km (6 mi) east of Wittenberg on the north bank of the Elbe.

Through the community run the Federal Highway (Bundesstraße) B 187 and the railway line between Wittenberg and Cottbus.

The originally Slavic community of Dietrichsdorf had its first documentary mention on 14 November 1385.

It was however named after the colonization leader Dietrich who led a group of German settlers during the East Colonization; the original Slavic name was not kept.