Meisdorf is a village in the town of Falkenstein/Harz in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Location
Meisdorf lies at the eastern foot of the Harz Mountains in the east of the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park at around . The River Selke flows through it and forms a valley (Selketal) in the Lower Harz and Mansfeld Land. Southwest of Meisdorf above the river lies the ruins of Anhalt Castle, the preserved medieval castle of Falkenstein and the sites of Old Falkenstein Castle and the Ackeburg.
References
Literature
Sven Frotscher: Burg Falkenstein und Schloß Meisdorf. Ed. Leipzig, Leipzig, 1995, Heimatverein Meisdorf (ed.): Chronik der Gemeinde Meisdorf. Meisdorf, 2005 (self-publication)