Bethau lies in the lowlands on the east bank of the Elbe west of the Annaburg Heath.
Camillo founded the zoological garden and horse breeding in Annaburg in 1792.
Werner Beschnidt (29 July 1918, Annaburg – 10 December 1994) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Annaburg |
The village bordered on the Annaburg Heath and the villages of Zwiesigko, Schöneicho, Kähnitzsch, Hohndorf and Plossig.