Filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2014

File No. 002-57139
File No. 811-02671

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM N-1A


REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pre-Effective Amendment No.
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 83
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and/or
 
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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Amendment No. 74
 
   
DWS Municipal Trust
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
   
345 Park Avenue, New York, NY  10154
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
 
   
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  (617) 295-1000
 
   
John Millette
Vice President and Secretary
One Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 


It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

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Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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On _______________ pursuant to paragraph (b)
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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On _______________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
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On _______________ pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Rule 485
   
 
If appropriate, check the following box:
 
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This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment


 
 

 

This filing relates solely to the following Fund, a series of the Registrant:

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DWS Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund — Class A, Class B, Class C, Institutional Class and Class S




 
 
 

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on the 14 th day of February 2014.

   DWS MUNICIPAL TRUST

 
By:   /s/Brian E. Binder
Brian E. Binder*
President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
 
     
/s/Brian E. Binder
   
Brian E. Binder*
President
February 14, 2014
     
 /s/Paul H. Schubert     
Paul H. Schubert
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
February 14, 2014
     
/s/John W. Ballantine
   
John W. Ballantine*
Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/Henry P. Becton, Jr.
   
Henry P. Becton, Jr.*
Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
 /s/Dawn-Marie Driscoll
   
Dawn-Marie Driscoll*
Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/Keith R. Fox
   
Keith R. Fox*
Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/Paul K. Freeman
   
Paul K. Freeman*
Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/Kenneth C. Froewiss
   
Kenneth C. Froewiss*
Chairperson and Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/Richard J. Herring
   
Richard J. Herring*
Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/William McClayton
   
William McClayton*
Vice Chairperson and Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/Rebecca W. Rimel
   
Rebecca W. Rimel*
Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/William N. Searcy, Jr.
   
William N. Searcy, Jr.*
Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/Jean Gleason Stromberg
   
Jean Gleason Stromberg*
Trustee
February 14, 2014
     
/s/Robert H. Wadsworth
   
Robert H. Wadsworth*
Trustee
February 14, 2014


*By:           
/s/Caroline Pearson
Caroline Pearson **
Chief Legal Officer

**
Attorney-in-fact pursuant to the powers of attorney as filed herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 82 to the Registration Statement, as filed on January 30, 2014; and as filed on July 25, 2008 in Post-Effective Amendment No. 62 to the Registration Statement.





 
 

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.
  
Description of Exhibit
   
EX-101.INS
  
XBRL Instance Document
   
EX-101.SCH
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
   
EX-101.CAL
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
   
EX-101.DEF
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
   
EX-101.LAB
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
   
EX-101.PRE
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase



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