Leipziger Land

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Leipziger Land

Map of Free State of Saxony highlighting the district Leipziger Land
State Free State of Saxony
County seat Borna
Adm. region Leipzig
Area 752.0 km²
Population 152,687 (2001)
Pop. density 203 inh./km²
Car identification L
Web page landkreis-leipzigerland.de

Leipziger Land is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Delitzsch, the district-free city Leipzig, Muldentalkreis, Mittweida, the district Altenburger Land in Thuringia, and the districts Burgenlandkreis, Weißenfels and Merseburg-Querfurt in Saxony-Anhalt.

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The history of the region is influenced by the city of Leipzig. See there for more information.

The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Leipzig, Borna and Geithain.

The main river of the district is the Weiße Elster (white elster), which also flows through the city of Leipzig itself. The area south of Leipzig is a big lignite day mining area, which will be recultivated as a lakeland in the near future. The lignite also made the area the main industrial area of East Germany.

Coat of arms The lion to the right is the symbol of the Counts of Meissen, the vertical blue strips in the bottom is the symbol of the pales of Landsberg. Both symbols are also present in the coat of arms of the city Leipzig. In the left a wavy line on green ground symbolizes the river Weiße Elster.

Towns Verwaltungsgemeinschaften free municipalities
  1. Böhlen
  2. Borna
  3. Frohburg
  4. Geithain
  5. Groitzsch
  6. Kitzscher
  7. Kohren-Sahlis
  8. Markkleeberg
  9. Markranstädt
  10. Pegau
  11. Regis-Breitingen
  12. Rötha
  13. Zwenkau
  1. Borna
  2. Geithain
  3. Markranstädt
  4. Neukieritzsch
  5. Pegau
  6. Regis-Breitingen
  1. Eulatal
  2. Großpösna


Flag of Saxony
 Urban and rural districts in the
Federal State of Saxony in Germany
Flag of Germany

Urban
districts

Chemnitz | Dresden | Görlitz | Hoyerswerda | Leipzig | Plauen | Zwickau

Rural
districts

Annaberg | Aue-Schwarzenberg | Bautzen | Chemnitzer Land | Delitzsch | Döbeln | Freiberg | Kamenz | Leipziger Land
Löbau-Zittau | Meißen | Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis | Mittweida | Muldentalkreis | Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis
Riesa-Großenhain | Sächsische Schweiz | Stollberg | Torgau-Oschatz | Vogtlandkreis | Weißeritzkreis | Zwickauer Land


Coordinates: 51°20′N, 12°20′E

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