Leipzig (destrict)

Leipzig (offeecial name: Landkreis Leipzig) is a destrict (Kreis) in the Free State o Saxony, Germany. It is namit efter the ceety Leipzig, which is surroondit bi the destrict, but no pairt o it. It borders (frae the wast an clockwise) the state o Saxony-Anhalt, the urban destrict Leipzig, the destricts Nordsachsen an Mittelsachsen, an the state o Thuringie.

Leipzig
Kintra Germany
StateSaxony
Adm. regionLeipzig
CaipitalBorna
Area
 • Total1,646 km2 (636 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)[1]
 • Total258,214
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationL
Websitehttp://www.landkreisleipzig.de

Geography

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The destrict is locatit in the Leipzig Bay an is rather flat. Individual hills are foond in the north (Hohburg Hills) an sooth o the destrict. Its lairger rivers are the Mulde, Pleiße an White Elster. An aw wirth mentionin are the mony lakes o the Leipzig Neuseenland in the wast o the coonty, that wur formit bi floodin auld broun coal pits.

History

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The destrict wis established bi mergin the umwhile destricts Muldentalkreis an Leipziger Land as pairt o the destrict reform o August 2008.

Coat of arms

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Geography

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The destrict is locatit in the lawlands aroond Leipzig. The main rivers o the destrict are the Mulde, the Weiße Elster an the Pleiße.

Touns an municipalities

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Touns Municipalities
  1. Bad Lausick
  2. Böhlen
  3. Borna
  4. Brandis
  5. Colditz
  6. Frohburg
  7. Geithain
  8. Grimma
  9. Groitzsch
  10. Kitzscher
  1. Kohren-Sahlis
  2. Markkleeberg
  3. Markranstädt
  4. Naunhof
  5. Pegau
  6. Regis-Breitingen
  7. Rötha
  8. Trebsen
  9. Wurzen
  10. Zwenkau
  1. Belgershain
  2. Bennewitz
  3. Borsdorf
  4. Deutzen
  5. Elstertrebnitz
  6. Espenhain
  7. Großpösna
  8. Lossatal
  1. Machern
  2. Narsdorf
  3. Neukieritzsch
  4. Otterwisch
  5. Parthenstein
  6. Thallwitz

References

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  1. "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.

Freemit airtins

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