Borsdorf

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Location of Borsdorf within Leipzig district
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Borsdorf
Coordinates: 51°20′49″N12°32′18″E / 51.34694°N 12.53833°E / 51.34694; 12.53833
Country Germany
State Saxony
District Leipzig
Subdivisions3
Government
   Mayor (202027) Birgit Kaden [1] (CDU)
Area
  Total15.56 km2 (6.01 sq mi)
Elevation
152 m (499 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31) [2]
  Total8,126
  Density520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
04451
Dialling codes 034291
Vehicle registration L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
Website www.borsdorf.de

Borsdorf is a municipality in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany.

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Geography

Modern Borsdorf municipality consists of three historical villages: Borsdorf (originally the smallest among the three, serving as a toll station at the historical main road from Leipzig to Dresden), Panitzsch (a settlement of Slavic origin) and Zweenfurth (named after a river crossing). All three villages are situated along the Parthe river.

Borsdorf is neighbouring Leipzig in the west, Taucha in the north, Machern in the east and Brandis in the south-east.

Transport

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Borsdorf train station

Borsdorf is located at the railway mainline between Leipzig and Dresden. It is served by local commuter trains, the rapid transit network of S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland as well as the Regional Express train (Regionalexpress) Leipzig-Dresden. In Borsdorf station, the second Leipzig–Dresden line branches off which historically was an important alternative connection to Dresden via Meissen and is still in use today.

The municipality is linked to Leipzig via the B6 federal highway. The closest expressway is Bundesautobahn A14, approx. 4 km west of Borsdorfp.

Leipzig-Halle Airport can be reached within 30 minutes by car.

Green Belt (Grüner Ring Leipzig)

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Green belt bicycle round course (dark green ='Inner Green Belt'; light green = 'Outer Green Belt')

Borsdorf is a member of 'Grüner Ring Leipzig' a coordination group of Leipzig and the surrounding municipalities. As part of this, the 'Grüner Ring' (green belt) bicycle round course is running through Borsdorf.

Sons and Daughters

Albrecht Gehse (* 1955), Painter, member of the Leipzig School, known i.a. for his portrait of Helmut Kohl in the Federal German Chancellery building, Berlin

Sarah Klier (* 2. October 1990, was the last baby born in the GDR just two minutes before German reunification on midnight 2./3. October)

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References

  1. Wahlergebnisse 2020, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.