Leipzig (district)

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Leipzig
District
Flagge Landkreis Leipzig.svg
Flag
Wappen Landkreis Leipzig.svg
Coat of arms
Leipzig (district)
Country Germany
State Saxony
Capital Borna
Government
 • District admin.Henry Graichen (CDU)
Area
 • Total
1,646 km2 (636 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2023) [1]
 • Total
260,706
 • Density158.4/km2 (410.2/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
Website www.landkreisleipzig.de

Leipzig (official name: Landkreis Leipzig) is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany. It is named after the city of Leipzig, which borders onto the district, but the city is not part of the district. Leipzig district has borders with (from the west and clockwise) the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the urban district of Leipzig, the districts of Nordsachsen and Mittelsachsen, and the state of Thuringia.

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Geography

The district is located in the lowlands around Leipzig, the Leipzig Bay, and is rather flat. Individual hills are found in the north (Hohburg Hills) and south of the district. Its main rivers are the Mulde, Pleiße and White Elster. Also worth mentioning are the many lakes of the Leipzig Neuseenland in the west of the county, which were formed by deliberately flooding old brown coal pits.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts Muldentalkreis and Leipziger Land as part of the district reform of August 2008.

Economy

The Leipzig district hosts various solar power plants, including the Witznitz solar park  [ de ] [2] between Neukieritzsch and Rotha, which in 2025 was the largest solar power plant in Europe with 650 MW in capacity. [3]

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district Municipalities in L.svgBornaBrandis
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
TownsMunicipalities
  1. Bad Lausick
  2. Böhlen
  3. Borna
  4. Brandis
  5. Colditz
  6. Frohburg
  7. Geithain
  8. Grimma
  9. Groitzsch
  10. Kitzscher
  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. Elstertrebnitz
  5. Großpösna
  6. Lossatal
  2. Machern
  3. Neukieritzsch
  4. Otterwisch
  5. Parthenstein
  6. Thallwitz

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Sachsens am 31. Dezember 2023 - Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 15. Mai 2022 (Gebietsstand 01.01.2023)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  2. ↑ https://www.moveon-energy.de/energiepark-witznitz/
  3. ↑ "Europe's Solar Boom Is Pushing Power Grids to The Limit". Bloomberg News.

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