Zwochau | ||
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Ortsteil of Wiedemar | ||
Zwochauer Bockwindmühle | ||
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Coordinates: 51°28′N12°16′E / 51.467°N 12.267°E Coordinates: 51°28′N12°16′E / 51.467°N 12.267°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Saxony | |
District | Nordsachsen | |
Municipality | Wiedemar | |
Area | ||
• Total | 18.84 km2 (7.27 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 112 m (367 ft) | |
Population (2011-12-31) | ||
• Total | 1,080 | |
• Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 04509 | |
Dialling codes | 034207 | |
Vehicle registration | TDO | |
Website | www.zwochau.de |
Zwochau is a village and a former municipality in the district (Landkreis) of North Saxony, in the administrative region (Direktionsbezirk) of Leipzig, in Saxony. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the municipality Wiedemar.
Nordsachsen is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.
Leipzig is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. With a population of 581,980 inhabitants as of 2017 it is Germany's tenth most populous city. Leipzig is located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) southwest of Berlin at the confluence of the White Elster, Pleiße and Parthe rivers at the southern end of the North German Plain.
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked federal state of Germany, bordering the federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig.
The village lies approximately 30 km east of Halle (Saale), ca. 20 km northwest of Leipzig, and 10 km southwest of Delitzsch. The national autobahn no. 9 runs west of the corporate boundary and can be accessed via the Wiedemar entrance ramp (ca. 4 km). The community is marked with the vestiges of the defunct middle German Brown coal industry. Lakes are currently forming in the vast open pits of the former mines (the Werbeliner See, Grabschützer See, and Zwochauer See) as a part of the new "Saxon Sealand." The Leipzig/Halle Airport is immediately south of Zwochau in the Schkeuditz district.
Halle (Saale) is a city in the southern part of the German state Saxony-Anhalt.
Delitzsch is a town in the Free State of Saxony in Germany. With 24.850 inhabitants at the end of 2015, it is the largest town in the district of Nordsachsen.
The Autobahn is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is Bundesautobahn, which translates as "federal motorway". The literal meaning of the word Bundesautobahn is "Federal Auto(mobile) Track".
The existence of the village of Zwochau is first documented in a charter from 1158. Since 1 April 1936 the villages of Flemsdorf and Schladitz have been amalgamated with Zwochau. [1]
Saxony-Anhalt is a state of Germany.
Delitzsch is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by the districts of Torgau-Oschatz and Muldentalkreis, the city of Leipzig, the district of Leipziger Land and the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Leipziger Land is a former district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It was bounded by the districts of Delitzsch, the district-free city Leipzig, Muldentalkreis, Mittweida, the district Altenburger Land in Thuringia, and the districts Burgenlandkreis, Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt.
The Province of Saxony, also known as Prussian Saxony was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1945. Its capital was Magdeburg.
Eilenburg is a town in Germany. It lies in the district of Nordsachsen in the Free State of Saxony, approximately 20 km northeast of the city of Leipzig.
Tornau is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Gräfenhainichen. It was part of the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Tor zur Dübener Heide.
Leipzig/Halle Airport is an international airport located in Schkeuditz, Saxony and serves both Leipzig, Saxony and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.
Bitterfeld-Wolfen is a town in the district Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated in south-eastern Saxony-Anhalt, west of the river Mulde, in an area that is dominated by heavy industry and lignite mining. The town was formed by merger of the towns Bitterfeld and Wolfen and the municipalities Greppin, Holzweißig and Thalheim on 1 July 2007.
Neukyhna is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It has an area of 40.25 km² and a population of 2379. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the municipality Wiedemar.
Rackwitz is a municipality in the district of Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Neukieritzsch is a municipality in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. On 1 April 2008, the former municipality of Lobstädt was incorporated into Neukieritzsch. On 1 July 2014, the former municipality of Deutzen was incorporated into Neukieritzsch.
The Bezirk Leipzig was a district (Bezirk) of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig.
The Trebnitz–Leipzig railway is a double track electrified main line in the German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony built and originally operated by the Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company. It formally starts at Trebnitz on the former border between the Duchy of Anhalt and Prussia and runs via Dessau and Delitzsch to Leipzig. The section from Bitterfeld to Leipzig is part of Line 1 of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). Until 1871, the Zerbst–Roßlau section was called the Anhaltische Leopoldsbahn.
The Leipzig Bay(German: Leipziger Tieflandsbucht) or Leipzig Basin or Saxon Lowland or Saxon Bay is a relatively lakeless and highly fertile landscape in Central Germany, in northwestern Saxony and southeastern Saxony-Anhalt.
The Halle–Cottbus railway is a 176 km long double-track electrified main line in the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Brandenburg. It was opened in 1871 and 1872. It formed the central section of the network of the Halle-Sorau-Guben Railway Company. Today it is part of a connection between the Central Germany and Poland.
The Halle-Sorau-Guben Railway Company (Halle-Sorau-Gubener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft was a private German railway company, which was founded in 1868 in Berlin. From 1872, its headquarters were in Halle an der Saale.
Delitzsch unterer Bahnhof is one of two railway stations in the town of Delitzsch in the German state of Saxony. It has an average of 2,500 to 5,000 passengers per day.
Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV) is a public transport association in the German Leipzig-Halle (Saale) area. The company is based in Halle (Saale), but its head office is in Leipzig.
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