Leipzig (district)

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.

Leipzig
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
Capital	Borna
Government
• District admin.	Henry Graichen (CDU)
Area
• Total	1,646 km2 (636 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• Total	260,429
• Density	160/km2 (410/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

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.

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns		Municipalities
Bad Lausick Böhlen Borna Brandis Colditz Frohburg Geithain Grimma Groitzsch Kitzscher	Markkleeberg Markranstädt Naunhof Pegau Regis-Breitingen Rötha Trebsen Wurzen Zwenkau	Belgershain Bennewitz Borsdorf Elstertrebnitz Großpösna Lossatal	Machern Neukieritzsch Otterwisch Parthenstein Thallwitz

External links

Media related to Landkreis Leipzig at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (German)