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
Destrict
Kintra	Germany
State	Saxony
Adm. region	Leipzig
Caipital	Borna
Area
• Total	1,646 km2 (636 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2021)
• Total	258,214
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	L
Website	http://www.landkreisleipzig.de

Geography

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

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

Geography

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

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

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Landkreis Leipzig at Wikimedia Commons

• Offeecial wabsteid (German)