Leipziger Land

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Leipziger Land
Map of Free State of Saxony highlighting the district Leipziger Land
State	Free State of Saxony
County seat	Borna
Adm. region	Leipzig
Area	752.0 km²
Population	152,687 (2001)
pop. density	203 inh./km²
Car identification	L
Web page	landkreis-leipzigerland.de

Leipziger Land is a district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Delitzsch, the district-free city Leipzig, Muldentalkreis, Mittweida, the district Altenburger Land in Thuringia, and the districts Burgenlandkreis, Weißenfels and Merseburg-Querfurt in Saxony-Anhalt.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

The history of the region is influenced by the city of Leipzig. See there for more information.

The district was established in 1994 by merging the former districts of Leipzig, Borna and Geithain.

[edit] Geography

The main river of the district is the Weiße Elster (white elster), which also flows through the city of Leipzig itself. The area south of Leipzig is a big lignite day mining area, which will be recultivated as a lakeland in the near future. The lignite also made the area the main industrial area of East Germany.

[edit] Coat of arms

The lion to the right is the symbol of the Counts of Meissen, the vertical blue strips in the bottom is the symbol of the pales of Landsberg. Both symbols are also present in the coat of arms of the city Leipzig. In the left a wavy line on green ground symbolizes the river Weiße Elster.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verwaltungsgemeinschaften	free municipalities
Böhlen Borna Frohburg Geithain Groitzsch Kitzscher Kohren-Sahlis Markkleeberg Markranstädt Pegau Regis-Breitingen Rötha Zwenkau	Borna Geithain Markranstädt Neukieritzsch Pegau Regis-Breitingen	Eulatal Großpösna

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony in Germany
Urban districts	Chemnitz \| Dresden \| Görlitz \| Hoyerswerda \| Leipzig \| Plauen \| Zwickau
Rural districts	Annaberg \| Aue-Schwarzenberg \| Bautzen \| Chemnitzer Land \| Delitzsch \| Döbeln \| Freiberg \| Kamenz \| Leipziger Land Löbau-Zittau \| Meißen \| Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis \| Mittweida \| Muldentalkreis \| Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis Riesa-Großenhain \| Sächsische Schweiz \| Stollberg \| Torgau-Oschatz \| Vogtlandkreis \| Weißeritzkreis \| Zwickauer Land