Leipziger Land

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Leipziger Land

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State:	Saxony
Capital:	Borna } } |- | Area:||752.0 km² |- | Inhabitants:||152,687 (2001) |- | pop. density:||203 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||L |- | Homepage:||[landkreis-leipzigerland.de] |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Leipziger Land is a district in 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. Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links 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. 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. 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. 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 External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Saxony in Germany Cities 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   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: