Landkreis Leipzig
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district in the federal state of Saxony, Germany
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Within Vinony's link graph, Landkreis Leipzig is referenced by 126 other articles, and connects out to Germany, list of sovereign states and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in SN.
It is catalogued under topics including Districts of Saxony and Leipzig (district).
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- Capital
- Borna
- District admin
- Henry Graichen ( CDU )
- Total
- 1,646 km (636 sq mi)
- Density
- 158.0/km (409.3/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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Saxony
- Contains
- Thallwitz
- Capital
- Borna
- Population
- 261573
- Area
- 1.65
- Elevation
- 116
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Altenburger Land
- Official website
- www.landkreisleipzig.de
- Licence plate code
- WUR
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- Commons category
- Landkreis Leipzig
- topic's main category
- Category:Leipzig (district)
- inception
- 2008-08-01
- replaces
- Muldental
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Leipzig (district)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Landkreis Leipzig” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.