Markranstädt

Markranstädt () is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 11 km southwest of the city of Leipzig and has close to 15,000 inhabitants.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: KulkwitzerSeeL-M.JPG
German location.image_caption: Kulkwitzer See with Markranstädt in the background
German location.image_coa: Wappen Markranstaedt.svg
German location.image_plan: Markranstädt in L.svg
German location.state: Sachsen
German location.district: Leipzig
German location.elevation: 119
German location.area: 58.46
German location.postal_code: 04420
German location.area_code: 034205
German location.licence: L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14729270
German location.divisions: 9
German location.website: www.markranstaedt.de
German location.mayor: Nadine Stitterich
German location.leader_term: 2020–27

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Markranstädt () is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 11 km southwest of the city of Leipzig and has close to 15,000 inhabitants.

== Geography== ===Location=== Markranstädt is located about south-west of Leipzig city centre, between Saxony-Anhalt and the Leipzig housing estate Grünau, to the west of the Kulkwitzer See. It is the only municipality in the Landkreis Leipzig that lies west of the city.

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