Pegau

Pegau () is a town in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany, situated in a fertile plain, on the White Elster, 18 m. S.W. from Leipzig by the railway to Zeitz.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_coa: Wappen Pegau.svg
German location.image_plan: Pegau in L.svg
German location.state: Sachsen
German location.district: Leipzig
German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: Pegau
German location.elevation: 127
German location.area: 48.8
German location.postal_code: 04523
German location.area_code: 03 42 96
German location.licence: L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14729350
German location.divisions: 3
German location.website: www.pegau.de
German location.mayor: Frank Rösel
German location.leader_term: 2022–29

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Pegau () is a town in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany, situated in a fertile plain, on the White Elster, 18 m. S.W. from Leipzig by the railway to Zeitz.

It has two Evangelical churches, that of St. Lawrence being a fine Gothic structure, a 16th-century town-hall; a very old hospital and an agricultural school. In the 19th Century, its industries included the manufacture of felt, boots and metal wares.

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