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Zwenkau

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Zwenkau () is a town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. Situated between the White Elster and Pleiße rivers, it nestles in the Leipzig Bay and includes parts of the conservation area Elsteraue and ''Central Germany's Street of Lignite''. It is situated within the Central German Metropolitan Region.

Key facts

German location.type
Stadt
German location.image_coa
Wappen Zwenkau.svg
German location.image_photo
Zwenkau 1.jpg
German location.image_caption
Aerial view
German location.image_plan
Zwenkau in L.svg
German location.state
Sachsen
German location.district
Leipzig
German location.elevation
130
German location.area
46.3
German location.postal_code
04442
German location.area_code
03 42 03
German location.licence
L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
14729430
German location.divisions
10
German location.website
www.zwenkau.de
German location.mayor
Holger Schulz
German location.leader_term
2022–29
German location.party
CDU

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Pre-industrial period
  • Demography
  • Local council
  • Sons and daughters of the city
  • Pictures
  • References
  • External links

Zwenkau () is a town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. Situated between the White Elster and Pleiße rivers, it nestles in the Leipzig Bay and includes parts of the conservation area Elsteraue and ''Central Germany's Street of Lignite''. It is situated within the Central German Metropolitan Region.

== Geography ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zwenkau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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