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Leipzig (district)

Field	Value
name	Leipzig
state	Saxony
capital	Borna
area	1,646
Kreisschlüssel	14729
district_admin	Henry Graichen
admin_party	CDU
carsign	L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
url
map
image_flag	Flagge Landkreis Leipzig.svg
image_coa	Wappen Landkreis Leipzig.svg

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

The district is located in the lowlands around Leipzig, the Leipzig Bay, and is rather flat. Individual hills are found in the north (Hohburg Hills) and south of the district. Its main rivers are the Mulde, Pleiße and White Elster. Also worth mentioning are the many lakes of the Leipzig Neuseenland in the west of the county, which were formed by deliberately flooding old brown coal pits.

History

The district was established by merging the former districts Muldentalkreis and Leipziger Land as part of the district reform of August 2008.

Economy

The Leipzig district hosts various solar power plants, including the between Neukieritzsch and Rotha, which in 2025 was the largest solar power plant in Europe with 650 MW in capacity.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities

References

https://www.moveon-energy.de/energiepark-witznitz/
"Europe’s Solar Boom Is Pushing Power Grids to The Limit". Bloomberg News.

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