Place details
Place nameLeipzig
Other namesLeipzig district
CountryDeutschland
Latitude51.333
Longitude12.333
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
The district of Leipzig, formerly a state in East Germany, is now a second level subdivision in the eastern German state of Saxony. It includes the fertile Leipzig basin, a low-lying area rich in lignite. Its calculated population for 2005 was 1,063,519.