Pegau
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Location of the town of Pegau within Leipzig district
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| Coordinates | 51°10′0″N 12°15′0″E / 51.166667°N 12.25°ECoordinates: 51°10′0″N 12°15′0″E / 51.166667°N 12.25°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| Admin. region | Leipzig |
| District | Leipzig |
| Municipal assoc. | Pegau |
| Town subdivisions | 3 |
| Mayor | Peter Bringer |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 48.61 km2 (18.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) |
| Population | 6,483 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 133 /km2 (345 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | L |
| Postal code | 04523 |
| Area codes | 03 42 96 |
| Website | www.pegau.de |
Pegau is a town in the Leipzig district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, situated in a fertile country, on the Weiße 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 embrace the manufacture of felt, boots and metal wares.
Pegau grew up round a monastery founded in 1096, but does not appear as a town before the close of the 12th century. Markets were held here and its prosperity was further enhanced by its position on a main road running east and west. In the monastery, which was dissolved in 1539, a valuable chronicle was compiled, the Annales pegavienses, covering the period from 1039 to 1227.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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