Zwenkau
Zwenkau | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Zwenkau within Leipzig district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| Admin. region | Leipzig |
| District | Leipzig |
| Subdivisions | 10 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Holger Schulz (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.21 km2 (17.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population (2006-12-31) | |
| • Total | 8,929 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 04442 |
| Dialling codes | 03 42 03 |
| Vehicle registration | L |
| Website | www.zwenkau.de |
Zwenkau is a city in the district of Leipzig, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Situated between the rivers Weiße Elster and Pleiße it unfolds to Leipzig lowlands and includes parts of the conservation area Elsteraue and Central Germany's Street of Lignite.
Geography
The city lies about 15 km south of Leipzig and 3 km northwest of the industrial site Böhlen / Lippendorf with its landmark, Lippendorf Power Station. A former open-cast mine extending from the northeast of Zwenkau to its northwest was set on September 30, 1999 and is currently being rehabilitated and converted to Lake Zwenkau. Several smaller towns and hamlets belong to Zwenkau, being
- the suburbs Kötzschbar, Imnitz and Löbschütz
- the rural towns Großdalzig, Mausitz, Kleindalzig, Tellschütz, and Zitzschen (since October 1, 1993)
- the town Rüssen-Kleinstorkwitz and its hamlet Döhlen (since October 1, 1996)
The rural areas of the historic town Eythra and parts of Bösdorf, both abandoned in favor of lignite deposits in the 1980s, are also administered by the city of Zwenkau and bordered in the west.
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