The Leipzig lowland bay is in the northwest of Saxony. The area around Leipzig is mainly characterized by the New Lakeland shaped, numerous, meanwhile flooded former brown coal opencast mines. The area also extends to the south of the neighboring country Saxony-Anhalt into (seeCentral German chemistry triangle).
places
- 1 Bad Lausick
- RIFF leisure pool, spa clinics and spa gardens. - 2 Borna - Market square, town church with Luther monument, Emmaus church (had to give way before the brown coal).
- 3 Delitzsch - Baroque palace and garden, well-preserved old town, Schulze-Delitzsch-Haus (German founder of the cooperatives)
- 4 Eilenburg - City on the Mulde; Castle from 961.
- 5 Groitzsch - Small town on the White Elster with the remains of the Wiprechtsburg, the oldest stone building in Saxony.
- 6 Leipzig - by far the largest city in the region; Transport hub, trade fair and music city.
- 7 Markkleeberg - With the Cospuden and Markkleeberger lakes, the city is a popular local recreation destination for the people of Leipzig.
- 8 Markranstädt - the Kulkwitzer See (water sports!) separates the city from Leipzig; the Altranstädter Schloss was the political center of Northern Europe from 1706 to 1707.
- 9 Pegau - Small town on the White Elster; St. Laurentius Church with Romanesque Wiprecht cenotaph and Renaissance town hall (same master builder as in Leipzig).
- 10 Schkeuditz - the Elster-Luppe-Aue and lakes form an attractive contrast to the airport and the oldest motorway junction in Europe.
- 11 Zwenkau - at Zwenkauer See, the largest in the Leipzig region; the history of lignite becomes clear at Cape Zwenkau.
Other goals
- Leipzig alluvial forest - Alluvial forest in the area of Pleiße, Weißer Elster and Luppe
- Leipzig New Lakeland in the southern area of Leipzig with several, z. T. interconnected lakes. More will be added over the next few decades.
- Schladitzer See and Werbeliner See on the northern edge of Leipzig, south of Delitzsch
background
The Leipzig lowland bay is the southernmost region of the north German lowlands. Characteristic is the lignite mining, which is in decline today, and the resulting post-mining landscape with birch forests and countless lakes. Recultivated areas are given a new role as recreational areas such as the Leipziger Neuseenland, especially in the south and north of the city.
getting there
- The Leipzig lowland bay is from the direction Munich and Berlin Accessible via the A 9. From northwest Germany and Dresden the A 14 leads into the region. The A 38 from North Hesse crosses on Cross Rippachtal the A 9, bypasses Leipzig south and meets east at Triangle Parthenaue on the A 14.
- Leipzig is an ICE stop with direct connections from / to Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, Interlaken, Dresden and Munich. There are also IC connections after Magdeburg, Cologne, Wiesbaden, Berlin, Dresden and Prague,
- Leipzig and Leipzig Airport are stops for various long-distance bus routes.
mobility
In December 2013, the city tunnel in Leipzig was put into operation for rail traffic and at the same time local rail traffic in the region was redesigned. The five lines of the Central German S-Bahn network with stations in many places in the region are all geared towards the city of Leipzig. In the foreseeable future and also interesting for tourists, the region will develop one step further into the metropolitan region around Leipzig and the nearby city of Halle an der Saale.
The entire region of the Leipzig lowlands (more precisely: Leipzig and the districts surrounding the city Leipziger Land and northern Saxony) belongs to the Central German Transport Association (MDV) at. All network tickets are valid on regional trains, trams and buses in the respective tariff zone (s). The Saxony (Saxony-Anhalt / Thuringia) ticket is also recognized by all public transport in the mdv. If you only want to travel by train to other means of transport without authorization to transfer, you can also purchase tickets at the DB tariff using BahnCard discounts (exception: within the city of Leipzig and for Leipzig-Halle).
Tourist Attractions
- the city Leipzig with numerous sights, including historic trading houses, exhibition centers and passages as well as the Monument to the Battle of the Nations
- Karl-Heine Canal and the unfinished Elster-Saale Canal in the west of Leipzig
- Bad Lausick: St. Kilian's Church (originally built in the early 12th century as a Romanesque basilica, but has since been redesigned several times so that it now has a Renaissance tower and a Baroque interior design as well as a Silbermann organ)
- Delitzsch: Baroque palace
- Groitzsch: oldest stone building in Saxony
- Knautnaundorf (in the southwest of Leipzig): oldest church in Saxony
- Makers:
- 1 Castle makers - very pretty renaissance castle with an English landscape garden (all sorts of decorative elements such as an artificial castle ruin, pyramid, Greek temple, various sculptures)
- St. Nicholas Church, well worth seeing and rich in history
- 2 Püchau Castle (neo-Gothic Tudor Revival style) with an English landscape garden
- Museum of the Stasi bunker at the Lübschütz ponds
- 1 Castle makers
- Pegau: Sankt-Laurentius-Kirche with the cenotaph of Count Wiprecht von Groitzsch; Renaissance town hall
- Evidence of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig (among others Apple stonesmarking the positions of the various troops during the battle) and the peaceful revolution of 1989
- Altranstädt Castle (district of Markranstädt): For 2 years the headquarters of the Swedish King Karl XII. (1706/07), here was the Altranstadt Convention closed, through which the then emperor of the Holy Roman Empire granted the Silesians freedom of belief
activities
- Leipzig New Lakeland, Water sports, the Zwenkau lake is the largest lake with 970 hectares; Part of the Central German Lakeland, the largest lakes of which are in Saxony-Anhalt
- 1 Belantis, according to its own information, East Germany's largest theme park. Located directly on the A 38, at the Leipzig-Neue Harth exit.
- Lutherweg, Hiking or cycling in the footsteps of the reformer, whose theses were celebrated 500 years ago in 2017
- Festivals and regular events
- numerous events in Leipzig (including book fair, Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Bachfest, Christmas market)
- July: With full force, big metal, hardcore and punk festival at the Roitzschjora glider airfield Löbnitz
- August: Highfield Festival at the Störmthaler See in Großpösna, largest indie rock festival in the new federal states (25,000 visitors on average)
