 Exhibition pavilion Cape Zwenkau | |
| Zwenkau | |
| federal state | Saxony |
|---|---|
| Residents | 8882 |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 9274   | |
| height | 130 m |
| Tourist info | 49 343 3873197 Leipziger Neunseenland |
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Zwenkau is a small town in the south of Leipzig, through the city Zwenkau lake separated, one of the largest lakes in central Germany.
background
The Zwenkau lake, which emerged from an open-cast lignite mine, is the third largest body of water in the Central German Lake District with 970 hectares after Geiseltalsee (1850 hectares) and Goitzsche (1330 hectares).
getting there
By plane
The Leipzig Halle Airport is about 38 km north-west (B 186 and A 9).
By train
The trains from Leipzig to Gera stop every hour at the Zwenkau-Großdalzig stop (6 km from the center of Zwenkau) that goes from Leipzig to Borna in Großdeuben, also about 6 km away.
By bus
The Leipzig main station can be reached from Zwenkau with the express bus 100. Other bus lines connect the city with the south of Leipzig, Markkleeberg and Altenburg.
In the street
The federal highways 2 and 186 run through southern Zwenkau. The B 95 is approx. 5 km away and can be reached via the B 2. The A 38 can also be reached via the B 2 at the Leipzig Süd junction 10 km away.
mobility
Zwenkau is located in the tariff area of the Central German Transport Association (mdv). All network tickets that are valid for the tariff zone are valid on the S-Bahn, tram and bus. The Saxony, (Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) ticket is also valid on all local public transport.
Tourist Attractions
- Town hall, a former castle and later a palace
- Half-timbered construction Sattelhof
- House raven in the Bauhaus style
- Water tower from 1904
- Exhibition pavilion Cape Zwenkau with information about the former opencast mine
- Eichholz with temple ruins Trianon
- Imnitzer Lachen and oxbow lake of the White Elster
activities
- Waldbad, town hall
- Passenger ship on the Zwenkau lake
- Elster cycle path
- Pleiße cycle path
- New Lakeland Cycle Route
- theme park Belantis in the north of the Zwenkau lake
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Hotel Seehof, Zur Harth 1, 04442 Zwenkau. Tel.: (0)34203 5710.
health
Practical advice
trips
- Pegau (9 km southwest, B2): Saint Lawrence Church with the cenotaph of Count Wiprecht von Groitzsch (around 1230), Renaissance town hall similar to Leipzig's old town hall
- Groitzsch (9 km southwest, B2): Ruins of the Wiprechtsburg, the oldest stone building in Saxony, water tower
- Rötha (10 km east): Small town on the Pleißestausee with two Silbermann organs
- Markkleeberg (12 km north, B 2): Cospuden and Markkleeberger See (canoe park) as a recreational destination for the people of Leipzig
- Markranstädt (18 km northwest, B 186): the Altranstädter Castle was the political center of Northern Europe from 1706 to 1707
- Leipzig (19 km north, B 2): Leipzig's city center awaits with historical buildings, numerous museums and a distinctive nightlife.
- Lützen (25 km to the west, B 186 and A 38): King Gustav II. Adolf was killed in the Thirty Years War in the Battle of Lützen. At Großgörschen, 6 km southeast of Lützen, the first battle of the Wars of Liberation against Napoleon took place in May 1813.
