Breitenfeld, Leipzig

Breitenfeld
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Breitenfeld is located in Germany
Breitenfeld
Breitenfeld
Breitenfeld is located in Saxony
Breitenfeld
Breitenfeld
Coordinates: 51°24′10″N 12°20′40″E / 51.40278°N 12.34444°E / 51.40278; 12.34444
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictUrban district
CityLeipzig
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationL
Websitewww.leipzig.de

Breitenfeld is a village in Germany, incorporated into the city of Leipzig since 1999. It lies 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of the city centre, near the old road to Landsberg. To the south, it borders the suburbanised villages of Lindenthal and Wiederitzsch; to the north it is bordered by the autobahn A14. It was the site of the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631), an important Swedish-Protestant victory in the Thirty Years' War.