Leipzig (district)

Leipzig
Flag of Leipzig
Coat of arms of Leipzig
Map
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
CapitalBorna
Government
 • District admin.Henry Graichen (CDU)
Area
 • Total1,646 km2 (636 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total260,429
 • Density160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationL, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
Websitewww.landkreisleipzig.de

Leipzig (official name: Landkreis Leipzig) is a district (Kreis) in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany. It is named after the city of Leipzig, which borders onto the district, but the city is not part of the district. Leipzig district has borders with (from the west and clockwise) the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the urban district of Leipzig, the districts of Nordsachsen and Mittelsachsen, and the state of Thuringia.

  1. ^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.