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Borsdorf is a municipality in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany.
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Municipality | |
 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Borsdorf within Leipzig district  | |
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| Coordinates: 51°20′49″N 12°32′18″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Leipzig |
| Subdivisions | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–27) | Birgit Kaden[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.56 km2 (6.01 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 152 m (499 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,219 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 04451 |
| Dialling codes | 034291 |
| Vehicle registration | L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR |
| Website | www.borsdorf.de |
Geography
Modern Borsdorf municipality consists of three historical villages: Borsdorf (originally the smallest among the three, serving as a toll station at the historical main road from Leipzig to Dresden), Panitzsch (a settlement of Slavic origin) and Zweenfurth (named after a river crossing). All three villages are situated along the Parthe river.
Borsdorf is neighbouring Leipzig in the west, Taucha in the north, Machern in the east and Brandis in the south-east.
Transport
Borsdorf is located at the railway mainline between Leipzig and Dresden. It is served by local commuter trains, the rapid transit network of S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland as well as the Regional Express train (Regionalexpress) Leipzig-Dresden.
The municipality is linked to Leipzig via the B6 federal highway. The closest expressway is Bundesautobahn A14, approx. 4 km west of Borsdorf.
Leipzig-Halle Airport can be reached within 30 minutes by car.
Gallery
Im Kindergarten (In the kindergarten), by Hugo Oehmichen (b. 1843 in Borsdorf)
August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht stayed in Borsdorf between 1881 and 1891 during the Anti-Socialist Laws, the picture shows a commemorative plate outside the villa building where they lived.
Green Belt (Grüner Ring Leipzig)
Borsdorf is a member of 'Grüner Ring Leipzig' a coordination group of Leipzig and the surrounding municipalities. As part of this, the 'Grüner Ring' (green belt) bicycle round course is running through Borsdorf.
Sons and Daughters
Albrecht Gehse (* 1955), Painter, member of the Leipzig School, known i.a. for his portrait of Helmut Kohl in the Federal German Chancellery building, Berlin
Sarah Klier (* 2. October 1990, was the last baby born in the GDR just two minutes before German reunification on midnight 2./3. October)
References
- Wahlergebnisse 2020, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
- "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.
External links
- Borsdorf in the Digital Historic Index of Places in Saxony (Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen)
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На других языках
- [en] Borsdorf
[ru] Борсдорф
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