Leipzig

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Leipzig
Frae tap: Skyline o Leipzig centre, Monument tae the Battle o the Naitions at nicht, Federal Admeenistrative Coort o Germany, New Toun Haw, City-Hochhaus Leipzig an the Augusteum o the Leipzig Varsity Central Leipzig
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Leipzig
Coordinates: 51°20′N 12°23′E / 51.333°N 12.383°E / 51.333; 12.383Coordinates: 51°20′N 12°23′E / 51.333°N 12.383°E / 51.333; 12.383
Kintra	Germany
State	Saxony
Destrict	Urban destricts o Germany
Govrenment
• Laird Mayor	Burkhard Jung (SPD)
Area
• City	297.60 km2 (114.90 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• City	601,866
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
• Metro	1,001,220 (LUZ)[1]
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	04001-04357
Diallin codes	0341
Vehicle registration	L
Website	www.leipzig.de

Leipzig, cried Leipsic in Inglis an aw, is, wi a population o appr. 519,000, the lairgest ceety in the federal state o Saxony, Germany an in the new states o Germany. In the 17t century, Leipzig wis ane o the major European ceety-centres o learnin an cultur in fields such as muisic, astronomy an optics. Efter Warld War II, Leipzig became a major urban centre athin the Communist German Democratic Republic.

Leipzig later played a significant role in the fall o communism in Eastren Germany, through events taken place in an aroond St. Nikolai Kirk. Syne the Reunification o Germany, Leipzig haes unnergane significant chynge wi the restoration o historical biggins an the development o a modren transport infrastructure. In 2006, Leipzig hostit key gemmes in the Warld Cup.

1. ↑ http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=de
2. ↑ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.
3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named http://www.leipzig.de/news/news/einwohner-entwicklung-uebertrifft-selbst-optimistischste-prognosen/