Neukieritzsch is a municipality in the

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

district, in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. On 1 April 2008, the former municipality of

Lobstädt Lobstädt is a village and a former municipality in the Leipziger Land district, in Saxony, Germany. On April 1, 2008 Lobstädt was incorporated into Neukieritzsch Neukieritzsch is a municipality in the Leipzig (district), Leipzig district, in ...

was incorporated into Neukieritzsch. On 1 July 2014, the former municipality of

Deutzen Deutzen is a village and a former municipality in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. Since 1 July 2014, it is part of the municipality Neukieritzsch Neukieritzsch is a municipality in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. On 1 April ...

was incorporated into Neukieritzsch.

Geography and Transport

Neukieritzsch lies in the

Leipzig Basin The Leipzig BayDickinson (1964), p. 29.Borna.

Demographics

Historical Population

Population ''(as of 31 December each year)'': : Data: Statistical Office of Saxony

Economy and Infrastructure

Neukieritzsch station Neukieritzsch station is a station on the Leipzig–Hof and the Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railways, which branches here, in Neukieritzsch in the German state of Saxony. The Neukieritzsch–Pegau railway, which has now been dismantled, also branc ...

is situated on the

Leipzig–Hof railway The Leipzig–Hof railway is a two-track main line in the German states of Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria, originally built and operated by the Saxon-Bavarian Railway Company. It runs from Leipzig through Altenburg, the Werdau wye junction, Reiche ...

of the Saxon Bavarian Railway Company and the Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway, as well as the former Neukieritzsch–Pegau railway.

References

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