Pötzschau is a village and a former municipality 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. Since 2015, it is part of the town

Rötha Rötha is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 16 km south of Leipzig. On 1 August 2015 it was expanded with the former municipality Espenhain. Districts *Mölbis - independent village until 1999, formerly infam ...

. It consists of the smaller parts Großpötzschau, Kleinpötzschau and Dahlitzsch. Pötzschau is south-east of

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 ...

in the valley of the creek Gösel.

History

The first mentioning was as ''Beschowe'' in 1206, the distinction were added, "Groß" (great) in 1514, and "Klein" (small) in 1497. Dahlitzsch was first mentioned as ''Talzschicz'' in 1469. Formerly an independent municipality, it was merged into the municipality

Espenhain Espenhain is a village and a former municipality in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. On 1 August 2015 it was merged into the town Rötha.Gebietsänderungen von Januar bis Dezember 2015

Statistisches Bundesamt The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...

References

Literature

* Thomas Nabert, Andreas Berkner, Sigrun Kabisch (ed.): ''Im Pleiße- und Göselland : zwischen Markkleeberg, Rötha und Kitzscher'', ''Pro''Leipzig, Leipzig 1999, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Potzschau Leipzig (district) Former municipalities in Saxony