Zwochau is a village and a former municipality in the district (''Landkreis'') of North Saxony, in the administrative region (''Direktionsbezirk'') of Leipzig, in Saxony. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the municipality

Wiedemar Wiedemar is a municipality in the district of Nordsachsen, in Saxony, 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 ...

Location

The village lies approximately 30 km east of

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the Germany, German States of ...

, ca. 20 km northwest of Leipzig, and 10 km southwest of

Delitzsch Delitzsch (; Slavic: ''delč'' or ''delcz'' for hill) is a town in Saxony in Germany, 20 km north of Leipzig and 30 km east of Halle (Saale). With 24,850 inhabitants at the end of 2015, it is the largest town in the district of Nordsach ...

. The national autobahn no. 9 runs west of the corporate boundary and can be accessed via the

entrance ramp (ca. 4 km). The community is marked with the vestiges of the defunct middle German Brown coal industry. Lakes are currently forming in the vast open pits of the former mines (the

Werbeliner See Werbeliner See is a lake in Saxony, Germany. At an elevation of 98.0 m, its surface area is 4.5 km². The lake is a part of the Central German Lake District The Central German Lake District (''German:'' Mitteldeutsches Seenland) is a group ...

, ''Grabschützer See,'' and ''Zwochauer See'') as a part of the new "Saxon Sealand." The Leipzig/Halle Airport is immediately south of Zwochau in the

Schkeuditz Schkeuditz () is a Große Kreisstadt in the district of Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the White Elster river, 12 km northwest of Leipzig. Leipzig/Halle Airport is located in Schkeuditz. The letter processing center for ...

district.

History

The existence of the village of Zwochau is first documented in a charter from 1158. Since 1 April 1936 the villages of Flemsdorf and Schladitz have been amalgamated with Zwochau.Verwaltungsgeschichte Delitzsch
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Sights

* The "Saxon Sealand" (''Sächsisches Seenland'') * The Zwochau Church * The Zwochau Post Windmill (''Neue Bockwindmühle'')

External links

Gemeinde Zwochau

References

Nordsachsen Former municipalities in Saxony {{Nordsachsen-geo-stub