Leißling (or ''Leissling'') is a village and a former municipality in the

Burgenlandkreis Burgenlandkreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established as Landkreis Burgenland by the merger of the former Burgenlandkreis and Landkreis Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. On 16 ...

district, in

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. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the town

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Location

Leißling lies south-west of Weißenfels on the

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History

The first documented mention of Leißling was made in the year 1232. On 1 September 2010 the village was annexed by Weißenfels.Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010
Statistisches Bundesamt

Monuments

* Stone on Market Street in memory of the communist working athlete Otto Müller, who was sentenced to jail and died in

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. * Plaque on the house in Karl Marx Square where the communist functionary Fritz Schellbach, who died young in a Nazi

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in 1944, was born.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms was approved in 1995 by the local government office in Halle.

Twinning

The town is twinned with Carlsberg in

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Sights

The Marion Church is a baroque church with pictures. It was consecrated in 1716.

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy

Leißling is well known for its mineral springs, which a company called Mitteldeutsche Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH & Co. KG uses for ''Leißlinger''

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. The largest shopping center in a 10-mile radius is found in Leißling.

Transportation

The National Road B87 passes near Leißling. Leißling is a station on the Thüringer Bahn from Erfurt to Halle.

Sport

Th football club Fortuna Leißling was founded around 1930. Games are played on the "monastery meadow". In the past there were also more clubs: cycling, bowling and gymnastics.

References

External links

Website der ehemaligen Gemeinde Leißling
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leissling Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Weißenfels