Brandis () is a town in the

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district, in

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. It is situated 16 km east of

Geography

Brandis developed as a village around Brandis

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which still forms part of the historical center. Since the late 1990s, the city has been merged with a number of formerly independent villages, including Beucha and Polenz.

Transport

Brandis is connected to the federal highway network via a network of local roads. In Beucha, the city is linked to the regional rail network with direct trains to Leipzig.

Born in Brandis

* Karl Bock (1922-2004), physician in the field of pediatric cardiology * Anneliese Zänsler (born 1927), opera and operetta singer, vocal pedagogue and musicologist *

Andreas Reuter Andreas Reuter (born October 31, 1949) is a German computer science professor and research manager. His research focuses on databases, transaction systems, and parallel and distributed computer systems. Reuter has been scientific and executive dir ...

(born 1949), computer scientist * Stefan Altner (born 1956), musicologist

References

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