Borsdorf

Borsdorf
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Borsdorf within Leipzig district
Borsdorf Borsdorf
Coordinates: 51°20′49″N 12°32′18″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Leipzig
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor	Ludwig Martin
Area
• Total	15.56 km2 (6.01 sq mi)
Elevation	152 m (499 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	8,195
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	04451
Dialling codes	034291
Vehicle registration	L
Website	www.borsdorf.de

Borsdorf is a municipality in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Modern Borsdorf municipality consists of three historical villages: Borsdorf (originally the smallest among the three, serving as a toll station at the historical main road from Leipzig to Dresden), Panitzsch (a settlement of Slavic origin) and Zweenfurth (named after a river crossing). All three villages are situated along the Parthe river.

Borsdorf is neighbouring Leipzig in the west, Taucha in the north, Machern in the east and [Brandis]] in the south-east.

Transport

Borsdorf train station

Borsdorf is located at the railway mainline between Leipzig and Dresden. It is served by local commuter trains, the rapid transit network of S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland as well as the Regional Express train (Regionalexpress) Leipzig-Dresden.

The municipality is linked to Leipzig via the B6 federal highway. The closest expressway is Bundesautobahn A14, approx. 4 km west of Borsdorf.

Leipzig-Halle Airport can be reached within 30 minutes by car.

Gallery

• 
  Im Kindergarten (In the kindergarten), by Hugo Oehmichen (b. 1843 in Borsdorf)
• 
  August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht stayed in Borsdorf between 1881 and 1891, the picture shows a commemorative plate outside the villa building where they lived.

Green Belt (Grüner Ring Leipzig)

Green belt bicycle round course (dark green ='Inner Green Belt'; light green = 'Outer Green Belt')

Borsdorf is a member of 'Grüner Ring Leipzig' a coordination group of Leipzig and the surrounding municipalities. As part of this, the 'Grüner Ring' (green belt) bicycle round course is running through Borsdorf.

Sons and Daughters

Albrecht Gehse (* 1955), Painter, member of the Leipzig School, known i.a. for his portrait of Helmut Kohl in the Federal German Chancellery building, Berlin

Sarah Klier (* 2. Oktober 1990, was the last baby born in the GDR just two minutes before German reunification on midnight 2./3. October)

External links

• Borsdorf in the Digital Historic Index of Places in Saxony (Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen)