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Leutzsch

Coordinates: 51°20′52″N 12°18′50″E / 51.34778°N 12.31389°E / 51.34778; 12.31389
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Leutzsch
Stadtteil of Leipzig
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Leutzsch is located in Germany
Leutzsch
Leutzsch
Leutzsch is located in Saxony
Leutzsch
Leutzsch
Coordinates: 51°20′52″N 12°18′50″E / 51.34778°N 12.31389°E / 51.34778; 12.31389
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictUrban district
CityLeipzig
Area
 • Total
4.53 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2023-12-31)
 • Total
10,899
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
04179
Dialling codes0341

Leutzsch is a western locality of Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. It is part of the borough Alt-West.[1] It is characterized by residential areas from the Wilhelminian period, an Art Nouveau villa colony and mostly disused industrial plants. Some of them have found new life as artist studios.[2]

Leutzsch was an independent municipality of about 15,000 inhabitants, until it was incorporated into Leipzig in 1922. Leutzsch is home to the Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark, home of BSG Chemie Leipzig and formerly of FC Sachsen Leipzig.

Position

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Leutzsch is located about 5 km (3 mi) west-northwest of Leipzig city center. It borders Lindenau to the south (with Prießnitzstrasse, the Lindenau cemetery and Merseburger Strasse as borders), and Böhlitz-Ehrenberg to the west (border at Ludwig-Hupfeld-Strasse, Leutzsch train station, Am Ritterschlößchen and Am Sportpark). To the north and east it borders the Leipzig Riverside Forest, with the forest Leutzscher Holz, the Burgaue, the Nahle and the Kleine Luppe. A little north of Leutzsch is the lake Auensee, which belongs to the neighboring quarter of Wahren. The commercial area on Schomburgkstraße is in the Leutzsch quarter, but is counted as part of the statistical district of Neulindenau.

History

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See also: History of Leipzig

Early development as a village

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Village church of Leutzsch around 1850

The place name is of Slavic origin: Łuč'e is derived from łuka, which means 'meadow' in Old Sorbian.[3] The settlement has probably existed since the Old Sorbian conquest of the land in the 8th century. The original village center was located on today's Am Tanzplan street. In the 11th century, German farmers also settled there. The village was first mentioned in documents under the name Luszh in 1285, when Margrave Frederick Tuta von Landsberg sold it to the Bishop of Merseburg. Ten years later, he enfeoffed the knight Heinricus de Lvitz (Heinrich von Leutzsch) with the Leutzscher Sattelhof. A chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary was elevated to the village church of St. Laurentius in 1397.[4]

Leutzsch on a map from 1879

From 1539, the council of the city of Leipzig held the manorial lordship in Leutzsch. From 1562, however, it was administratively subordinate to the Amt Schkeuditz in the Bishopric of Merseburg. This in turn had been under the sovereignty of the Electorate of Saxony since 1561 and belonged to the secundogeniture principality of Saxe-Merseburg between 1656/57 and 1738.[5] The population in 1562 was given as 23 hufners. During the Thirty Years' War, Swedish troops burned down the village.

In place of the old estate, a manor house was built around 1700, which was surrounded by a moat and therefore bore the popular name "Wasserschloss" (demolished in 1970, the area is now a park).[4] In 1764, Leutsch recorded 15⅔ hectares of land and 36 men and 8 Crofters. By resolution of the Congress of Vienna, the western part of the Amt Schkeuditz was ceded to Prussia in 1815. Leutzsch and the eastern part remained with the Kingdom of Saxony and was incorporated into the Kreisamt Leipzig. In 1834, Leutzsch recorded 402 inhabitants.[6]

The coat of arms of the Lords of Leutzsch shows a linden tree with roots and crown, surrounded by two five-leaf roses. It was the municipal coat of arms until 1890. It can still be seen today at the entrance to the Leutzsch town hall.

Population

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Year Inhabitants[7]
2000 08.383
2005 08.439
2010 08.752
2015 10.028
2020 10.450
2023 10.899

Buildings

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Important buildings in Leutzsch are:

  • St. Lawrence Church (St. Laurentius Kirche - protestant church) in baroque style.
  • St. Theresa Church (catholic church).
  • Leutzsch Town Hall (now Leutzsch Citizens’ Office) in Renaissance Revival style, built 1903 / 04.[8]
  • Administrative Court of Leipzig (Verwaltungsgericht Leipzig) in the former villa of the fur trader Curt Thorer.
  • St. Lawrence Church (St.-Laurentius-Kirche)
    St. Lawrence Church (St.-Laurentius-Kirche)
  • St. Theresia Church (St.-Theresia-Kirche)
    St. Theresia Church (St.-Theresia-Kirche)
  • Leutzsch Town Hall
    Leutzsch Town Hall
  • Administrative Court Leipzig (Verwaltungsgericht Leipzig)
    Administrative Court Leipzig (Verwaltungsgericht Leipzig)
  • Former Pianoforte mechanism factory H. F. Flemming
    Former Pianoforte mechanism factory H. F. Flemming
  • Villa Maedler
    Villa Maedler
  • Water tower of the former Lacufa works
    Water tower of the former Lacufa works
  • Leutzsch Arkaden shopping center
    Leutzsch Arkaden shopping center
  • The „knights' table“ in the Park am Wasserschloss (2022)
    The „knights' table“ in the Park am Wasserschloss (2022)

Trade

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The Leutzsch Arkaden shopping center was opened near the town hall in 2004.

Indoor swimming pool

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Schwimmhalle West with indoor swimming pool and an Apel-stone to the fore

The Leipziger Sportbäder operates an indoor swimming pool equipped with five 25-meter swimming lanes in Leutzsch.[9]

Green Space

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The Park am Wasserschloss (in English: Park at the Water Castle)[10] is the only large public green area in the quarter (with the exception of the extended Leipzig Riverside Forest beyond the quarter). The 2.7 ha (6.7 acres) park is located in the center of Leutzsch and dates back to the estate park of the former manor house.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hauptsatzung der Stadt Leipzig, § 26, February 2021.
  2. ^ "5 Things to Do In: Leutzsch". The Leipzig Glocal, Webzine in English. 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  3. ^ Inge Bily: Geographische Namen und ihre Bildung. In: Landschaften in Deutschland Online, 06/2015, in German
  4. ^ a b Leutzsch. In: Vera Denzer, Andreas Dix, Haik Thomas Porada (Hrsg.): Leipzig. Eine landeskundliche Bestandsaufnahme im Raum Leipzig. Böhlau Verlag, Köln/Weimar/Wien 2015, pp. 388–395, on p. 390, in German
  5. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke, Uwe Ulrich Jäschke: Kursächsischer Ämteratlas, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0, S. 84 f.. in German
  6. ^ Leutzsch, in: Digitales Historisches Ortsverzeichnis von Sachsen.
  7. ^ "Stadt Leipzig. Bevölkerungsbestand". statistik.leipzig.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  8. ^ Seidel, Mirko (2021-04-28). "Rathaus Leutzsch (Stadt Leipzig)". architektur-blicklicht.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  9. ^ "Schwimmhalle West - Swimming in Leipzig-Leutzsch". Leipziger Gruppe (in English and German). Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  10. ^ Stadtteilpark am Wasserschloss Leutzsch. In: Petra Mewes, Peter Benecken: Leipzigs Grün – Ein Park- und Gartenführer. Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-938543-49-8, pp. 70/71, in German
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