largest city in Saxony, Germany
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Leipzig
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    Leipzig
    largest city in Saxony, Germany

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      instance of
      big city
      start time
      1870
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      city
      start time
      1165
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      major regional center
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      logo image
      Stadt Leipzig Logo (black, 2021).svg
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      demonym
      Lipšćan (Upper Sorbian)
      applies to part
      masculine
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      Lipšćanka (Upper Sorbian)
      applies to part
      feminine
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      Leipziger (German)
      applies to part
      masculine
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      Leipzigerin (German)
      applies to part
      feminine
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      Leipzižan (Slovenian)
      applies to part
      masculine singular
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      Leipzižanka (Slovenian)
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      country
      Germany
      start time
      3 October 1990
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      archINFORM location ID
      463
      stated in
      archINFORM
      retrieved
      6 August 2018
      German Democratic Republic
      end time
      2 October 1990
      start time
      7 October 1949
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      Soviet occupation zone of Germany
      end time
      6 October 1949
      start time
      July 1945
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      Allied-occupied Germany
      end time
      July 1945
      start time
      19 April 1945
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      Nazi Germany
      end time
      18 April 1945
      start time
      30 January 1933
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      Weimar Republic
      end time
      29 January 1933
      start time
      9 November 1919Gregorian
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      German Empire
      end time
      8 November 1919Gregorian
      start time
      1 January 1871Gregorian
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      Kingdom of Saxony
      end time
      1 July 1867Gregorian
      start time
      20 December 1806Gregorian
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      Electorate of Saxony
      end time
      19 December 1806Gregorian
      start time
      10 January 1356
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      North German Confederation
      end time
      1 January 1871Gregorian
      start time
      1 July 1867Gregorian
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      located in the administrative territorial entity
      Leipzig Government Region
      start time
      1 January 1991
      end time
      1 August 2008
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      Leipzig District
      end time
      3 October 1990
      start time
      25 July 1952
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      Amtshauptmannschaft Leipzig
      start time
      1937
      end time
      25 July 1952
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      Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig
      end time
      1937
      start time
      21 April 1873Gregorian
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      coordinate location

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      51°20'26.2756"N, 12°22'29.0384"E
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      Map

      51°20'21.998"N, 12°22'16.000"E
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      stated in
      Integrated Authority File
      GND ID
      4035206-7
      language of work or name
      German
      retrieved
      19 March 2025

      Map

      51°21'0.0"N, 12°22'59.9"E
      1 reference
      stated in
      GeoNames
      GeoNames ID
      2879137
      language of work or name
      English
      retrieved
      19 March 2025

      Map

      51°20'22.63"N, 12°22'16.64"E
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      stated in
      GeoNames
      GeoNames ID
      2879139
      language of work or name
      English
      retrieved
      19 March 2025
      head of government
      Otto Robert Georgi
      start time
      20 December 1877Gregorian
      end time
      30 September 1899Gregorian
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      Carl Bruno Tröndlin
      start time
      2 October 1899Gregorian
      end time
      27 May 1908Gregorian
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      Rudolf Dittrich
      start time
      14 July 1908Gregorian
      end time
      31 December 1917Gregorian
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      Karl Rothe
      start time
      2 January 1918Gregorian
      end time
      4 April 1930
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      Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
      start time
      23 May 1930
      end time
      31 March 1937
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      Walter Dönicke
      start time
      12 October 1937
      end time
      11 October 1938
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      Alfred Freyberg
      start time
      21 August 1939
      end time
      18 April 1945
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      Johannes Vierling
      start time
      23 April 1945
      end time
      16 July 1945
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      Erich Zeigner
      start time
      16 July 1945
      end time
      5 April 1949
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      Max Opitz
      start time
      18 May 1949
      end time
      5 June 1951
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      Erich Uhlich
      start time
      10 October 1951
      end time
      5 December 1959
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      Walter Kresse
      start time
      5 December 1959
      end time
      15 April 1970
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      Karl-Heinz Müller
      start time
      16 April 1970
      end time
      20 January 1986
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      Bernd Seidel
      start time
      20 January 1986
      end time
      3 November 1989
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      Hinrich Lehmann-Grube
      start time
      4 June 1990
      end time
      1 July 1998
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      Wolfgang Tiefensee
      start time
      1 July 1998
      end time
      29 March 2006
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      population
      601,668
      point in time
      23 January 2020
      determination method or standard
      unknown value
      1 reference
      reference URL
      https://www.leipzig.de/news/news/leipzig-hat-jetzt-offiziell-601668-einwohner
      title
      Leipzig hat jetzt offiziell 601.668 Einwohner (German)
      editor
      Stadt Leipzig
      100,000
      point in time
      1870
      determination method or standard
      unknown value
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      615,081
      point in time
      31 October 2022
      1 reference
      reference URL
      https://www.statistik.sachsen.de/html/bevoelkerungsstand-einwohner.html
      title
      Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden (German)
      publisher
      Statistical Office of the Federal State of Saxony
      retrieved
      18 February 2023
      contains the administrative territorial entity
      Plagwitz
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      Schleußig
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      Connewitz
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      Westvorstadt
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      Möckern
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      Lindenau
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      Südvorstadt
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      Innenstadt
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      Baalsdorf
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      Gohlis
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      Ostvorstadt
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      Neulindenau
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      Miltitz
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      Grünau Mitte
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      Grünau-Ost
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      Schönau
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      Kleinzschocher
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      Nordvorstadt
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      Knautkleeberg
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      twinned administrative body
      Klaipėda
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      São Paulo
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      Bamako
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      shares border with
      Landkreis Leipzig
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      Nordsachsen
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      Delitzsch
      end time
      1 August 2008
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      Leipziger Land
      end time
      1 August 2008
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      Muldental
      end time
      1 August 2008
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      Rackwitz
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      Krostitz
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      Jesewitz
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      Taucha
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      Borsdorf
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      Brandis
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      Großpösna
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      Markkleeberg
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      Zwenkau
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      Pegau
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      Markranstädt
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      Schkeuditz
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      postal code
      04275
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      04155
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      04157
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      04109
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      04105
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      04229
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      04317
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      04159
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      04177
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      hashtag
      Leipzig
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      page banner
      Leipzig Wikivoyage Banner.png
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      Commons gallery
      Leipzig
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      Commons category
      Leipzig
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