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Leißling

Coordinates: 51°11′N 11°54′E / 51.183°N 11.900°E / 51.183; 11.900
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Leißling
Coat of arms of Leißling
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Leißling is located in Germany
Leißling
Leißling
Leißling is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Leißling
Leißling
Coordinates: 51°11′N 11°54′E / 51.183°N 11.900°E / 51.183; 11.900
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictBurgenlandkreis
TownWeißenfels
Area
 • Total7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Elevation
155 m (509 ft)
Population
 (2009-12-31)
 • Total1,512
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
06667
Dialling codes03443
Vehicle registrationBLK
Websitewww.teucherner-land.de

Leißling (or Leissling) is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the town Weißenfels.

Location

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Leißling lies south-west of Weißenfels on the Saale.

History

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The first documented mention of Leißling was made in the year 1232. On 1 September 2010 the village was annexed by Weißenfels.[1]

Monuments

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  • Stone on Market Street in memory of the communist working athlete Otto Müller, who was sentenced to jail and died in 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany).
  • Plaque on the house in Karl Marx Square where the communist functionary Fritz Schellbach, who died young in a Nazi Concentration Camp in 1944, was born.

Coat of arms

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

Twinning

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The town is twinned with Carlsberg in Rheinland-Pfalz.

Sights

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Kirche Leißling

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

Economy and Infrastructure

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Economy

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Leißling is well known for its mineral springs, which a company called Mitteldeutsche Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH & Co. KG uses for Leißlinger Mineral water. The largest shopping center in a 10-mile radius is found in Leißling.

Transportation

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

Sport

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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.

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