Espenhain is a village and a former municipality in the

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

district, in

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. On 1 August 2015 it was merged into the town

Rötha Rötha () is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 16 km south of Leipzig. On 1 August 2015 it was expanded with the former municipality Espenhain. Districts *Mölbis - independent village until 1999, formerly i ...

.Gebietsänderungen von Januar bis Dezember 2015

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Geography

Espenhain is situated in the

Leipzig Bay The Leipzig BayDickinson (1964), p. 29.Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

and 8 km north of Borna, in the middle of the newly minted New Lake District.

Economy

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Solar power plant

The solar power plant Espenhain Leipzig is in the municipality. This power plant is a photovoltaic power station. It is a partnership project of the Berlin project development company Geosol and Shell. The power plant was dedicated on the September 8, 2004 and at that time one of the largest of its type in

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References

Leipzig (district) Former municipalities in Saxony {{Leipzig-geo-stub