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Pleiße
The Pleiße () is a river of Saxony and Thuringia, Germany. It flows from south to north into the White Elster in Leipzig. Originally, its natural length was ; however, south of Leipzig, it has been straightened, which shortened it to around . The river is well accessible via the Pleiße cycle path. The name Pleiße is of old Sorbian origin and means: "the swamp-forming water". It gave its name to the Pleissnerland (Plisni) on its lower reaches, which was important in the Middle Ages. Course The Pleiße has its source southwest of Zwickau in Lichtentanne, locality Ebersbrunn. The Saxon towns of Werdau and Crimmitschau are followed by the Thuringian communities of Ponitz, Gößnitz, Nobitz and Altenburg. Behind Windischleuba, the Windischleuba dam regulates the flow to Fockendorf and Treben. After Haselbach, which is still part of the municipial association ''(Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)'' Pleißenaue in Thuringia, follow the Saxon communities of Regis-Breitingen, ...
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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 Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted as a Slavic term meaning ''place of linden trees'', in line with many other Slavic placenames in the region. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (the Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster and its tributaries Pleiße and Parthe. The Leipzig Riverside Forest, Europe's largest intra-city riparian forest, has developed along these rivers. Leipzig is at the centre of Neuseenland (''new lake district''). This district has Bodies of water in Leipzig, several artificial lakes created from former lignite Open-pit_mining, open-pit mines. Leipzig has been a trade city s ...
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Altenburg
Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region between Gera, Zwickau and Chemnitz with more than 1 million inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of 33,000. Today, the city and its rural county is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. Altenburg was first mentioned in 976 and later became one of the first German cities within former Slavic area, east of the Saale river (as part of the medieval Ostsiedlung movement). The emperor Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa visited Altenburg several times between 1165 and 1188, hence the town is named a Barbarossa city, Barbarossa town today. Since the 17th century, Altenburg was the residence of different House of Wettin, Ernestine duchies, of whom the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Altenburg persisted until th ...
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Wyhra
The Wyhra (in its upper course: ''Wiera'') is a river of Saxony and Thuringia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Pleiße, which it joins near Lobstädt. See also *List of rivers of Saxony *List of rivers of Thuringia A list of rivers of Thuringia, Germany: A *Alster * Apfelstädt * Ascherbach * Auma B * Biber * Bibra * Blambach * Bode * Breitenbach * Breitstrom D * Dammbach * Deube * Dober * Dürrbach E * Effelder * Eichbach * Ellenbach * Eller * Els ... Rivers of Saxony Rivers of Thuringia Rivers of Germany {{Thuringia-river-stub ...
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Pleissnerland
Pleissnerland, Pleissenland or the Imperial Territory of Pleissenland (; ) was a '' Reichsgut'' of the Holy Roman Empire, which meant that it was directly possessed by the respective elected King of the Romans or Emperor. It was named for the Pleiße River, and was located in what is now the border region between the German states of Thuringia and Saxony south of Leipzig, including the towns of Altenburg, Chemnitz, Zwickau and Leisnig. History The area east of the Sorbian March was conquered between 927 and 929 by King Henry I of Germany in the course of his campaign against the Polabian Slavs, it was incorporated as '' Gau Plisni'' into the Saxon ''Marca Geronis''. Upon the weakening of the Imperial authority during the 11th century Investiture Controversy, the estates gradually came under the rule of local comital dynasties, foremost the Burgraves of Nuremberg and the Margraves of Meissen. Emperor Lothair III (1133-1137) began to reassert his claims by repeatedly choos ...
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Pleißenaue
Pleißenaue is a ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ("collective municipality") in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. The seat of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' is in Treben. The ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' Pleißenaue consists of the following municipalities: #Fockendorf Fockendorf is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the ... # Gerstenberg # Haselbach # Treben # Windischleuba References Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thuringia {{Altenburger-geo-stub ...
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Crimmitschau
Crimmitschau () is a town in the district of Zwickau (district), Zwickau in Saxony, Germany. Geography Crimmitschau lies on the river Pleiße in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains. Neighboring municipalities Adjacent communities include: Zwickau, Dennheritz, Neukirchen/Pleiße, Neukirchen, Meerane, and Langenbernsdorf in Landkreis of Zwickau (district), Zwickau; Heyersdorf, Jonaswalde, Ponitz and Thonhausen in Thuringian Landkreis of Altenburger Land; as well as Braunichswalde, Rückersdorf, Thuringia, Rückersdorf, and Seelingstädt in Thuringia in Landkreis of Greiz (district), Greiz. Municipality subdivisions The town Crimmitschau consists of Crimmitschau proper and the following five ''Ortschaften'' (localities), each containing several ''Ortsteile'' or divisions:
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Markkleeberg
Markkleeberg () is an affluent suburb of Leipzig, located in the Leipzig district of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. The river Pleiße runs through the city, which borders Leipzig to the north and to the west. Markkleeberg is known to be the entry point to a region of recultivated open-cast mining lakes south of Leipzig dubbed the ''Leipziger Neuseenland''. History The town now called Markkleeberg has its origins in several towns that have been merged over the years. The center of modern-day Markkleeberg used to be called Oetzsch. It was merged with the smaller outlying district Markkleeberg in 1911 and renamed Oetzsch-Markkleeberg. Oetzsch-Markkleeberg was in turn merged with Gautzsch and the whole town was called "Markkleeberg", although Markkleeberg was the smallest, because it sounded most Germanic at a time of Nazi-led Germanisation. The etymology of Markkleeberg may be "clover hill market town". The name of Oetzsch has most likely a Wendish origin. In 1316 it was ...
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Regis-Breitingen
Regis-Breitingen () is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Pleiße The Pleiße () is a river of Saxony and Thuringia, Germany. It flows from south to north into the White Elster in Leipzig. Originally, its natural length was ; however, south of Leipzig, it has been straightened, which shortened it to around . Th ..., 6 km southwest of Borna. References Leipzig (district) {{Leipzig-geo-stub ...
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Treben
Treben is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land in Thuringia, Germany. History Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Treben was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Altenburg () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine duchies, Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometers and a populati .... References Altenburger Land {{Altenburger-geo-stub ...
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Haselbach, Thuringia
Haselbach is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... References Altenburger Land {{Altenburger-geo-stub ...
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Gößnitz
Gößnitz () is a town in the Altenburger Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Pleiße, 12 km south of Altenburg, and 20 km northwest of Zwickau. Gößnitz received its town charter in 1718. It is known for the railroad junction of the Leipzig-Hof railway connection and the Central-Germany connection (Dresden - Chemnitz - Gößnitz - Gera - Erfurt) and its station prides itself having Europe's longest platform, as well as the Gößnitz Open-Air'. The town's greatest prosperity was at the time of industrialization; Hence Viktor Grimm's representative malt factory from 1889 still characterizes the cityscape. Sons and daughters of the city * (1881-1967), physician, philosopher and founder of psychobiology Behavioral neuroscience, also known as biological psychology, biopsychology, or psychobiology,
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Windischleuba
Windischleuba is a municipality in the district Altenburger Land, in Thuringia, Germany. History Within the German Empire (1871–1918), Windischleuba was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Altenburg () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine duchies, Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometers and a populati .... References Altenburger Land {{Altenburger-geo-stub ...
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