Landsberg, Saxony-Anhalt
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Old town, view from Chapel Hill
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Location of Landsberg within Saalekreis district
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| Coordinates: 51°32′N 12°10′E / 51.533°N 12.167°ECoordinates: 51°32′N 12°10′E / 51.533°N 12.167°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| District | Saalekreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Olaf Heinrich | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 124.74 km2 (48.16 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 97 m (318 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 14,996 | |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 06186–06188 | |
| Dialling codes | 034602 | |
| Vehicle registration | SK | |
| Website | www.stadt-landsberg.de | |
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Landsberg is a town in the Saalekreis in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
The town is located between the cities of Halle, about 19 km (12 mi) in the southwest, Leipzig, about 25 km (16 mi) in the southeast, and Bitterfeld-Wolfen, about 15 km (9.3 mi) in the north. Located in the Leipzig Bay of the North German Plain, Landsberg lies within the larger Leipzig-Halle agglomeration in the Central German Metropolitan Region.
The municipal area immediately borders the independent city of Halle in the southwest and the Nordsachsen district of Saxony in the southeast. After several incorporations in recent years, it currently comprises 11 localities (Ortschaften):
Known far beyond Landsberg is the Felsenbad ("Cliff Bath"), a swimming pool complex with diving platforms, a 50-metre (160 ft) stretch of competition swimming lanes, and a vast shallow pool where non-swimmers may bathe. Furthermore, the town is the namesake of the well known – in Germany – Landsberger Gemenge (roughly "Landsberg Batch"), a winter catch crop made out of crimson clover, Italian ryegrass and fodder vetch, which is used as livestock fodder or silage.
Landsberg station is a stop on the Berlin–Halle railway, Halle–Cottbus railway, and Magdeburg-Leipzig railway lines.
The oldest known trace of early settlements in what is now Landsberg dates from the Neolithic. It is first documented as civitas holm in a 961 deed issued by King Otto I of Germany, then located in the Slavic lands beyond the southeastern borders of the Duchy of Saxony along the Saale River.
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