Narsdorf

Narsdorf
Street in Narsdorf (2012)
Narsdorf
Location of Narsdorf within Leipzig district
Coordinates: 51°1′0″N 12°43′0″E / 51.01667°N 12.71667°E / 51.01667; 12.71667Coordinates: 51°1′0″N 12°43′0″E / 51.01667°N 12.71667°E / 51.01667; 12.71667
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Leipzig
Municipal assoc.	Geithain
Government
• Mayor	Andreas Große
Area
• Total	24.49 km2 (9.46 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,659
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	04657
Dialling codes	034346 u. 034341
Vehicle registration	L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR

Narsdorf is a municipality in the Leipzig district, in Saxony, Germany. The villages of Bruchheim, Dölitzsch, Kolka, Narsdorf, Niederpickenhain, Oberpickenhain, Ossa, Rathendorf, and Wenigossa have been incorporated administratively.

Narsdorf is located about 42 km southsoutheast of Leipzig and 25 km northnorthwest of Chemnitz on Bundesstraße B175 and motorway A 72, immediately west of Wechselburg and south of Geithain. It has a station on the Neukieritzsch–Chemnitz railway. With the exception of Dölitzsch in the southeast, most of the incorporated communities lie to the west of Narsdorf proper.

Narsdorf is situated in the landscape of Kohrener Land which is part of the Central Saxon Hills and the Saxon Loess country. The area is rich in clay which is mined and processed into roof tiles. Woodlands are mainly found in the western part of the municipality. Bodies of water include ponds and a flooded clay pit as well as several streams of which Katze and Ratte are the main ones.

The oldest recorded part of Narsdorf is the Waldhufendorf Seifersdorf which was first mentioned as Sifridesdorp in a document of 1208. Until the 18th century it was partly administrated by the magistrate of Geithain and the Ämter of Borna (Syhra manor) and Rochlitz (Ossa manor). In 1934 it was incorporated into Narsdorf.

The Waldhufendorf Narsdorf itself was first mentioned in 1350 as Nordinsdorff and was founded during the German eastward expansion in the 13th century as a settlement in a woodland clearing. Around 1424 it is supposed to have been temporarily abandoned due to a plague outbreak. In the early modern period it belonged to Amt Rochlitz.