Editing Leipzig (section)

==Geography==
[[File:L00 577 Cospudener See, Leipzig.jpg|thumb|The skyline of Leipzig seen from [[Cospudener See]] in the [[Neuseenland]]]]
[[File:2020-09-22 Leipzig 1DX 1467 by Stepro.jpg|thumb|The [[White Elster]] in the Plagwitz district of Leipzig]]
[[File:Beschwerliche Radtour.JPG|thumb|An impression of the [[Leipzig Riverside Forest|Leipzig Riparian Forest]] (''Leipziger Auenwald'')]]

===Location===
Leipzig is located in the [[Leipzig Bay]], the southernmost part of the [[North German Plain]], which is the part of the [[North European Plain]] in Germany. The city sits on the [[White Elster]], a river that rises in the [[Czech Republic]] and flows into the [[Saale]] south of Halle. The [[Pleiße]] and the [[Parthe]] join the White Elster in Leipzig, and the large inland delta-like landscape the three rivers form is called ''Leipziger Gewässerknoten''. The site is characterized by swampy areas such as the [[Leipzig Riverside Forest|Leipzig Riparian Forest]] (''Leipziger Auenwald''), though there are also some limestone areas to the north of the city. The landscape is mostly flat, though there is also some evidence of [[moraine]] and [[drumlin]]s.

Although there are some forest parks within the city limits, the area surrounding Leipzig is relatively unforested. During the 20th century, there were several open-pit mines in the region, many of which have been converted to lakes.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Untersuchung zum Landschaftswandel im Südraum Leipzig |journal=Standort |date=1 December 2002 |issn=0174-3635 |pages=159–165 |volume=26 |issue=4 |doi=10.1007/s00548-002-0103-3 |language=de |first1=Dagmar |last1=Haase |first2=Matthias |last2=Rosenberg |first3=Robert |last3=Mikutta |s2cid=68472430}}</ref>

Leipzig is also situated at the intersection of the [[ancient road]]s known as the [[Via Regia]] (King's highway), which traversed Germany in an east–west direction, and the [[Via Imperii]] (Imperial highway), a north–south road.

Leipzig was a walled city in the Middle Ages and [[Inner City Ring Road (Leipzig)|the current "ring" road around the historic centre]] of the city follows the line of the old city walls.

===Subdivision===
{{See also|Boroughs and localities of Leipzig}}
Since 1992 Leipzig has been divided administratively into ten ''Stadtbezirke'' (boroughs), which in turn contain a total of 63 ''Ortsteile'' (localities). Some of these correspond to outlying villages which have been annexed by Leipzig.
[[File:Verwaltung Leipzig.svg|thumb|right|{{center|''Stadtbezirke'' and ''Ortsteile'' of Leipzig}}]]

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|+ ''Stadtbezirke'' of Leipzig
|- 
! Stadtbezirk || Pop. (2020)<ref>[https://statistik.leipzig.de/statdist/table.aspx?cat=2&rub=1&item=70 Bevölkerungsbestand] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127140632/https://statistik.leipzig.de/statdist/table.aspx?cat=2&rub=1&item=70 |date=27 January 2022 }}, Stadt Leipzig, accessed 12 October 2021.</ref>|| Area km<sup>2</sup><ref>[https://statistik.leipzig.de/statdist/table.aspx?cat=1&rub=1&obj=0 Gesamtfläche] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111100456/https://statistik.leipzig.de/statdist/table.aspx?cat=1&rub=1&obj=0 |date=11 January 2022 }}, Stadt Leipzig, accessed 12 October 2021.</ref>||style="width:50px;"|Pop.<br />per km<sup>2</sup> || Ortsteile<ref>[https://www.leipzig.de/buergerservice-und-verwaltung/aemter-und-behoerdengaenge/satzungen/?tx_ewerkformsmanager_pi%5Buid%5D=377&tx_ewerkformsmanager_pi%5Baction%5D=download&tx_ewerkformsmanager_pi%5Bcontroller%5D=Statues&cHash=618807ccfa6b2984c9a6ca155d5d19c1 Hauptsatzung der Stadt Leipzig] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527122234/https://www.leipzig.de/buergerservice-und-verwaltung/aemter-und-behoerdengaenge/satzungen/?tx_ewerkformsmanager_pi%5Buid%5D=377&tx_ewerkformsmanager_pi%5Baction%5D=download&tx_ewerkformsmanager_pi%5Bcontroller%5D=Statues&cHash=618807ccfa6b2984c9a6ca155d5d19c1 |date=27 May 2021 }}, § 26, February 2021.</ref>
|-
|[[Leipzig-Mitte|Mitte]]||65,912||13.96||{{formatnum:{{#expr:65912/13.96 round 0}}}} || Zentrum, Zentrum-Ost, Zentrum-Südost, Zentrum-Süd, Zentrum-West, Zentrum-Nordwest, Zentrum-Nord
|-
|Nordost||48,227||26.31||{{formatnum:{{#expr:48227/26.31 round 0}}}} || [[Leipzig-Schönefeld|Schönefeld-Abtnaundorf]], Schönefeld-Ost, Mockau-Süd, Mockau-Nord, Thekla, Plaußig-Portitz
|-
|Ost||85,519||40.73||{{formatnum:{{#expr:85519/40.73 round 0}}}} || Neustadt-Neuschönefeld, Volkmarsdorf, Anger-Crottendorf, Sellerhausen-Stünz, Paunsdorf, Heiterblick, Engelsdorf/Sommerfeld, Althen, Baalsdorf, Kleinpösna/Hirschfeld, Mölkau
|-
|Südost||62,506||34.72||{{formatnum:{{#expr:62506/34.72 round 0}}}} || Reudnitz-Thonberg, Stötteritz, Probstheida, Meusdorf, Holzhausen, [[Liebertwolkwitz]]
|-
|Süd||67,079||16.95||{{formatnum:{{#expr:67079/16.95 round 0}}}} || [[Südvorstadt (Leipzig)|Südvorstadt]], Connewitz, Marienbrunn, Lößnig, Dölitz-Dösen
|-
|Südwest||55,742||46.56||{{formatnum:{{#expr:55742/46.56 round 0}}}} || [[Schleußig]], Plagwitz, Kleinzschocher, Großzschocher, Knautkleeberg-Knauthain, Hartmannsdorf-Knautnaundorf
|-
|[[Grünau (Leipzig)|West]]||54,190||14.69||{{formatnum:{{#expr:54190/14.69 round 0}}}} || Schönau, Grünau-Ost, Grünau-Mitte, Grünau-Siedlung, Lausen-Grünau, Grünau-Nord, Miltitz
|-
|Alt-West||59,643||26.21||{{formatnum:{{#expr:59643/26.21 round 0}}}} || [[Lindenau (Leipzig)|Lindenau]], Altlindenau, Neulindenau, [[Leutzsch]], Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Burghausen, Rückmarsdorf
|-
|Nordwest||34,710||39.07||{{formatnum:{{#expr:34710/39.07 round 0}}}} || Möckern, Wahren, Lindenthal, [[Breitenfeld, Leipzig|Breitenfeld]], [[Lützschena-Stahmeln|Lützschena]], [[Lützschena-Stahmeln|Stahmeln]]
|-
|Nord||71,878||38.61||{{formatnum:{{#expr:71878/38.61 round 0}}}} || [[Gohlis]]-Süd, Gohlis-Mitte, Gohlis-Nord, Eutritzsch, [[Seehausen, Leipzig|Seehausen]], Göbschelwitz, Hohenheida, Gottscheina, Wiederitzsch
|}

===Neighbouring communities===
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|style="width:10%;"|<!--NW-->
|style="width:10%;"|[[Delitzsch]]
|style="width:10%;"|[[Jesewitz]]
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|[[Schkeuditz]]
|[[Rackwitz]]
|[[Taucha]]
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|[[File:Compass rose transparent.png|100px]]
|[[Borsdorf]]
|[[Brandis]]
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|[[Markranstädt]]
|[[Markkleeberg]]
|[[Naunhof]]
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|[[Kitzen]]
|[[Zwenkau]]
|[[Großpösna|Grosspoesna]]
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|<!--SW-->
|<!--S-->
|<!--SO-->
|}

===Climate===
Like many cities in Eastern Germany, Leipzig has an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfb''), with significant [[continental climate|continental]] influences due to its inland location. Winters are cold, with an average temperature of around {{cvt|1|°C|°F|sigfig=2}}. Summers are generally warm, averaging at {{cvt|19|°C|°F|sigfig=2}} with daytime temperatures of {{cvt|24|°C|°F|sigfig=2}}. Precipitation in winter is about half that of the summer. The amount of sunshine differs significantly between winter and summer, with an average of around 51 hours of sunshine in December (1.7 hours per day) compared with 229 hours of sunshine in July (7.4 hours per day).<ref>{{cite web |title=Climatological maps of Germany |url=https://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/klimakartendeutschland/klimakartendeutschland.html?nn=519080 |website=DWD: Deutscher Wetterdienst |publisher=Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Weather Service) |access-date=25 February 2019 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522015856/https://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/klimakartendeutschland/klimakartendeutschland.html?nn=519080 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Weather box
|location=Leipzig ([[Leipzig/Halle Airport]]) (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1973–2013)
|metric first=Yes
|single line=Yes
|Jan record high C=15.9
|Feb record high C=18.6
|Mar record high C=23.0
|Apr record high C=29.5
|May record high C=31.9
|Jun record high C=34.8
|Jul record high C=36.6
|Aug record high C=37.2
|Sep record high C=34.9
|Oct record high C=28.2
|Nov record high C=18.7
|Dec record high C=16.5
|year record high C=37.2
|Jan record low C=-27.6
|Feb record low C=-21.6
|Mar record low C=-16.6
|Apr record low C=-6.5
|May record low C=-2.6
|Jun record low C=1.8
|Jul record low C=5.7
|Aug record low C=5.5
|Sep record low C=0.5
|Oct record low C=-6.7
|Nov record low C=-12.9
|Dec record low C=-20.2
|year record low C=-27.6
|Jan high C = 	3.6
|Feb high C = 	5.0
|Mar high C = 	9.1
|Apr high C = 	14.7
|May high C = 	19.1
|Jun high C = 	22.5
|Jul high C = 	25.0
|Aug high C = 	24.6
|Sep high C = 	19.7
|Oct high C = 	14.1
|Nov high C = 	8.0
|Dec high C = 	4.5
| year high C =	14.2
|Jan mean C = 	1.0
|Feb mean C = 	1.7
|Mar mean C = 	4.9
|Apr mean C = 	9.6
|May mean C = 	13.9
|Jun mean C = 	17.3
|Jul mean C = 	19.5
|Aug mean C = 	19.2
|Sep mean C = 	14.8
|Oct mean C = 	9.9
|Nov mean C = 	5.1
|Dec mean C = 	2.0
|year mean C = 	9.9
|Jan low C = 	-1.8
|Feb low C = 	-1.5
|Mar low C = 	1.0
|Apr low C = 	4.4
|May low C = 	8.5
|Jun low C = 	11.9
|Jul low C = 	14.1
|Aug low C = 	14.0
|Sep low C = 	10.2
|Oct low C = 	6.2
|Nov low C = 	2.3
|Dec low C = 	-0.6
| year low C =	5.7
| precipitation colour = green	
|Jan precipitation mm = 	33.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 	24.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 	36.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 	32.0
|May precipitation mm = 	51.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 	54.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 	75.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 	63.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 	50.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 	35.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 	40.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 	34.3
| year precipitation mm =	531.9
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 	15.7
|Feb precipitation days = 	12.6
|Mar precipitation days = 	14.2
|Apr precipitation days = 	11.1
|May precipitation days = 	12.7
|Jun precipitation days = 	12.7
|Jul precipitation days = 	13.9
|Aug precipitation days = 	13.0
|Sep precipitation days = 	11.8
|Oct precipitation days = 	13.3
|Nov precipitation days = 	14.5
|Dec precipitation days = 	15.3
|year precipitation days = 	160.8
|Jan sun = 	61.9
|Feb sun = 	81.0
|Mar sun = 	128.5
|Apr sun = 	190.9
|May sun = 	231.4
|Jun sun = 	229.9
|Jul sun = 	233.9
|Aug sun = 	219.6
|Sep sun = 	163.9
|Oct sun = 	119.3
|Nov sun = 	64.9
|Dec sun = 	53.3
|year sun = 	1748.8
|Jan humidity = 	82.3
|Feb humidity = 	79.0
|Mar humidity = 	74.3
|Apr humidity = 	67.5
|May humidity = 	67.8
|Jun humidity = 	67.8
|Jul humidity = 	66.7
|Aug humidity = 	68.1
|Sep humidity = 	75.4
|Oct humidity = 	80.9
|Nov humidity = 	84.5
|Dec humidity = 	83.8
|unit snow days = 1.0 cm
|Jan snow days = 	8.1
|Feb snow days = 	7.7
|Mar snow days = 	3.7
|Apr snow days = 	0.6
|May snow days = 	0
|Jun snow days = 	0
|Jul snow days = 	0
|Aug snow days = 	0
|Sep snow days = 	0
|Oct snow days = 	0.1
|Nov snow days = 	1.4
|Dec snow days = 	4.9
|year snow days = 	
| source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref name=WMO>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012161942/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/LeipzigHalle_10469.csv
| archive-date = 12 October 2023
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/LeipzigHalle_10469.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = 12 October 2023}}</ref>
|source 2 =Data derived from [[Deutscher Wetterdienst]], note<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wetterkontor.de/de/klima/klima2.asp?land=de&stat=10469 |title=Klima Leipzig, Deutschland |access-date=21 September 2019 |url-status=live |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322121604/https://www.wetterkontor.de/de/klima/klima2.asp?land=de&stat=10469 |archive-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>}}