Leipzig (region)

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title: "Leipzig (region)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["geography-of-saxony", "nuts-2-statistical-regions-of-the-european-union", "states-and-territories-established-in-1991", "former-government-regions-of-germany", "nuts-2-statistical-regions-of-germany"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig_(region)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Leipzig
native_name	Direktionsbezirk Leipzig
native_name_lang	de
settlement_type	Direktionsbezirk
image_map	Saxony Direktionsbezirk Leipzig.png
map_caption	Map of Saxony highlighting the former Direktionsbezirk of Leipzig
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Germany
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Saxony
extinct_title	Disestablished
extinct_date	1 March 2012
seat_type	Region seat
seat	Leipzig
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	3964
population_total	996516
population_as_of	31 Dec. 2010
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	GDP
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1	Total
demographics1_info1	€41.261 billion (2022)
website	www.rpl.sachsen.de
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History

The Direktionsbezirk Leipzig came into existence on 1 August 2008 and succeeded the Regierungsbezirk Leipzig. The territory of Regierungsbezirk Leipzig was slightly larger, and included the former district of Döbeln. With the exception of the districts Altenburg and Schmölln, the territory of the Regierungsbezirk corresponded to that of the former Bezirk Leipzig which existed from 1952 to 1990.

A Regierungsbezirk Leipzig existed already from 1939 to 1943, when the former Kreishauptmannschaften in Saxony were renamed following the custom in Prussia.

Subdivision

Kreise (districts)

1. Leipzig
2. Nordsachsen Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)
3. Leipzig

References

References

1. "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat".

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