Borsdorf


Borsdorf is a municipality in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Modern Borsdorf municipality consists of three historical villages: Borsdorf, Panitzsch and Zweenfurth. All three villages are situated along the Parthe river.
Borsdorf is neighbouring Leipzig in the west, Taucha in the north, Machern in the east and Brandis in the south-east.

Transport

Borsdorf is located at the railway mainline between Leipzig and Dresden. It is served by local commuter trains, the rapid transit network of S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland as well as the Regional Express train Leipzig-Dresden. In Borsdorf station, the second Leipzig–Dresden line branches off which historically was an important alternative connection to Dresden via Meissen and is still in use today.
The municipality is linked to Leipzig via the B6 federal highway. The closest expressway is Bundesautobahn A14, approx. 4 km west of Borsdorfp.
Leipzig-Halle Airport can be reached within 30 minutes by car.

Green Belt (Grüner Ring Leipzig)

Borsdorf is a member of 'Grüner Ring Leipzig' a coordination group of Leipzig and the surrounding municipalities. As part of this, the 'Grüner Ring' bicycle round course is running through Borsdorf.

Notable residents

Albrecht Gehse, Painter, member of the Leipzig School, known i.a. for his portrait of Helmut Kohl in the Federal German Chancellery building, Berlin
Sarah Klier was the last baby born in the GDR just two minutes before German reunification on midnight 2/3 October 1990.