Lobstädt

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Lobstädt is a village in the district of Leipzig, Saxony. Since April 1, 2008, the formerly independent municipality district of the municipality Neukieritzsch.

Geography and transport

The place is located in the south of Leipzig lowlands on the edge of the Leipzig New Lakeland. Thus, the memory Witznitz in the northwest and the memory Borna is in the south of the municipal area. In the north of the municipal territory of Kahn villages lake and the lake Hainer currently be flooded. Through the town flows the splices. The district is located 28 km south of Leipzig city center and 5 kilometers west of Borna. By Lobstädt the B 176 Borna Pegau and the railway line Neukieritzsch - Chemnitz leads.

Attractions

• Nikolai Church in Großzössen
• Knights Grange Kahnsdorf with the old and new mansion
• Leipzig New
• Splices with cycle track

History

Lobstädt is first mentioned on April 2, 1299. From the original Lobschwitz ( Lobschitz, Lobeschitz ) the present name was Lobstädt. In Lobstädt there was a medieval moated castle, which secured the ford over the splices and later developed into a manor. This was owned by the major Saxon noble families of Könneritz and von Einsiedel. The community was dominated since the early 20th century from the surrounding opencast lignite mines, so that partially the surrounding villages were demolished. That left by the community Kieritzsch after 1935 only the new community Neukieritzsch left. The place Kahnsdorf formed from the merger of the villages Zöpen, Kahnsdorf and Pürsten. In 1994, through the merger of the municipalities Kahnsdorf, Großzössen Lobstädt and the greater community Lobstädt, which was part of the joint management Neukieritzsch. It was incorporated on 1 April 2008 in the town Neukieritzsch.

Personalities

Those who worked in the community

• Margarete Wittber (1898-1964), writer, was in Lobstädt a teacher