Lossatal
Lossatal is a municipality in the district of Leipzig in Saxony.
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Geography
Location
Lossatal lies to the east of Leipzig and northeast of Wurzen. Through the municipal area the eponymous Lossa flows through Müglenz, Hohburg, small and Großzschepa to trough. Falk grove is located on the western edge of the Dahlen Heath. To the place Hohburg are the Hohburger mountains with the 240 m high Löbenberg.
Neighboring municipalities are Mockrehna in the north, Dahlen and Belgern - Schildau in the east, the south and Wurzen Thallwitz in the West.
Community structure
The municipality Lossatal include 17 villages. Seat of administration is Falkenhain.
- Dorn Reichenbach
- Falkenhain
- Frauwalde
- Großzschepa
- Heyda
- Hohburg
- Kleinzschepa
- Körlitz
- Kühnitzsch
- Lüptitz
- Mark Schönstädt
- Meltewitz
- Müglenz
- Thammenhain
- Voigtshain
- Watzschwitz
- Zschorna
Castle Heyda
Körlitz
Meltewitz
Müglenz
Voigtshain, Tower Windmill
History
The community Lossatal was January 1, 2012 through the merger of the municipalities Falk grove and Hohburg with its districts.
Incorporations
Policy
The merger of the municipality Lossatal makes the election of the first mayor necessary. To select Martina Lehnigk ( Independent Voters Association ) and Uwe Weigelt presented Wolfram Ebert (CDU ), (single applicant ). Already after the first round of voting on March 25, 2012 stood Uwe Weigelt, the former mayor of the municipality Hohburg, decide with 71% of the valid votes cast for the election itself.
Culture and sights
- Dorn Reichenbach: Castle, Country Park, Church, game reserve, disused quarry, natural stage
- Mark Schönstädt: forest pool, stone workers canteen ( oldest preserved stone workers canteen in Saxony )
- Heyda: 's Palace and Gardens
- Falkenhain: Church, Castle
- Frauwalde: Geoportal, local museum, tumuli, Devil's Stone
- Kühnitzsch: Castle with Village Museum and Castle Park, windmill, church, Naturbad
- Meltewitz: Church and windmill tower
- Voigtshain Master's House, Tower Windmill
- Thammenhain: Palace and Gardens and Church
- Hohburg: former Kaolintagebau ( lake with sunbathing lawns and walking paths), Hohburger mountains with natural monument black wall, wind and glacial striations in the small mountain, museum workers stone house
- Großzschepa: History Museum Großzschepa
- At Lüptitz: Wolfsberg quarry and Spitzberg
- Müglenz: Church and Castle
- Zschorna: Castle
Economy and infrastructure
Through the municipal area, the B 6, the Leipzig -Dresden railway line and the line used for freight rail line Wurzen Rush castle leads.
In Lossatal are a primary and a secondary school. The closest high school is located in Wurzen.
Sons and daughters of the parent strain
- Johann Christian Götze (1692-1749), librarian and theologian
- Pöge Hermann (1840-1894), entrepreneur
- Karl Czok (1949-2012), educator and politician ( CDU)
- Reinhardt Hassa ( born 1952 ), manager
- Holger Pohland (* 1963), Athlete