Neuseenland
Neuseenland is an area south of Leipzig, Germany, where old open-cast mines are being converted into a lake district.[1] Neuseenland includes shares in the district of Leipzig, in the district of Nordsachsen and in the city of Leipzig.[2] The lake network is to cover a water area of around 70 square kilometres (27 sq mi)[3] and be used for tourism as well as for flood protection. It is a part of the larger Central German Lake District.
Name
[edit]The region's name is a marketing concept and it means "New land of lakes" in German. It should not be confused with the German name for New Zealand, "Neuseeland". It is planned to be finished in 2060[3][4]
The Lakes
[edit]It contains the following lakes, some of which are not yet flooded:
Olympic bid
[edit]As part of the city of Leipzig's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games,[5] the Neuseenland was intended for competitions in sports such as rowing, canoeing, canoe slalom, tennis, mountain biking, cycling, clay pigeon shooting, triathlon and beach volleyball. The Markkleeberg canoe park was built for this purpose in Markkleeberg.
See also
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Berkner, Andreas (2005). "Leipzig im Zentrum der "Neuen Wasserlandschaft Mitteldeutschlands"". In Helga Schmidt, Gudrun Mayer, Dorothea Wiktorin, Sabine Tzschaschel, Jürgen Blenck (ed.). Der Leipzig Atlas (in German). Herrmann-Josef Emons Verlag. pp. 142–143. ISBN 3-89705-269-5.
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Ringel, Sebastian (2015). Leipzig! One Thousand Years of History. Leipzig: Edition Leipzig in the Seemann Henschel GmbH & Co. KG. p. 217. ISBN 978-3-361-00710-9.
- ^ "Leipzig New Lake District". radweg-berlin-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ a b "Leipziger Neuseenland Landschaftsplanung für 2025". diercke.de (in German). ISBN 978-3-14-100383-3. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- ^ "Seenkompass Leipzig". Archived from the original on 2007-10-07.
- ^ "Spiele 2012 mit uns /Leipzig 2012/ Bewerbung der Stadt Leipzig um die Ausrichtung der XXX.Olympischen Sommerspiele und der XIV.Paralympischen Sommerspiele 2012". europeana.eu (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-01.
External links
[edit]- The Touristic Water Network Leipziger Neuseenland
- "Welcome to Leipzig Neuseenland". www.leipzig.travel. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- "Leipzig New Lakeland - an up-and-coming tourism region". en.investoren-neuseenland.de. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- "Leipzig New Lakeland". study-in-germany.de. Retrieved 2025-03-01.
- "Leipziger Neuseenland - Seen in der Region". seen.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-03-01.