Eilenburg is a town in Germany. It lies in the district of Delitzsch in the state of Saxony, approximately 20 km northeast of the city of Leipzig. Delitzsch is a district in Saxony, Germany. ... The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska) is at a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... (help· info) [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ...

Geography

The city lies at approximately 51°27′N 12°37′E ^[1].

Districts of the city

• Eilenburg-Berg (Eilenburg Mountain)
• Eilenburg-Mitte (Eilenburg Centre)
• Eilenburg-Ost (Eilenburg East)
• Behlitz
• Hainichen
• Kospa
• Pressen
• Wedelwitz
• Zschettgau

Neighbouring towns

• Leipzig (20 km)
• Delitzsch (21 km)
• Bad Düben (16 km)
• Mockrehna (12 km)
• Wurzen (12 km)

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Twinned cities

• Butzbach, Hessen, Germany
• Jihlava, Czech Republic
• Rawicz, Poland
• Anjalankoski, Finland
• Tiraspol, Moldovia

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Famous people from Eilenburg

• Franz Abt
• Else Buschheuer
• Sighard Gille
• Norman Liebold
• Karl August Möbius
• Martin Rinckart

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References

• Geographical coordinates of the city

External links

• Eilenburg website
• Eilenburg website (in German, more information)