Plagwitz
Plagwitz | |
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Location of Plagwitz | |
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| Coordinates: 51°19′35″N 12°20′0″E / 51.32639°N 12.33333°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Urban district |
| City | Leipzig |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.73 km2 (0.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2024-12-31) | |
• Total | 17,209 |
| • Density | 9,950/km2 (25,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 04229 |
| Dialling codes | 0341 |
Plagwitz (German pronunciation: [ˈplaːkvɪts]) is a western locality of Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. It is part of the borough Südwest.
The former village in Saxony, located 3 km (2 mi) west of Leipzig's city center, was granted the status of a rural municipality in 1839 and was attached to the city of Leipzig in 1891. It was an industrial district during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – the densest intra-urban industrial site in Europe – until German reunification. After deindustrialization, it developed at the turn of the millennium into a place dedicated to culture and creative industries and a popular residential area.
The Leipzig-Plagwitz railway station served by S-Bahn line 1 and the former Leipzig-Plagwitz Industriebahnhof are located in the locality. One of the main thoroughfares in the district is Karl-Heine-Strasse, which crosses the Karl Heine Canal. The cultural and artistic centre in the former Leipzig cotton mill Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei is also located between the localities of Plagwitz and Lindenau.