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16-623: Markranstädt ( German: [ˈmaʁk.ʁan.ʃtɛt] ) is a town in the Leipzig district, in Saxony , Germany. It is situated 11 km southwest of the city of Leipzig and has close to 15,000 inhabitants. Markranstädt is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) south-west of Leipzig city centre, between Saxony-Anhalt and the Leipzig housing estate Grünau , to the west of the Kulkwitzer See . It

32-532: A "sports town". The women's handball team of SC Markranstädt plays in the 2nd division of the German League. The men of Markrandstädt Volleyball Club reached the quarterfinal of the 1st division of the German League in 2006. In the same year, the club merged with VV Leipzig to become VC Leipzig . Markranstädt "sports town" club offers a large number of sports, the largest section of which is football, SSV Markranstädt . RB Leipzig used SSV Markranstädt´s license in

48-653: Is a very flat, originally lakeless and highly fertile plain in Central Germany , in northwestern Saxony and southeastern Saxony-Anhalt , anchored by the foothills of the Harz mountains in the northwest and of the Ore Mountains in the southeast. This region was originally covered with dense forests and meandering rivers. In the course of urbanization and lignite open pit mining , large areas were deforested and many rivers and streams canalised or diverted. The Leipzig Bay

64-760: Is bounded to the north by the Düben Heath , to the east by the River Elbe , to the south by the Ore Mountain Foreland and the Central Saxon Hills , and by the River Saale to the west. The conurbation formed by the two cities of Leipzig and Halle lies in the centre of the Leipzig Bay. Other important towns are Delitzsch , Eilenburg , Merseburg and Borna . The Leipzig Bay is a Young Drift landscape and

80-487: Is the only municipality in the Landkreis Leipzig that lies west of the city. Markranstädt is a municipality consisting of the town itself and the following six Ortschaften (localities), each containing several Ortsteile or divisions: The first documentary mention of Markranstädt was in 1285 as the seat of a court. Probably founded as a subsidiary settlement of the neighbouring monastic settlement Altranstädt , it

96-489: The 18th century, the town began to recover again. In 1706 and 1707 , the "Treaties of Altranstädt" were signed. Markranstädt had its brush with world history on 23 July 1807, when Napoléon Bonaparte , together with his entourage, stayed overnight in the guesthouse Zum Rosenkranz . In the course of the Völkerschlacht in 1813 the town was once again adversely affected. Markranstädt experienced an economic boom toward

112-626: The 2009/10 season to enter the German league system in the fifth division. The SSV Markranstädt first team currently plays in the NOFV-Oberliga Süd . The Junior-A team also plays in the State League. The proximity to the city of Leipzig and to the Leipzig/Halle Airport (12 km), two interchanges with the motorway A 9 , two interchanges with the A 38 and the train station feeding in to

128-541: The MDV Transport network of Central Germany provide good transport infrastructure. The national roads B 87 and B 186 also intersect in the area of the town. [REDACTED] Media related to Markranstädt at Wikimedia Commons Leipzig (district) The district is located in the lowlands around Leipzig, the Leipzig Bay , and is rather flat. Individual hills are found in the north ( Hohburg Hills ) and south of

144-809: The district. Its main rivers are the Mulde , Pleiße and White Elster . Also worth mentioning are the many lakes of the Leipzig Neuseenland in the west of the county, which were formed by deliberately flooding old brown coal pits. The district was established by merging the former districts Muldentalkreis and Leipziger Land as part of the district reform of August 2008. [REDACTED] Media related to Landkreis Leipzig at Wikimedia Commons 51°11′N 12°36′E  /  51.183°N 12.600°E  / 51.183; 12.600 Leipzig Bay The Leipzig Bay ( German : Leipziger Tieflandsbucht ) or Leipzig Basin or Saxon Lowland or Saxon Bay

160-438: The end of the 19th century. It was concentrated in the furrier business, but machine-building flourished also. A car factory and Markranstädter Brewery were established. The town was well known until World War II for Markranstädter Pilsener beer. There are frequent musical events in the local church and the town celebrates the "Kinderfest" yearly, which includes big parades and loud music. Markranstädt describes itself as

176-421: The mid 20th century. The Leipzig region is historically, culturally and economically of huge importance to Central Germany . Although open-cast mining continues in the area, it is also being developed from an environmental and tourist perspective, through the reclamation of old lignite pits and mining facilities and their conversion into recreation areas, especially north and south of Leipzig. By flooding some

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192-479: The mountain ranges was deposited. As a result of the creation of bogs and variable flooding , organic material was also deposited in this basin, which in turn was overlaid by sediments . Brown coal or lignite was formed from these deposits, which is covered by layers of sand and loess . The landscape is very well served by communications. A cardioid ring motorway runs around the Leipzig-Halle conurbation,

208-415: The so-called Central German Loop ( Mitteldeutsche Schleife ). Leipzig/Halle Airport is an important transport hub in the eastern German states. Railway lines and Bundesstraßen (federal roads) run in all directions of the compass, linking the Leipzig Bay with other parts of the country. Only inland shipping has no direct access to this region, although work on the unfinished Elster-Saale Canal began in

224-650: The southernmost part of the North German Plain . The landscape is essentially a plain broken only by low eminences such as the Hohburg Hills and dissected by the valleys of the Saale , White Elster , Mulde , and Pleiße rivers. The Leipzig Bay was formed during the Tertiary period. When the Ore Mountains and Vogtland were uplifted, a basin was formed as a compensating movement, into which weathering material from

240-448: Was burned by the Holk'sche Reiter  [ de ] . The fire destroyed, amongst other buildings, the town hall and all its records. The plague epidemic of 1634 and the famine of 1639 led to a drastic population decline. In the year 1650 Markranstädt numbered fewer than 150 inhabitants. The next local disaster happened in 1671, as 31 houses were destroyed by a large fire. At the beginning of

256-463: Was mentioned as a marketplace in 1287 and as a small town in 1354. The name is also derived from its foundation: it was founded as Ranstädt (ran = "place on cleared land"), while meanwhile Ranstädt became known as Altranstädt (literally "Old Ranstadt"). Ranstädt then obtained the right to hold markets, hence the current name "Markranstädt". In the year 1633, during the Thirty Years War , the town

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