Leißling

Leißling
Stadtteil of Weißenfels
Coat of arms
Location of Leißling
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Coordinates: 51°11′N 11°54′E / 51.183°N 11.900°E / 51.183; 11.900
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Burgenlandkreis
Town	Weißenfels
Area
• Total	7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Population  (2009-12-31)
• Total	1,512
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	06667
Dialling codes	03443
Vehicle registration	BLK
Website	www.teucherner-land.de

Leißling (or Leissling) is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 September 2010, it is part of the town Weißenfels.

Leißling lies south-west of Weißenfels on the Saale.

The first documented mention of Leißling was made in the year 1232. On 1 September 2010 the village was annexed by Weißenfels.^[1]

• Stone on Market Street in memory of the communist working athlete Otto Müller, who was sentenced to jail and died in 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany).
• Plaque on the house in Karl Marx Square where the communist functionary Fritz Schellbach, who died young in a Nazi Concentration Camp in 1944, was born.

Coat of arms was approved in 1995 by the local government office in Halle.

The town is twinned with Carlsberg in Rheinland-Pfalz.

The Marion Church is a baroque church with pictures. It was consecrated in 1716.

Leißling is well known for its mineral springs, which a company called Mitteldeutsche Erfrischungsgetränke GmbH & Co. KG uses for Leißlinger Mineral water. The largest shopping center in a 10-mile radius is found in Leißling.

The National Road B87 passes near Leißling. Leißling is a station on the Thüringer Bahn from Erfurt to Halle.

Th football club Fortuna Leißling was founded around 1930. Games are played on the "monastery meadow". In the past there were also more clubs: cycling, bowling and gymnastics.

• Website der ehemaligen Gemeinde Leißling