Schkeuditz

Town in Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Schkeuditz within Nordsachsen district

(2017–24) Rayk Bergner^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total79.36 km² (30.64 sq mi)Highest elevation

148 m (486 ft)Lowest elevation

91 m (299 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total19,189 • Density240/km² (630/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

04435

Dialling codes034204Vehicle registrationTDO, DZ, EB, OZ, TG, TOWebsitewww.schkeuditz.de

Schkeuditz (German pronunciation: [ˈʃkɔʏdɪts] ^ⓘ) is a Große Kreisstadt in the district of Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the White Elster river, 12 km northwest of Leipzig. Leipzig/Halle Airport is located in Schkeuditz. The letter processing center for the greater Leipzig region is also located in Schkeuditz. "Schkeuditzer Kreuz", the first cloverleaf exchange in Germany was opened in 1936^[3] and is today the intersection between the autobahns A9 and A14.

History

Schkeuditz was first documented in the year 981 as a church in Merseburg bishopric with the name "scudici".

Population over time

The population development over time is given in the following table. Like many towns in east Germany, the population is lower today than just after reunification.

^* Using the current town boundaries. The town boundaries have expanded over time as shown in § Annexations.
Source: ^[4]

Annexations

Former district	Date	Comment
Bienitz	1 January 2000	only Dölzig and Kleinliebenau
Dölzig	1 January 1994	Merged with Burghausen and Rückmarsdorf to Bienitz
Freiroda	1 March 1994	Merged with Radefeld
Gerbisdorf	1 December 1972	Merged with Freiroda
Glesien	1 January 1999
Hayna	1 July 1973	Merged with Radefeld
Kleinliebenau	1 January 1957	Merged with Dölzig
Kursdorf	1 January 1994
Lössen	1 July 1950	Merged with Wolteritz
Radefeld	1 January 1999	Partial disbursal to Leipzig (7 inhabitants)
Wehlitz	1 July 1950
Wolteritz	1 March 1994	Annexed Radefeld

People

Gerhard W. Menzel (1922–1980), writer
Frank Siebeck (born 1949), hurdler
Mark Siebeck (born 1975), volleyball player
Peter Sack (born 1979), shot putter

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2017, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 12 July 2021.
^ "Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden als Excel-Arbeitsmappe" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2024.
^ "Europas erste Autobahnkreuz: Schkeuditzer Kreuz". bild.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^ www.schkeuditz.de (lt. Einwohnermeldeamt Schkeuditz vom 24.04.2017). September 2017