Breitenfeld
Located in Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig Coordinates: 51°24′13″ N 12°20′30″ E
- Population
- 9,043
- 9K
- Elevation
- 130 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport8 km
- DRS Dresden Airport104 km
About Breitenfeld
Breitenfeld is a neighbourhood. Location: Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig. Population: 9,043.
Breitenfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁaɪtn̩ˌfɛlt]) is a village in Germany, incorporated into the city of Leipzig since 1999. It lies 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of the city centre, near the old road to Landsberg. To the south, it borders the suburbanised villages of Lindenthal and Wiederitzsch; to the north it is bordered by the autobahn A14. It was the site of the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631), an important Swedish-Protestant victory in the Thirty Years' War.
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Photos of Breitenfeld
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Leipzig Zoological Garden Nf02 · CC BY 3.0 -
St. Nicholas Church Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Breitenfeld
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 44 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 24°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- July (68 mm)
- Driest month
- February (32 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 35 | 32 | 40 | 37 | 49 | 52 | 68 | 63 | 49 | 38 | 44 | 41 |
Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September
How to get to Breitenfeld
The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), 8 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Leipzig, 7 km to the south.
Airports
- Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 8 kmwest
- Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 104 kmeast
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 108 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Leipzig Population: 505K 7 kmsouth
- Halle Population: 237.9K 27 kmwest
- Gera Population: 104.7K 61 kmsouth
- Jena Population: 104.7K 75 kmsouthwest
- Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 75 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Breitenfeld
Within 100 km: 516 historic and cultural sites, 1,966 natural sites, 619 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km166 places
- Vogtlandsee Lake 10 kmNE
- Hufeisensee Lake 23 kmW
- Elsterbecken Lake 6 kmS
- Pleiße Stausee Lake 25 kmS
25–60 km759 places
- Sprotte River 52 kmS
- Rabeninsel Island 28 kmW
- Speicherbecken Witznitz Lake 31 kmS
- Süßer See Lake 48 kmW
60–100 km2,176 places
- Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 87 kmSW
- Sarre River 94 kmNW
- Roda River 78 kmSW
- Roda River 79 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Leipzig (Lindenthal), Friedhofskapelle Attraction, Leipzig0.6 km SE
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NDB-Funkfeuer MA Landmark, Leipzig1 km S
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Tannenwald Natural site, Saxony0.7 km SW
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Galgenberg Mountain, Leipzig4.3 km E
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Markstein Mountain, Leipzig4.8 km E
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Straßenbahnmuseum Leipzig Museum, Leipzig3.7 km S
Other cities and towns in Leipzig
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Wahren Neighbourhood, Leipzig3.4 km SW
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Möckern Neighbourhood, Leipzig3.8 km S -
Seehausen Village, Leipzig5 km E -
Eutritzsch Neighbourhood, Leipzig5.2 km SE -
Mockau Neighbourhood, Leipzig5.6 km SE
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Böhlitz-Ehrenberg Village, Leipzig6.2 km SW
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