Kötzschau

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Kötzschau is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Today, it is a part of Leuna. Kötzschau is situated approximately 11 km southeast of Merseburg and has a population close to 2,000. ()

Alternative names: Population: 2.1 thous.Area: 6.47 mi²Coordinates: 51°18'45"N, 12°7'56"E

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Kötzschau – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nova Eventis, Kulkwitzer See, Leuna works, Elster-Saale Canal.

2.9 miNE
51°20'38"N • 12°10'39"E
Nova Eventis, Leuna
75 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kulkwitzer See, Leipzig
128 min walk • Kulkwitzer See is a lake in the western part of Saxony, Germany. At an elevation of 114.5 m, its surface area is 1.7 km². It is on the site of a former lignite open cast mine. The lake is a part of the Central German Lake District.
5.4 miW
Park
Leuna works, Leuna
137 min walk • The Leuna works in Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt, is one of the biggest chemical industrial complexes in Germany. The site, now owned jointly by companies such as Total S.A. BASF, Linde AG, and DOMO Group, covers 13 km² and produces a very wide range of chemicals and plastics.
5.2 miNE
Canal
Elster-Saale Canal
134 min walk • The Elster-Saale Canal, renamed in 1999 by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration as the Saale-Leipzig Canal or SLK and on the Halle side also called the Saale-Elster Canal, was a canal project, started in 1933 and aborted in 1943, that was intended to link the White...
4.9 miS
51°14'30"N • 12°6'59"E
Friedrich Nietzsche's birthplace, Lützen
126 min walk • Museum
2.9 miNE
51°20'43"N • 12°10'34"E
Indoor Kletterwald, Leuna
76 min walk • Game and entertainment center, Climbing
5.6 miN
Church
Michaelis Kirche
144 min walk • Saint Michael's Church is a Protestant church in Raßnitz, district of Weßmar in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located on the Elster cycle path between Leipzig and Halle. It belongs to the Dieskau parish in the Halle-Saalkreis church district of the...
5 miE
51°19'60"N • 12°14'36"E
Bockwindmühle Lindennaundorf, Leipzig
128 min walk • Windmill
3.3 miW
Tower
Borlachturm, Bad Dürrenberg
84 min walk • Johann Gottfried Borlach was a German geologist, electoral Saxon mining councillor, and founder of the Artern, Kösen, and Dürrenberg salt works.
3.9 miE
51°18'3"N • 12°13'11"E
Ginkgo biloba, Markranstädt
99 min walk • Tree
7 miNE
Memorial
Apelstein 44, Schkeuditz
180 min walk • The Apel-stones, named after the writer Theodor Apel from Leipzig who commissioned them, mark important events during the Battle of Leipzig. There are 50 all in all. They were sculpted by A. F. Aster and put up between 1861 and 1865.