Schkeuditz

Schkeuditz (; ) is a Große Kreisstadt in the district of Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the White Elster river, 12km 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, and today is the intersection between the autobahns A9 and A14.

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German place.type: Stadt
German place.image_photo: Schkeuditz, Rathaus.jpg
German place.image_caption: Townhall in central Schkeuditz
German place.image_coa: Wappen schkeuditz.png
German place.image_plan: Schkeuditz in TDO.png
German place.state: Sachsen
German place.district: Nordsachsen
German place.elevation: 91-148
German place.area: 81.47
German place.postal_code: 04435
German place.area_code: 034204
German place.licence: TDO, DZ, EB, OZ, TG, TO
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 14730270
German place.divisions: 10
German place.website: www.schkeuditz.de
German place.mayor: Rayk Bergner
German place.leader_term: 2017–24
German place.party: CDU

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Wikidata facts

Population: 19234
Area: 81.47
Elevation: 111
Official website: www.schkeuditz.de
Image: Rathaus-Schkeuditz.jpg
Dialing code: 034204
Licence plate code: EB

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postal code: 04435
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History
Population over time
Annexations
Schladitzer See
People
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==History== The Linear Pottery Well excavated in the Schkeuditz locality of Altscherbitz is 7000 years old. Schkeuditz was first documented in the year 981 as a church in Merseburg bishopric with the name "scudici".