Machern


Machern is a municipality in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany. It is in the vicinity of the city of Leipzig.

Geography

Machern lies 20 km east of Leipzig, about 10 km west of Wurzen over the Mulda river. The Leipzig-Riesa-Dresden railway line runs through the town, as does the B 6.
Machern is approximately 12 km south of Eilenburg, which can be reached with the B 107.
The divisions of the municipality are Machern, Gerichshain with Posthausen, and Püchau with Dögnitz, Lübschütz und Plagwitz.

Culture

There is a museum located in an old Stasi bunker about 3 km north of Machern. The bunker was designed as a refuge for Stasi employees from Leipzig in the event of nuclear war or similar catastrophe.
Machern castle was a manor house of the local nobility. Adjacent to the castle there is an English-style landscape park which dates back to the 18th century.
Another manor house is located at Püchau, a formerly independent village which is now administered by Machern. Püchau Estate is notable for its English Tudor Revival Style. It is still owned privately and regularly hosts cultural events.
There is a golf course located north of the village center.