Modern Borsdorf municipality consists of three historical villages: Borsdorf (originally the smallest among the three, serving as a toll station at the historical main road from Leipzig to Dresden), Panitzsch (a settlement of Slavic origin) and Zweenfurth (named after a river crossing).

Borsdorf is neighbouring Leipzig in the west, Taucha in the north, Machern in the east and Brandis in the south-east.

In Borsdorf station, the second Leipzig–Dresden line branches off which historically was an important alternative connection to Dresden via Meissen and is still in use today.

As part of this, the 'Grüner Ring' (green belt) bicycle round course is running through Borsdorf.

for his portrait of Helmut Kohl in the Federal German Chancellery building, Berlin Sarah Klier (* 2.