The neighboring localities are, clockwise from the north, Südvorstadt, Marienbrunn, Lößnig, Dölitz-Dösen, Markkleeberg (independent town), Großzschocher, Kleinzschocher and Schleußig.

In addition to a dense network of footpaths, cycle paths and bridleways, there is also the Leipzig Wildlife Park, which is home to indigenous animal species.

Between 1200 and 1250, the villages of Dölitz, Lößnig, and Connewitz jointly built the 4 km (2.5 mi) long Mühl ditches for the operation of their mills.

During the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig, troops from Napoleon's army barricaded themselves in Connewitz, which was severely damaged in the fierce fighting.

At the beginning of the 19th century, wealthy Leipzig citizens discovered the beautiful location of Connewitz and built country houses here.

The development of the Connewitz section of Süd street also began in 1913 with the Königlich-Sächsische Bauschule (now LUAS) and the Teutonia insurance building opposite it (later the Oberfinanzdirektion, then the Leipzig district headquarters of the SED, now an office complex).

Between 1984 and 1987, a lignite-based combined heat and power plant was built on the site, but it ceased operation in 2004 for environmental reasons and was demolished, except for the furnace.

Armed with iron bars, axes and pyrotechnics, they attacked people and businesses and destroyed cars and residential buildings.

), social affairs, senior citizens and politics (South Municipal Advisory Council) to the dance café Ilse's Erika and the cinema bar Prager Frühling.

Connewitz is now one of the 63 subdivisions called "Ortsteile" of Leipzig, roughly within its old boundaries, except for Fockeberg, which is now part of the south suburb, and the area of Marienbrunn, which became an independent neighbourhood.

[24] However, these make up only a small minority of the Connewitz population and are mainly concentrated in the so-called Bermuda Triangle between Bornaischer, Meusdorfer, and Wolfgang-Heinze-Street.

[25] Important meeting places for this extremely heterogeneous scene are linXXnet,[26] which is run by the Left Party, and the alternative cultural center Conne Island.

The artist Yadegar Asisi has combined the old technique of panoramic images in an abandoned gas holder building of the Leipzig public utilities with today's technical possibilities.

After an image of Mount Everest (2003–2005), a depiction of Rome in the year 312 (2005–2009), and a view of the Brazilian rainforest ("Amazonia", 2009–2013), Leipzig after the Battle of the Nations in 1813 was on display from August 2013 to September 2015.

The building, designed by architect Julius Zeißig in 1900 in the style of the German Renaissance, has a 60 m (196.9 ft) tall tower on its eastern entrance side.

Designed by architect Theo Burlage, it is a round Art Deco church with a flat, gilded dome and an important late Expressionist interior (terracotta figures).

It is a socio-cultural center located on the site of the former Werk II of the VEB Material testing machines Leipzig directly at the Connewitz Cross.

In a hall of 1,000 m2 (10,763.9 sq ft), a wide range of events is offered, from discos to concerts of internationally renowned bands, for which the catchment area covers the entire city.

In addition to Werk II, the UT Connewitz has established itself in recent years as a venue for concerts, film screenings, and other events aimed at an alternative scene audience.

As in all districts of Leipzig, craft businesses and small trades developed in the courtyards of the Wilhelminian-style buildings, some of which still exist today.

These included a brewery in Biedermann Street (later Kronen-Brewery Bruno Ermisch) in 1875, the gasworks from 1882 to 1885 with later extensions (1984-1987: additional construction of a combined heat and power plant), a factory for gas measuring instruments and an iron foundry at the Kreuz (later VEB Material testing machines Leipzig).

Gustav Edmund Reinhardt founded a letterpress, metal utensil, and machine factory in 1897 on what was then Waisenhaus Street, which has been called Arno-Nitzsche-Street since 1949.

Reinhardt (VEB Vehicle transmission factory) was converted into the "Südcenter," a residential complex with integrated offices, a fitness center, and a discount supermarket.

As a result, Connewitz has virtually no major industrial facilities, except for the site of the former gasworks and the now-demolished cogeneration plant, where the municipal utilities temporarily store and distribute natural gas.

In 1900, the Leipzig outside track AG (LAAG) was founded, whose line, marked with a star, ran via Connewitz to Gautzsch (Markkleeberg-West).

In the same year, the single-track Connewitz-Plagwitz connecting line through the Auenwald forest, which was used only for freight traffic, was completed, but service was discontinued in 1925.

The buildings were transferred to the University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Economics, and Culture, where a Faculty of Digital Transformation was created and endowed by Deutsche Telekom.

With 18,000 media (books, brochures, CD-ROMs, videos, games, posters, slides, maps and plans) it is one of the largest public environmental libraries in Germany under independent sponsorship.

Today, Connewitzer Holz with its extensive network of paths offers good opportunities for private sporting activities such as jogging and cycling.

The RSL was awarded the 2010 Julius Hirsch Prize by the German Football Association (DFB) for its commitment to combating discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, or sexual preference.