Machern (German pronunciation: [ˈmaxɐn]) is a municipality in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany.

The divisions of the municipality are Machern, Gerichshain with Posthausen, and Püchau with Dögnitz (first historic mention 1313[3]), Lübschütz und Plagwitz.

There is a museum located in the Lübschützer Teiche 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.

Another manor house is located at Püchau, a formerly independent village which is now administered by Machern.