 10 good reasons for visiting Leipzig
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City of music: Hardly any other city in the world has a musical history which can quite match Leipzig's. Names like Johann Sebastian Bach (who headed St. Thomas's Boys Choir from 1723 to 1750) and Felix Mendelssohn (the house where he lived and died is not to be missed!) are inseparably linked to Leipzig:
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The Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Gewandhaus concert hall |
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St. Thomas's Boys Choir: Its most famous choirmaster was J.S. Bach. |
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Leipzig has long been a major commercial centre. In 1997 it celebrated the 500th anniversary of the imperial trade fair privileges granted by Emperor Maximilian, and the Leipzig Fair is regarded as the "mother of trade fairs". Leipzig's future commercial development was given a boost by the construction of the ultramodern Leipzig Fair Exhibition Centre with its fascinating architecture. |
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Leipzig's mostly pedestrianised compact city centre is ideal for a stroll and window-shopping. |
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Leipzig Central Station: One of Europe's largest railway terminuses in Europe, and also one of its most beautiful since its conversion into a modern shopping centre. |
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IGoethe and Auerbachs Keller: J.W. Goethe studied in Leipzig between 1765 and 1768. Auerbachs Keller is a tavern which was immortalised by a scene in Goethe's drama "Faust". |
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The Monument to the Battle of the Nations ("Völkerschlachtdenkmal): A vast edifice with an observation platform at a height of 91 metres built to mark the centenary of the 1813 Battle of Leipzig where Napoleon was defeated. |
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Old City Hall: One of the finest Renaissance town halls in Germany. |
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Drallewatsch: A collection of bars and restaurants in the heart of Leipzig which is ideal for "bar-hopping". |
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Leipzig was the cradle of 1989's Peaceful Revolution, and visitors can follow the trail of the democracy movement which toppled East Germany's communist regime by visiting 'venues' such as St. Nicholas's Church, Augustusplatz, the ring road and the Stasi Museum in the "Runde Ecke", the Stasi's county headquarters. |
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Auenwald: a swathe of parks, woodlands and floodplains which cuts right across the city and is unique in Europe |
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Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH provides favourable tour packages to discover Leipzig and its environs which can be booked online.
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