Leipzig St Thomas' Church in the evening. Coat of arms Location Administration Country  Germany State Saxony Admin. region Leipzig District Leipzig Mayor Burkhard Jung (SPD) Basic statistics Area 297. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Leipzig is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, located in the north-west of the state German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgo[[meister]], literally translated meaning master of the town or master of the Fortress Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 60 km² (114. 9 sq mi) Population 510,274  (11/12/2007)  - Density 1,715 /km² (4,441 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate L Postal codes 04003-04357 Area code 0341 Website www.leipzig.de Location of the town of Leipzig within Leipzig district Coordinates: 51°20′0″N 12°23′0″E / 51.33333, 12.38333

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Leipzig Old City

Atrium of the "Academy of Visual Arts".

"Porsche Diamond" The customer center building of Porsche Leipzig.

MDR, one of Germany's public broadcasters.

City-Hochhaus Leipzig.

Mädler-Passage, one of Leipzig's many passageways.

New Trade Fair.

Palais Roßbach, one of the many Gründerzeit-buildings in Leipzig

Inside Leipzig Hbf (Central Rail Station). deu Gründerzeit ( German, 'grʏndɐˌtsaɪ̯t literally “the founders' epoch” refers to the economic phase in 19th century Germany and Austria before

The Federal Administrative Court of Leipzig at night

Leipzig ([ˈlaɪ̯pʦɪç] (help·info)) is, with a population of over 510,200, the largest city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ^[1] It is situated at the confluence of the Rivers Pleiße, White Elster and Parthe. The Pleiße is a right tributary of the Weiße Elster in Saxony, Germany.

The "Peaceful Revolution" in 1989 which lead to the "Wende" and the reunification of Germany was initiated in Leipzig. Die Wende marks the complete process of the change from Socialism and Planned economy to Democracy and Capitalism in East Germany The city's rich tradition in music and culture is mainly based on the work of Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and finds its expresson in the worldwide famousness of the Gewandhausorchester and the Thomanerchor. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3 1809 &ndash November 4 1847 was a German Composer The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ( Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) is a famous German Orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The Thomanerchor is a Choir featuring Boy sopranos in Leipzig, Germany.

Leipzig is well-known for its university and its trade fair. The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities The Leipzig Trade Fair (Leipziger Messe was a major fair for trade across Mitteleuropa for nearly a millennium Germany's first labour party was founded in the city. The General German Workers' Association, in German Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein, ADAV was founded on 23 May 1863 by Ferdinand Lassalle

Leipzig's name is derived from the Slavic word Lipsk, which means "settlement where the linden trees (US; lime trees in UK) stand". The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages Tilia is a Genus of about 30 species of Trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest Tilia is a Genus of about 30 species of Trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest ^[2] An obsolete English spelling of the name was Leipsic.

Contents 1 History 2 Main sights 3 Education 4 Economy 5 Media 6 Annual events 7 Sport 8 Transportation 9 Quotations 10 Twin cities 11 Notable residents 12 See also 13 References 14 External links

History

First documented in 1015 and endowed with city and market privileges in 1165, Leipzig has fundamentally shaped the history of Saxony and of Germany. The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Leipzig has always been known as a place of commerce. The Leipzig Trade Fair, which began in the Middle Ages, is the oldest remaining trade fair in the world. The Leipzig Trade Fair (Leipziger Messe was a major fair for trade across Mitteleuropa for nearly a millennium It became an event of international importance, especially as a point of contact with the Comecon Eastern Europe economic bloc, of which East Germany was a member. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state

The foundation of the University of Leipzig in 1409 initiated the city's development into a centre of German law and the publishing industry, and towards being a location of the Reichsgericht (Supreme Court), and the German National Library (founded in 1912). The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities The Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig ("German Library of Leipzig " was founded in 1913 to collect all German and foreign language titles published in Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting The philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born in Leipzig in 1646, and attended the University of Leipzig from 1661-1666. The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Leipzig from 1723 to 1750, at the St. Thomas Lutheran church, and Richard Wagner the composer was born in Leipzig in 1813. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For other churches with the same or similar name please see St Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Later in the same year, the Leipzig region was the arena of the Battle of the Nations, which ended Napoleon's run of conquest in Europe, and led to his first exile on Elba. The Battle of the Nations (or Battle of Leipzig or Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig) on 16–19 October 1813 was one of the most decisive defeats suffered by Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Elba (Ilva is an island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino. In 1913 the Völkerschlachtdenkmal monument celebrating the centenary of this event was completed. The Völkerschlachtdenkmal ( English: "Monument of the Battle of the Nations" is a monument in Leipzig, Germany, to the Battle of Leipzig

The importance of the Trade Fair and the University in the creation of a vibrant urban life and city politics from the Reformation through the 19th century cannot be overestimated. Leipzig became a centre of the German and Saxon liberal movements.

A terminal of the first German long distance railroad to Dresden (the capital of Saxony), in 1839, Leipzig became a hub of Central European railroad traffic, with a renowned station building, the largest terminal station by area in Europe. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German is the central Railway station in the German city of Leipzig. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains

Leipzig expanded rapidly towards one million inhabitants. Huge Gründerzeit areas were built, which mostly survived the war and post-war demolition. deu Gründerzeit ( German, 'grʏndɐˌtsaɪ̯t literally “the founders' epoch” refers to the economic phase in 19th century Germany and Austria before Nowadays these areas are unique in modern Germany.

The first German labour party, the General German Workers' Association (Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein, ADAV) was founded in Leipzig on 23 May 1863 by Ferdinand Lassalle; about 600 workers from across Germany travelled to the foundation on the new railway line. The General German Workers' Association, in German Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein, ADAV was founded on 23 May 1863 by Ferdinand Lassalle Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ferdinand Lassalle (11 April 1825 &mdash 31 August 1864 was a German Jurist and socialist political Activist.

One of the city's most architecturaly significant buildings, the 1855 Moorish Revival Leipzig synagogue was deliberately destroyed on Kristallnacht. Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival Architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of the The ornate Moorish Revival Leipzig synagogue was built in 1855 by German Jewish architect Otto Simonson who had studied under Gottfried Semper, architect Kristallnacht ( literally "Crystal night" or the Night of Broken Glass was a Pogrom in Nazi Germany on November 9–10 1938 The city was also heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II. In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

American troops of the 69th Infantry Division captured the city on April 20, 1945, Adolf Hitler's 56th and last birthday. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately A few months later the U.S. ceded the city to the Red Army as it pulled back from the line of contact with Soviet forces in July 1945 to the pre-designated occupation zone boundaries. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya The Line of Contact marked the furthest advance of American British and Soviet Armies into Germany at the end of World War II. Leipzig became one of the major cities of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state

In 1989, after prayers for peace at the Nikolai Church, established in 1983 as part of the peace movement, the Monday demonstrations started as the most prominent mass protest against the East German regime. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Prayer is the act of attempting to communicate with a Deity or spirit Peace, in the modern usage is a concept defined by the ideal state of relationship as absence of hostility at the international level that of a War. The St Nikolaikirche ( St Nicholas ' Church has long beenone of the most famous in Leipzig, and rose to national fame with the Monday Demonstrations in

Leipzig was the German candidate for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but did not make it to the short list.

Main sights

• Thomaskirche (St Thomas' Church): Most famous as the place where Johann Sebastian Bach worked as a cantor and home to the renowned Thomaner choir
• Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Battle of the Nations Monument): the largest war monument in Europe, built to commemorate the successful battle against Napoleonic troops
• Gewandhaus: home to the famous Gewandhaus Orchestra, it is the third building of that name
• Altes Rathaus: the old city hall was built in 1556 and houses a museum of the city's history
• Neues Rathaus: the city hall was built upon the remains of the Pleißenburg, a castle that was the site of the 1519 debate between Johann Eck and Martin Luther in 1519
• City-Hochhaus Leipzig: built in 1972, it was once part of the university and is the city's tallest building
• Auerbach's Keller: a young Goethe ate and drank here while studying in Leipzig; it is the venue of a scene from his Faust
• Städtisches Kaufhaus (municipal department store): the world's first sample fair building and today home to offices, retail stores and restaurants (its name is misleading, as it is privately owned)
• Bundesverwaltungsgericht: Germany's federal administrative court was the site of the Reichsgericht, the highest state court between 1888 and 1945

Among Leipzig's noteworthy institutions are the opera house and the Leipzig Zoo, the latter of which houses the world's largest facilities for primates. For other churches with the same or similar name please see St WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" A cantor or chanter (Gk ψάλτης is the chief singer (and ofttimes instructor employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical Choir The Völkerschlachtdenkmal ( English: "Monument of the Battle of the Nations" is a monument in Leipzig, Germany, to the Battle of Leipzig The Battle of the Nations (or Battle of Leipzig or Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig) on 16–19 October 1813 was one of the most decisive defeats suffered by Napoleon The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ( Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) is a famous German Orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The Leipzig Debate (Leipziger Disputation was a theological disputation originally between Andreas Karlstadt and Johann Eck. Johann Eck ( November 13, 1486 &ndash February 13, 1543) was a 16th century theologian and defender of Catholicism during Martin Luther (November 10 1483 February 18 1546 was a German Monk, theologian, university professor Father of Protestantism, and church reformer City-Hochhaus ( English: City High-rise) at a height of 1425 metres is the tallest building in the city of Leipzig, Auerbachs Keller ( Auerbach's Cellar in English is the best known and second oldest restaurant in Leipzig. ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfgaŋ fɔn ˈgøːtə (in English generally ˈgɝːtə 28 August 1749 22 March 1832 was a German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's Faust is a tragic play. It was published in two parts de Faust der Tragödie erster Teil (translated The Städtisches Kaufhaus in Leipzig, designed by Rayher Korber and Müller was constructed from 1894 to 1901 The Federal Administrative Court ( Bundesverwaltungsgericht) is one of the five federal Supreme courts of Germany. The Reichsgericht (Court of the German Empire was the highest court of the Deutsches Reich. Oper Leipzig is an Opera house and Opera company in Leipzig, Germany. A primate is a member of the biological order Primates ( Latin: "prime first rank" the group that contains Lemurs the Aye-aye The Nikolaikirche (Church of St. The St Nikolaikirche ( St Nicholas ' Church has long beenone of the most famous in Leipzig, and rose to national fame with the Monday Demonstrations in Nikolai/Nicholas) was the starting point of peaceful Monday demonstrations for the reunification of Germany. Leipzig's international trade fair in the north of the city is home to the world's largest levitated glass hall. The Leipzig Trade Fair (Leipziger Messe was a major fair for trade across Mitteleuropa for nearly a millennium Leipzig is also known for its passageways through houses and buildings.

Education

Leipzig University, founded 1409, is one of Europe's oldest universities. The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities Nobel Prize laureate Werner Heisenberg worked here as a physics professor (from 1927 to 1942), as did Nobel Prize laureates Gustav Ludwig Hertz (physics), Wilhelm Ostwald (chemistry) and Theodor Mommsen (Nobel Prize in literature). The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Werner Heisenberg (5 December 1901 in Würzburg &ndash1 February 1976 in Munich) was a German theoretical physicist best known for enunciating the Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gustav Ludwig Hertz ( July 22 1887, Hamburg &ndash October 30 1975, Berlin) was a German Experimental Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald ( Latvian: Vilhelms Ostvalds; September 2, 1853 &ndash April 4, 1932) was a Baltic Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen ( 30 November 1817 &ndash 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Other former staff of faculty include mineralogist Georg Agricola, writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, philosopher Ernst Bloch, eccentric founder of psychophysics Gustav Theodor Fechner, and psychologist Wilhelm Wundt. Georgius Agricola ( March 24, 1494 – November 21, 1555) was a German scholar and scientist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ( 22 January, 1729 15 February, 1781) was a German Writer, Philosopher, Dramatist Ernst Simon Bloch (ɛʁnst ˈziːmɔn blɔx July 8, 1885 &ndash August 4, 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher Psychophysics is a subdiscipline of Psychology dealing with the relationship between physical stimuli and their subjective correlates or Percepts Gustav Theodor Fechner ( April 19, 1801 &ndash November 28, 1887) was a German experimental Psychologist. Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt ( August 16 1832 - August 31 1920) was a German medical doctor psychologist physiologist and professor Among the university's many noteworthy students were writers Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Erich Kästner, philosophers Gottfried Leibniz and Friedrich Nietzsche, political activist Karl Liebknecht, and composer Richard Wagner. ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfgaŋ fɔn ˈgøːtə (in English generally ˈgɝːtə 28 August 1749 22 March 1832 was a German writer Erich Kästner (ˈʔeːʁɪç ˈkʰɛstnɐ ( February 23, 1899 &ndash July 29, 1974) was one of the most famous German authors, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15 1844 August 25 1900 ( was a nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist ( August 13, 1871 - January 15, 1919) was a German Socialist and a co-founder of the Spartacist League and the Communist Germany's chancellor since 2006, Angela Merkel, studied physics at Leipzig University. (ˈaŋɡela doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛɐ̯kəl (born Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954 in Hamburg, West Germany) is the Chancellor of Germany. The university has about 30,000 students.

The University of Music and Theatre was established in 1843 as a music conservatory. The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig" ( German: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" One of its founders was renowned composer Felix Mendelssohn. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3 1809 &ndash November 4 1847 was a German Composer A broad range of subjects can be studied, both artistic and teacher training, in all orchestral instruments, voice, interpretation, coaching, piano chamber music, orchestral conducting, choir conducting and musical composition. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new Musical styles include jazz, popular music, musicals, early music and church music. The drama departments teach acting and dramaturgy. Dramaturgy is the art of Dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage Advanced students may, after a test, stand in for members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ( Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) is a famous German Orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. In 2006, approximately 900 students are enrolled at the school.

The "Academy of Visual Arts" (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst) was established 1764. Its 530 students (as of 2006) are enrolled in courses in painting and graphics, book design/graphic design, photography and media art. The school also houses an Institute for Theory.

The "Leipzig University of Applied Sciences" (Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur, HTWK) is with about 6200 students (as of 2007) the second biggest institution of higher education in Leipzig. It was founded in 1992, merging several older schools. As a university of applied sciences (German: Fachhochschule) it is slightly below the status of a university, with more emphasis on the practical part of the education. The HTWK offers many engineering courses, as well as courses of computer sciences, mathematics, business administration, library sciences, museum studies, and social work. It is mainly located in the south of the city.

The private Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL), or Leipzig Graduate School of Management, is the oldest business school in Germany. Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL is a private Business school in the German state of Saxony.

Among the research institutes located in Leipzig three belong to the Max Planck Society (for Mathematics in the Sciences, Human Cognitive and Brain Science and Evolutionary Anthropology) and two are Fraunhofer Society institutes. The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e The Fraunhofer Society (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is a German research organization with 58 institutes spread throughout Germany each focusing on different fields of applied Others are the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, part of the Helmholtz Association, and the Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research.

Economy

Companies in or around Leipzig include:

• Amazon
• Blüthner: piano-manufacturing
• BMW
• Porsche
• Siemens

DHL is in the process of transferring the bulk of its European air operations to Leipzig/Halle Airport. Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington. Blüthner, formally Julius Blüthner Pianofortefabrik GmbH, is a Piano -manufacturing company founded by Julius Blüthner in 1853 ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 Porsche SE or Porsche ( German, ˈpɔɹʃə is a German manufacturer of automobiles which is majority-owned by the Porsche and Piëch DHL (originally standing for Dalsey Hillblom and Lynn) is a Deutsche Post World Net company of Germany that provides international mail Leipzig/Halle Airport sometimes called Schkeuditz Airport serves both Leipzig, Saxony and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Media

• MDR, one of Germany's public broadcasters, has its headquarters and main television studios in the city. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk German Broadcasting ( MDR) is the public broadcaster for the German Länder (States of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt It provides programs to various TV and radio networks and has its own symphony orchestra, choir and a ballet.

• Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ) is the city's only daily newspaper. Founded in 1894, it has published under several different forms of government. It was the first newspaper in the world that was published daily. The monthly magazine Kreuzer specializes on culture, festivities and the arts in Leipzig.

• Once known for its large number of publishing houses, Leipzig had been called "Buch-Stadt" (book city). Few are left after the years of the German Democratic Republic, the most notable of them being branches of Brockhaus and Insel Verlag. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Reclam, founded in 1828, was one of the large publishing houses to move away. The German Library (Deutsche Bücherei) in Leipzig is part of Germany's National Library. The German National Library ( Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, abbreviated DNB) was established in 1990 during the German reunification by merging the Deutsche

• On November 26, 1990, the Norwegian Black Metal band Mayhem recorded their oft-regarded as seminal live album Live in Leipzig. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Live in Leipzig is a Live album by the Norwegian Black metal band Mayhem.

Annual events

• (Pop Up: (May) Festival of independent music
• A capella: vocal music festival
• Bachfest: Johann Sebastian Bach-festival
• Christmas market (since 1767)
• Dokfestival: international festival for documented and animated film
• GC - Games Convention: video game & developers convention
• Jazztage: contemporary jazz festival
• Ladyfest Leipzig:(August) Emancipatoric, feminist Punk & Electro Festival
• Leipzig Book Fair: the second largest German book fair
• Leipziger Sommerakademie Dreiskau-Muckern: art workshop
• Stadtfest: city festival
• Wave-Gotik-Treffen at Pentecost: world's largest goth or "dark culture" festival

Sport

The German Football Association (DFB) was founded in Leipzig in 1900. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" The International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm also known as the Leipzig DOK Festival The Games Convention (sometimes called the Leipzig Games Convention, and abbreviated as GC) is an annual Video game event in Leipzig, The Leipzig Book Fair (Leipziger Buchmesse is the second largest book fair in Germany after the Frankfurt Book Fair. Wave-Gotik-Treffen ( ger. das Treffen means "the Meeting " is an annual festival for music and arts in Leipzig, Germany Pentecost (πεντηκοστή, pentekostē, "the fiftieth day" is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian Liturgical year, celebrated the

The city was the venue for the 2006 FIFA World Cup draw, and hosted four first-round matches and one match in the last 16th round in the football club FC Sachsen Leipzig's home stadium Zentralstadion. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament The Zentralstadion ( Central Stadium) located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, is the home of FC Sachsen Leipzig.

Leipzig also hosted the Fencing World Cup in 2005 and hosts a number of international competitions in a variety of sports each year. Fencing is the art of armed Combat involving Cutting, Stabbing, or slapping bludgeoning Weapons directly manipulated by hand

VfB Leipzig, now 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, won the first national football championship in 1903. 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig is a German football club based in the city of Leipzig, Saxony and may be more familiar to many of the country's

Two-time World Cup Uneven Bars Champion and Olympic Medalist (1976, 1980) in gymnastics, Steffi Kraker was born in Leipzig. Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events 6 for women and 8 for men Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events 6 for women and 8 for men Gymnastics is a Sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength agility and coordination Stefanie "Steffi" Kraker (born April 21, 1960, Leipzig, East Germany) is a retired East German gymnast who competed at the

Transportation

Leipzig station is at a junction of important north-to-south and west-to-east railway lines. is the central Railway station in the German city of Leipzig. An underground connecting line has been driven along the north-south axis. In the vicinity of the city are two airports: Leipzig/Halle Airport and Leipzig-Altenburg Airport (Thuringia). Leipzig/Halle Airport sometimes called Schkeuditz Airport serves both Leipzig, Saxony and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Leipzig-Altenburg Airport, until February 2008 known as Altenburg-Nobitz Airport is a German regional airport 6 km (3 The Free State of Thuringia (Freistaat Thüringen is located in central Germany.

Quotations

Mein Leipzig lob' ich mir! Es ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute. (I praise my Leipzig! It is a small Paris and educates its people. ) - Frosch, a university student in Goethe's Faust, Part One

Twin cities

Leipzig is twinned with:

• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia since 2004
• Birmingham, United Kingdom (Birmingham's Partner City page) since 1992
• Bologna, Italy since 1962, renewed in 1997
• Brno, Czech Republic since 1973, renewed in 1999
• Frankfurt am Main, Germany since 1990
• Hanover, Germany since 1987
• Houston, Texas, USA since 1993
• Kiev, Ukraine since 1961, renewed in 1992
• Kraków, Poland since 1973, renewed in 1995
• Lyon, France since 1981
• Nanjing, China since 1988
• Thessaloniki, Greece since 1984
• Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2003
• Plovdiv, Bulgaria since 1975, renewed in 2007

Notable residents

• George J. Adler, (1821-1868), born in Leipzig, noted philologist, compiler of Dictionary of German and English Languages, went insane from stress of publishing it ^[3]
• Johann Sebastian Bach, composer
• Gustav Fechner, (1801-1887), eccentric founder of psychophysics and noted satirist (under the pseudonym 'Dr. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 's Faust is a tragic play. It was published in two parts de Faust der Tragödie erster Teil (translated Addis Ababa (sometimes spelled Addis Abeba, the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority Amharic NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Brno ( IPA:; Brünn is the second-largest City in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Kraków, in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow (ˈkrækaʊ M-W: krăk'ou krāk'ō is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. ( Chinese: 南京 Romanizations Nánjīng ( Pinyin) Nan-ching ( Wade-Giles Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Travnik ( Cyrillic: Травник is a city and municipality in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, 90 km west of Sarajevo. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian George J Adler (1821 Leipzig Germany – August 24 1868 Bloomingdale New York) was a noted Philologist and linguist. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" Gustav Theodor Fechner ( April 19, 1801 &ndash November 28, 1887) was a German experimental Psychologist. Psychophysics is a subdiscipline of Psychology dealing with the relationship between physical stimuli and their subjective correlates or Percepts Mises') who was appointed professor of physics at Leipzig University in 1834. The University of Leipzig (Universität Leipzig located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities He resigned his position at the university in 1840 due to health problems, and Leipzig was his home for the rest of his life.
• Die Prinzen, German music group
• Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer, orientalist
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet
• Edvard Grieg, (1843-1907), Norwegian composer
• Hans Hartung, painter
• Emil Jellinek, designer of first modern car engine
• Georg Jellinek, philosopher
• Joseph Joachim, violinist, composer
• Bernard Katz, Nobel prize winning scientist
• Horst Köhler, 13th President of Germany
• Otto Kuntze, botanist
• Gottfried Leibniz, polymath
• Karl Liebknecht, co-founder of Communist Party of the Weimar Republic
• Justus Hermann Lipsius, classical scholar
• Felix Mendelssohn, composer
• Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher
• Kristine Nitzsche, East German athlete
• Max Reger, composer, pianist and professor
• Johann Jacob Reiske, orientalist
• Johann Hermann Schein, early Baroque composer
• Friedrich Schiller, (1759-1805), German poet and philosopher, lived in Leipzig for a time after fleeing Stuttgart
• Auguste Schmidt, (1833-1902), Pioneer of women's education and women's rights activist
• Robert Schumann, (1810-1856), German composer
• Clara Schumann, German pianist
• Christian Thomasius, philosopher
• Richard Wagner, composer
• Walter Ulbricht, former leader of the German Democratic Republic
• Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, poet
• Max Beckmann, 20th century painter
• Birthplace of Till Lindemann, lead vocalist of German band Rammstein
• Birthplace of Bill Kaulitz and Tom Kaulitz, members of the band Tokio Hotel
• Hermann Merkin, German-Jewish Businessman

See also

• List of mayors of Leipzig
• Leipzig Human Rights Award

References

External links

• Leipzig travel guide from Wikitravel
• The city's official website
• Leipzig Zoo at Zoo-Infos.de
• Photos and Recommendations
• Leipzig links in the Open Directory Project (DMOZ)

 

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