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"My Leipzig is what I like!" is Johann Wolfgang Goethe's famous quote about the ancient and vibrant Saxon city he thought of as his ‘Little Paris'. The history of Leipzig is intertwined with that of many great names who have shaped the cultural and political landscape of the last half-millennium. It was the birthplace of Wagner; Mendelssohn was director of music and Bach was choirmaster at the city's St. Thomas' Church. It has over 300 years of opera tradition and the world-famous Gewandhaus Orchestra is more than 250 years old. Goethe studied at the fourteenth-century university, as did Lessing and Jean-Paul Sartre. Martin Luther stayed here and Lenin printed the first issues of his Marxist newspaper in the city. Today Leipzig is Germany's second largest banking metropolis at the hub of East-West trade with a well-earned reputation for first rate international trade fairs. Home to nearly forty publishing houses, the city is also a rapidly developing media centre.

Leipzig Attractions

St Thomas' Church
Thomaskirchhof 18, Leipzig

Museum der Bildenden Künste
Grimmaische Strasse 1-7 , Leipzig
Tel: +49 34 1216 990

Altes Rathaus
Markt 1 , Leipzig
Tel: +49 34 1965 130

Museum in der Runden Ecke
Dittrichring 24 , Leipzig
Tel: +49 34 1961 2443

Schillerhaus
Menckestrasse 42, Gohlis, Leipzig
Tel: +49 34 1566 2170

Musikinstrumenten-Museum (Museum of Musical Instruments)
University of Leipzig, Täubschenweg 2C , Leipzig
Tel: +49 34 1214 20

Battle Of The Nations Monument
Prager Strasse, Leipzig 04299
Tel: +49 34 1878 0471

Zoologischer Garten Leipzig (Zoological Garden)
Pfaffendorfer Strasse 29, Leipzig 04105
Tel: +49 34 1593 3500

Railway Station
Willy-Brand-Platz, Leipzig 04109
Tel: +49 03 4196 80

Leipzig Opera House
Oper Leipzig, Augustusplatz 12, Leipzig 04109
Tel: +49 34 1126 10

Gewandhaus Concert Hall
Augustusplatz, Leipzig 04109
Tel: +49 03 4112 700

Cabarets
Kupfergasse, Leipzig 04109
Tel: +49 03 4196 04848

Bach Museum
Thomaskirchhof 16, Leipzig 04109
Tel: +49 34 1964 4135