Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Leipzig, Germany
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Experience Leipzig in Germany in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in LeipzigIndividual Sights in LeipzigSight 1: Reclam-Museum
The Reclam Museum is a book museum in Leipzig's Graphic Quarter, Kreuzstraße 12. It includes an exhibition of around 10,000 booklets, books, etc. from Reclam's Universal Library from its beginnings in 1867 to the present day. It is the only museum and the most comprehensive collection of its kind on publications of the Reclam publishing house.
Sight 2: Rabensteinplatz
Rabensteinplatz is a green space in the eastern suburbs of Leipzig. Historically a place of execution, it was converted into a green space in the 19th century. Rabensteinplatz is a listed building.
Sight 3: Alter Johannisfriedhof
The Alter Johannisfriedhof is the oldest burial ground in the city of Leipzig, Germany. It began in 1278, as part of the Johannishospital in Leipzig, a leper hospital. It was later attached to the Johanniskirche, which was destroyed in World War II. In 1536 it became the common burial ground for the city of Leipzig, and expanded several times. It was also re-modeled in the style of the Camposanto in Pisa, a popular style of cemetery in Germany. In 1680 and 1805 the graveyard was expanded by the additions of sections three and four respectively, then the fifth and the final extension took place between 1827 and 1863. 1883 saw its last burial.
Sight 4: Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University
The Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig is a museum in Leipzig, Germany. It is located on Johannisplatz, near the city centre. The museum belongs to the University of Leipzig and is also part of the Grassi Museum, whose other members are the Museum of Ethnography and the Museum of Applied Arts.
Wikipedia: Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University (EN), Website
Sight 5: Leipzig Opera
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The opera house is the venue for the opera and ballet divisions of the Leipzig Opera. The opera house is located in the centre of Leipzig on Augustusplatz, opposite the Gewandhaus. It was built in 1954–1960 according to a design by Kunz Nierade and Kurt Hemmerling and is kept in a neoclassical style.
Wikipedia: Opernhaus Leipzig (DE), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube
Sight 6: Schwanenteich
The Schwanenteich in Leipzig is a body of water with a surrounding park on the outskirts of Leipzig's city centre. The park is part of the oldest urban landscape park in Germany. The official name of the park, which comes from history, is Oberer Park.
Sight 7: Richard-Wagner-Büste
The bust of Richard Wagner in Leipzig, erected in 1983, is dedicated to the city-born composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883). The design goes back to the Leipzig sculptor Max Klinger (1857–1920).
Sight 8: Universität Leipzig, Rektorat, Königliches Palais
The Royal Palace is a building of the University of Leipzig, which was built in 1861 as a residence for visits of the Saxon king to Leipzig according to designs by the architect Albert Geutebrück (1801–1868) and today serves as the rectorate of the university.
Sight 9: Fürstenkollegium
The Kleines Kolleg was one of the two plots of land with buildings that the sovereigns, the Meissen Margraves Friedrich and Wilhelm, donated to the newly founded University of Leipzig in 1409. The buildings were used for teaching and also served as accommodation for the masters – there were eight in the Kleines Kolleg – and the students. The emoluments of the masters were also part of the foundation.
Sight 10: Predigerhaus
The Predigerhaus in Leipzig at Nikolaikirchhof 3/4 is the parish and parish hall of the parish of St. Nikolai. It is a listed building.
Sight 11: Alte Nikolaischule
The old Nikolaischule was the first municipal citizens' school in Leipzig.
Sight 12: St. Nicholas Church
The St. Nicholas Church is one of the major churches of central Leipzig, Germany. Construction started in Romanesque style in 1165, but in the 16th century, the church was turned into a Gothic hall church. Baroque elements like the tower were added in the 18th century.
Wikipedia: St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig (EN), Website, Facebook
Sight 13: Geschwister Scholl-Haus, Institut für Kunstpädagogik
The building at Ritterstraße 8–10 in Leipzig, today the Geschwister-Scholl-Haus, was built between 1908 and 1910 as the seat of the first German commercial college on one of the oldest properties of the University of Leipzig, the Großer Fürstencolleg. The building was designed by Fritz Schumacher (1869–1947), the co-founder of the Deutscher Werkbund.
Sight 14: Demokratieglocke
The Democracy Bell is a monument located on Augustusplatz in Leipzig.
Sight 15: Mendebrunnen
The fountains in Leipzig were originally built as part of the city's water supply and in the 19th and 20th centuries others were added for decorative functions. They are regarded as objects of historical and art historical interest.
Sight 16: Leibnizdenkmal
The Leibniz Monument in the inner courtyard of the new campus of Leipzig University (Leibnizforum) honours the mathematician, philosopher, physicist, politician and diplomat Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), who was born in Leipzig on 6 July 1646 and studied at the local university. He is considered the polymath of his time, one of the most important philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries and an important pioneer of the Enlightenment.
Sight 17: Schinkel-Tor
The Schinkeltor at the west entrance to the New Augusteum of the University of Leipzig is the only surviving building fragment of the university complex on Augustusplatz from the 19th century. It is named after the Prussian master builder Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841). It is a listed building.
Sight 18: Krystallpalast Varieté Leipzig
The crystal palace was an entertainment facility in Leipzig for about 60 years. It was considered the greatest of its kind in Germany and was unique in Europe when it comes to the variety of events and spatial complexity. The name of the heart was a building consisting of a glass and iron with a hall that was primarily used for variety events, which is why it was often spoken by the crystal palace variety. A central dome building, the Alberthalle, had over 3,000 places.
Sight 19: Musikschule Johann Sebastian Bach
The Leipzig Music School "Johann Sebastian Bach" is the second largest music school in Germany.
Wikipedia: Musikschule Leipzig „Johann Sebastian Bach“ (DE), Website, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube
Sight 20: Merkurhaus
The Merkurhaus in Leipzig is an office and commercial building at the southern entrance to Petersstraße with the address Markgrafenstraße 2. The name of the house refers to a predecessor building on which a Mercury statue stood.
Sight 21: Messehof
The Messehof is a present-day commercial building with a shopping arcade, the Messehofpassage, in the city centre of Leipzig. It was built between 1949 and 1950 and is the first new municipal trade fair building after the Second World War.
Sight 22: Mädler Passage
The Mädler Arcade Gallery is the last completely preserved historic shopping arcade covered by an end-to-end glass roof in the city center of Leipzig. It is a facility of upmarket retail, restaurants, offices and cultural establishments.
Sight 23: Zeitgeschichtliches Forum
The Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig is a museum of contemporary German history. The museum was opened in 1999 and focuses on the history of the German division, everyday life in the communist dictatorship of the GDR, and the reunification process. It is located in the Grimmaische Strasse in the city center of Leipzig, Germany. A landmark of the museum is the sculpture The Step of the Century by Wolfgang Mattheuer in front of it.
Wikipedia: Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig (EN), Website, Opening Hours, Website
Sight 24: Market Square
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The Markt is a square of about 1 ha in Leipzig's district of Mitte, Germany. It is considered the center of the city. The Old Town Hall stands on it, which demonstrates its particular historical importance. The square was named Platz des Friedens from 1950 to 1954. Its paving is a listed heritage monument.
Sight 25: Petershof
The Petershof is a building complex in the city centre of Leipzig, which is used as a residential and commercial building. It was built from 1927 to 1929 according to plans by the Leipzig architect Alfred Liebig (1878–1952) as a trade fair building and also housed the Capitol cinema until 2003.
Sight 26: Treppenturm
The Golden Flag was a commercial building in Leipzig, Germany. After its destruction in the Second World War, only its hexagonal stair tower was reconstructed. It is a listed building.
Sight 27: St. Thomas Church
The St. Thomas Church is a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany, located at the western part of the inner city ring road in Leipzig's central district. Martin Luther preached in the church in 1539. It is associated with several well-known composers, especially Johann Sebastian Bach, who was its Thomaskantor from 1723 until his death in 1750. The church holds his remains.
Wikipedia: St. Thomas Church, Leipzig (EN), Website, Website
Sight 28: Neues Bach-Denkmal
The New Bach Monument in Leipzig is located in the Thomaskirchhof south of St. Thomas's Church instead of the Leibniz Monument located there from 1883 to 1906.
Sight 29: Bach-Museum Leipzig
The Bach Museum Leipzig is a museum that deals with the life and work of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. It is part of the Leipzig Bach Archive in the Bosehaus at St. Thomas's Church.
Sight 30: Thomashaus
The Thomashaus is a listed building on the Thomaskirchhof in Leipzig.
Sight 31: Altes Bach-Denkmal
Leipzig's old Bach monument stands in the green spaces on Dittrichring, near St. Thomas's Church. It is the world's oldest monument to Johann Sebastian Bach. Donated by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, it was inaugurated in 1843. The designs were made by Eduard Bendemann, Ernst Rietschel and Julius Hübner. The monument was executed by the Leipzig sculptor Hermann Knaur. After its construction, it was restored several times, most recently in 2005.
Sight 32: Ez-Chaim-Synagoge
The Ez-Chaim Synagogue was a synagogue on the property Apels Garten 4 in Leipzig, Germany.
Sight 33: Lutherkirche
The Luther Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church at Johannapark in Leipzig's Bachviertel. It is part of the Forum Thomanum educational campus.
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