Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Leipzig, Germany

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Number of sights 29 sights
Distance 7.6 km
Ascend 108 m
Descend 108 m

Experience Leipzig in Germany in a whole new way with our 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 Leipzig

Sight 1: Theater der Jungen Welt

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The Theater der Jungen Welt in Leipzig is the oldest professional children's and youth theater in Germany. With its cross-age and cross-genre programme, it offers plays for children, young people and families in Leipzig.

Wikipedia: Theater der Jungen Welt (DE), Website

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Musikalische Komödie

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Musikalische Komödie Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

The Musikalische Komödie is an operettas and musicals theatre in Leipzig. Its venue is located in the Lindenau district in the Haus Dreilinden, which is often referred to as the "Musical Comedy" itself. It is one of the three sections of the Oper Leipzig. However, it has its own ensemble with soloists, choir, ballet company and orchestra. Because of this and its own venue, it is perceived by the public as an independent cultural institution. Its repertoire ranges from Spieloper to operetta and musicals.

Wikipedia: Musikalische Komödie (EN)

431 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Capa-Haus

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Capa-Haus Cowboy / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Capa House is a building in the Lindenau quarter of Leipzig, Germany at Jahnallee 61. It is named after the American war reporter and photographer Robert Capa, and is the location where Capa took The Picture of the Last Man to Die of the United States army soldier Raymond J. Bowman, who was killed there two weeks before the end of the Second World War in Europe. The images became internationally known when they were published in Life magazine.

Wikipedia: Capa House (EN), Website

1297 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 4: Deutsches Kleingärtnermuseum

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The German Allotment Gardener Museum is a museum in Leipzig that documents the German allotment gardening movement and its history.

Wikipedia: Deutsches Kleingärtnermuseum (DE), Website

344 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Sächsisches Psychiatriemuseum

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The Saxon Psychiatric Museum is a small museum in Leipzig and deals with the history of lunatic asylums and psychiatry. It is organized by the Durchblick association, an initiative for people affected by psychiatry in Leipzig. It was founded in 2000. The special exhibitions deal with individual fates, careers and institutions:the life stories of the court president Daniel Paul Schreber (1842–1911) and the Saxon dialect poet Lene Voigt (1891–1962) the biographies and therapeutic concepts of doctors and psychiatrists such as Christian August Fürchtegott Hayner (1775–1837) and Hermann Paul Nitsche (1876–1948) the development of psychiatric institutions in Saxony in the Middle Ages up to the sanatorium and nursing homes.

Wikipedia: Saxon Psychiatric Museum (EN), Website

534 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Haus Pommer

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Haus Pommer is a listed residential and studio building from the 19th century, located on the corner of Hillerstraße 9 and Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße 69 in Leipzig's Bachviertel. It was the ancestral seat of the Pommer family.

Wikipedia: Haus Pommer (DE)

436 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Villa Davignon

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The residential building at Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 77 is a listed building in Leipzig's Bachviertel, driving from Westplatz in the direction of Waldplatz behind the rediscovered Elstermühlgraben or on the riverside promenade called Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Straße on the left side of the street. The building was built by Arwed Roßbach and was also called Villa d'Avignon at the time of its construction or in the 19th century under false reference, because the builder was the merchant Louis Davignon.

Wikipedia: Wohnhaus Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 77 (Leipzig) (DE)

360 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Haus Leipzig

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The Haus Leipzig described here refers to a building at Elsterstraße 22–24 in Leipzig's Westvorstadt, which has served as a venue for concerts, balls, theatre and cabaret performances since 1946.

Wikipedia: Haus Leipzig (DE), Website

773 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Deutsches Zentrum für barrierefreies Lesen

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The German Centre for Accessible Reading offers blind, visually impaired and reading impaired people a diverse selection of literature to borrow and buy.

Wikipedia: Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde zu Leipzig (DE), Website

597 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Museum in der Runden Ecke

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The Memorial Museum in the "Round Corner" is a museum about the history, structure and working methods of the Ministry of State Security (MfS) in the GDR, located in the former headquarters of the District Administration for State Security on Dittrichring in Leipzig.

Wikipedia: Gedenkstätte Museum in der „Runden Ecke“ (DE), Website

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Matthäikirchdenkmal

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MatthäikirchdenkmalH.-P.Haack (Diskussion) 12:42, 27. Apr. 2012 (CEST) / Attribution

St. Matthew was a church in the old town of Leipzig. During its history it had several names and functions. As a church of the Franciscan order, built in 1488, it was known as Barfüßerkirche and Heiliggeistkirche. It served as a Lutheran church, known as Neukirche, from 1699. A new congregation formed in 1876 and named the church Matthäikirche. The building was destroyed in a bombing in 1943.

Wikipedia: St. Matthew, Leipzig (EN)

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Lipsia-Brunnen

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The Lipsia Fountain is an ornamental fountain in the city centre of Leipzig, Germany.

Wikipedia: Lipsia-Brunnen (DE)

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Barthels Hof

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Barthels Hof is a former trade court building complex in Leipzig in Germany, located in the borough Mitte. It is the last “through courtyard” that was preserved almost in its original condition. That means, the carts drove in, the goods were unloaded, and the carts drove out - without turning around. The horses were stabled in the suburbs. Later, from 1893 on, only samples of the goods were shown in the trade fairs and made to order. The Barthels Hof stretches from the market square to Kleine Fleischergasse and is now one of the city's most important sights. Today, it is used for a restaurant and some small shops.

Wikipedia: Barthels Hof (EN)

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: König-Albert-Haus

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König-Albert-Haus Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The König-Albert-Haus is a commercial building at Markt 9 in Leipzig, Germany. It forms the corner house to the Barfußgäßchen, where it bears the house numbers 2/4/6/8. His name is reminiscent of the Saxon King Albert. The house is a listed building.

Wikipedia: König-Albert-Haus (DE)

313 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Mädler Passage

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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.

Wikipedia: Mädler Arcade Gallery (EN)

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Jahrhundertschritt

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Jahrhundertschritt Jürgen Langguth / Copyrighted free use

The Step of the Century is a bronze sculpture that was created by Wolfgang Mattheuer in 1984. It is considered one of the most important works of art in the GDR at the time of the division of Germany and is a parable of the turmoil of the 20th century.

Wikipedia: The Step of the Century (EN)

59 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Goethedenkmal

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The Goethe Monument in Leipzig is a bronze statue standing on a high pedestal on the Naschmarkt in front of the Old Trade Exchange, which depicts Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) as a young man in reference to his almost three years of study in Leipzig. It was created by Carl Seffner (1861–1932).

Wikipedia: Goethedenkmal (Leipzig) (DE), Url

36 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 18: Altes Rathaus

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The Old Town Hall, which dominates the east side of the Markt square in Leipzig's district Mitte, is considered one of Germany's most important secular Renaissance buildings. At the rear is the Naschmarkt. The mayor and the municipal administration have been housed in the New Town Hall since 1905.

Wikipedia: Old Town Hall (Leipzig) (EN), Url

267 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Museum of Fine Arts

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Museum of Fine Arts

The Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig in Leipzig is a German art museum. It was established in 1848 as an initiative of the citizens, initially in the Leipzig Bürgerschule as the first interim. From 1858 to 1943, the Picture Museum was housed in its own collection building on Augustusplatz. After another interim period from 1945 to 2003, the museum's holdings have been housed in the new museum building in Katharinenstraße since 2004. With over 10,000 m2 of exhibition space, it is one of the largest exhibition venues in Germany. The museum is run by the city of Leipzig.

Wikipedia: Museum der bildenden Künste (DE), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Soundcloud, Youtube

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Pfeffermühle

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The Leipziger Pfeffermühle is a cabaret ensemble in Leipzig, Germany.

Wikipedia: Leipziger Pfeffermühle (DE), Website

96 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Hôtel de Pologne

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The Hôtel de Pologne is a former hotel built in 1847–1848 in Leipzig, Hainstraße 16–18. At the time of its construction, the thirteen-axis building was the largest hotel in the city with 130 rooms.

Wikipedia: Hôtel de Pologne (DE)

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: Jägerhof

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The Jägerhof in Leipzig is a building complex between Hainstraße and Großer Fleischergasse, through which the passage of the same name runs. It is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Jägerhof (Leipzig) (DE)

200 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: Richard-Wagner-Denkmal

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The Richard Wagner Memorial in Leipzig was unveiled in 2013 to mark the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner (1813-1883). It was created by Stephan Balkenhol using the base designed 100 years ago by Max Klinger (1857-1920).

Wikipedia: Richard Wagner Memorial (EN)

208 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: Großer Blumenberg

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Großer Blumenberg is the name of a residential and commercial building in Leipzig. The current building is the work of the architect Albert Geutebrück (1801–1868). It is one of the few surviving testimonies of classicist architectural style in the centre of Leipzig.

Wikipedia: Großer Blumenberg (DE)

261 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 25: Naturkundemuseum

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The Natural History Museum in Leipzig is a natural history museum in the city of Leipzig, Germany, located at the northwest corner of the Inner City Ring Road. The museum contains the insect collection of Alexander Julius Reichert.

Wikipedia: Natural History Museum, Leipzig (EN), Website

131 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 26: Travel24 Hotel - Ringmessehaus

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The Leipzig Ring-Messehaus on the Tröndlinring was the largest inner-city trade fair building in the world. It was used as a fashion, tobacco and textile fair house until 1992. Since 2017, Travel24's first budget hotel has been located in the middle part of the building.

Wikipedia: Ring-Messehaus (Leipzig) (DE), Website

44 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Villersbrunnen

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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.

Wikipedia: Fountains in Leipzig (EN)

36 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 28: Fürstenhof

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Fürstenhof unbekannt / Logo

The Hotel Fürstenhof is the oldest luxury hotel in Leipzig. The original building Löhrs Haus at today's Tröndlinring 8 dates back to 1771, and since 1890 it has been operated as a hotel – combined with several conversions and extensions. Since 2018, the hotel has been owned by Vicus Group AG, and it was also a member of the Leipzig Hotel Alliance. The hotel has been closed since March 2021.

Wikipedia: Hotel Fürstenhof (Leipzig) (DE), Website

31 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 29: Evangelisch-reformierte Kirche

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The Reformed Church at Tröndlinring 7 in Leipzig is the place of worship of the Reformed congregation.

Wikipedia: Reformierte Kirche (Leipzig) (DE), Website

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