Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Leipzig, Germany
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10.4 km
182 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 LeipzigSight 1: Pfarrkirche Liebfrauen
The Church of Our Lady in Leipzig-Lindenau is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Philipp Neri in the deanery of Leipzig. It is located on the southern border of Lindenau at Karl-Heine-Straße 112 near the Leipzig-Plagwitz train station. The building, built in neo-Romanesque style, is a listed building.
Sight 2: Apelstein 35
The Apel-stones, named after the writer Theodor Apel from Leipzig who commissioned them, mark important events during the Battle of Leipzig. There are 50 in total. They were sculpted by A. F. Aster, and put up between 1861 and 1865.
Sight 3: Zur Julburg
The listed Villa Zur Julburg in the Bachviertel in Leipzig is considered one of the most beautiful buildings of historicism and was the residence of the architect Oskar Mothes.
Sight 4: Haus Pommer
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.
Sight 5: Lutherkirche
The Luther Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church at Johannapark in Leipzig's Bachviertel. It is part of the Forum Thomanum educational campus.
Sight 6: Rathausbrunnen
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 7: 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 previous building on which a Mercury statue stood.
Sight 8: Drei Könige
The Haus Drei Könige at Petersstraße 32/34 in Leipzig is a commercial building that was one of the inner-city trade fair houses until 1990. With 2500 m² of exhibition space, it was one of the smallest. Shoes were exhibited in it at the Leipzig trade fairs.
Sight 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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 12: 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 13: Pfeffermühle
The Leipziger Pfeffermühle is a cabaret ensemble in Leipzig, Germany.
Sight 14: Jägerhof
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.
Sight 15: Hôtel de Pologne
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.
Sight 16: Großer Blumenberg
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.
Sight 17: Museum in der Runden Ecke
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
Sight 18: Matthäikirchdenkmal
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.
Sight 19: Lipsia-Brunnen
The Lipsia Fountain is an ornamental fountain in the city centre of Leipzig, Germany.
Sight 20: 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.
Sight 21: König-Albert-Haus
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.
Sight 22: 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.
Sight 23: Goethedenkmal
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).
Sight 24: Jahrhundertschritt
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.
Sight 25: 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 26: 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 27: 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 28: Ez-Chaim-Synagoge
The Ez-Chaim Synagogue was a synagogue on the property Apels Garten 4 in Leipzig, Germany.
Sight 29: Haus Leipzig
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.
Sight 30: Deutsches Kleingärtnermuseum
The German Allotment Gardener Museum is a museum in Leipzig that documents the German allotment gardening movement and its history.
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