Location: Zentrum
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It’s always hard to fill the shoes of someone who used to do your job very well. If you’re the choirmaster at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, guess whose shoes you have to fill? Bach’s. (No pressure.) Leipzig is closely connected to classical music—Wagner was born here, and Mendelssohn established a conservatory here in 1843. If you’re more of a melancholy, contemporary type, visit during the Wave-Gotik-Treffen, billed as the world’s largest "dark" (Goth, industrial, punk, etc.) music festival.
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1. St. Thomas Church
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4.5 based on 1,456 reviews
Bach served as the choirmaster at this church, to which his grave was moved in 1949, for the last 27 years of his life.
Reviewed By Fletch1946 - Fair Haven, United States
Thomaskirche is a beautiful church in downtown Leipzig. It is very close to the train station. Aside from being of historical interest, it as a pace where Johann Sebastian Bach led the famed Boys Choir for thirty years, where he wrote about one cantata week for those thirty years and is now (they think) buried.you can lear about that mystery when you visit. Worth your time.
2. St. Nicholas Church (Nikolaikirche)
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4.5 based on 1,255 reviews
Reviewed By jordanellie41 - Bolton, United Kingdom
This church looks a bit dated from the outside but is vast in size and sits in a small square in a busy pedestrian area. But inside it is truly majestic with its high white pillars topped with its green palms all around the church. The altar is big and wonderous with many pictures adorning its walls to the backdrop of large coloured windows. The pews are different too in a cream colour instead of the usual wooden variety. This is not to be missed because of its splendour but also because it was where the locals first started meeting to protest against the regime.
3. Hauptbahnhof Leipzig
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4.5 based on 1,726 reviews
Reviewed By VirsoA1
a very modern and beautiful station, with good connections. From that station I went to Prague. It has interesting shops, you can have a coffee or something to eat, it is steps from trams, I remember buying a suitcase to go to Berlin
4. New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus)
5. Market Square (Markt)
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4.5 based on 795 reviews
Reviewed By Dexterjjj - Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine
If you go to Leipzig you will find this place anyway! Very lovely, lot of good restaurants and souvenirs, must! Although for tourists in winter - you will see magnificient Christmas fair
6. Panorama Tower
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4.5 based on 650 reviews
Reviewed By SH272D3235ZF - Brisbane, Australia
This is the tallest building in Leipzig and has a great panoramic view of the city. The entrance was only 4€ at a turnstile once you got to the top. The observation deck is outdoors and very windy, with signs showing the locations of various buildings and landmarks. There is also a small kiosk which was closed. I visited in the morning and was the only person on the roof, which was an incredible experience.
7. Universitatskirche
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4.5 based on 149 reviews
Reviewed By 692danceg
Very beautiful building in the city center. There is underground parking and it is easy to find parking or to drive in the center.
8. Universitat Leipzig
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4.5 based on 26 reviews
Reviewed By love2live4ever - Isle of Palms, United States
We had the opportunity to attend a conference at the University and marveled at the clean, well-kept, stylistic facilities whose architecture blended beautifully the modern with the artistic past. This is the second oldest university in all of Germany, and it is centrally located in the heart of Leipzig. Goethe was one of its most famous students.
9. Richard Wagner Verband Leipzig
10. Goethe Memorial
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4.0 based on 137 reviews
This impressive memorial to writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stands in the city's famous Market Square.
Reviewed By husseinHr
I was taken on a tour of Leipzig with a professional tour guide who explained much of the history to the group. The statue shows Goethe looking towards the university where he was meant to study, but if you look a little longer you'll notice his feet are pointing in another direction. He's walking to a bar of some kind, where he would meet with his girlfriends. He wasn't one for studying. On the right of the statue is shown a picture of a girl who is apparently not so pretty, but very clever. This was the girl for his mind and intellect. On the other side of the statue is a picture of another girl, who is more pretty. This was the girl for his heart. That's what my tour guide told me. I was also told some more about Goethe, but I won't spoil it all. The memorial is definitely worth a look if you're in the area!
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