Location: Leipzig
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What to do and see in Leipzig, Saxony: The Best Historic Sites
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. Marktplatz Leipzig
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. Mendelssohn-Haus Leipzig
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4.5 based on 269 reviews
Classical music fans will appreciate a visit to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's home (now a museum) and his music salon where we hold concerts every Sunday at 11:00. Find information about Mendelssohn's family, esp. about his sister Fanny Hensel.
Reviewed By DaleCheshire
This museum is a masterclass in how to construct a museum (and most in Germany are). Mendelssohn's house has been furnished, by and large, just how it was in the composer's day. There's a beautiful garden, too, welcoming staff and a tranquil atmosphere. A fully comprehensive monument to Mendelssohn, his wife and his sister. There is a room where you can 'conduct' some of his pieces and 'control' the 'orchestra', a room where you can listen to all of Mendelssohn's music and a garden house with a current temporary exhibition on Beethoven, with several of his pieces to listen to.
4. New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus)
5. Richard Wagner Verband Leipzig
6. Barthels Hof
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
7. Russische Gedachtniskirche
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4.0 based on 82 reviews
Reviewed By CulturvultureLeeds - Leeds, United Kingdom
While visiting the site of the Battle of the nations, we came across this beautiful church from 1913. It is well cared for, and very much loved by its growing and diverse congregation, so it seems. Get off the tram 2 stops before the Volkerschlachtdenkmal if coming from town.
8. Schillerhaus
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4.0 based on 21 reviews
The “Schillerhaus” is considered as being the oldest well-preserved farmhouse in the region of Leipzig. The house was built as animal stalls with accompanying dwellings in 1717, then transformed and used for summer guests. Friedrich Schiller (1759 – 1805) lived here from May to September 1785. The then 25-year old poet, who had already become famous due to his play “The Robbers”, spent many happy days here among his circle of friends. Here, Friedrich Schiller wrote his “Ode to Joy” and worked on “Don Carlos”. In 1841, the Leipzig democrat Robert Blum established the Schiller memorial here. In summer, the idyllic famer’s garden provides a wonderful setting for concerts, readings and theatre performances.
9. Museum im Stasi-Bunker
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4.0 based on 71 reviews
Refuge for politicians and the Stasi -- the notorious East Geman secret police -- in case of war, the museum depicts how the Stasi worked.
10. Moritzbastei
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