Leipzig - a city of musicians, heroes and shopping arcades Leipzig is the largest city in Saxony. C. -513,000 inhabitants live in Leipzig, more than in the state capital Dresden. Its area: 297 square miles. Like Berlin and Dresden, the city is located on a flat plane. The average height above sea level. is 118 meters.
Its continental position affects the climate, but during the tourist season it's pretty comfortable. Average annual temperature: 10,5 ° C. January temperatures drop to 0 ° C, but in July, they average 18 ° C only. Annual rainfall is about 511 mm. Leipzig is positioned near three Rivers: Elster , Pleisse and Parthe.
Symbols of the city The city attracts tourists and visitors, thanks to the following icons.
City of music. Here worked and died the wonderful composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The great composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy resided here as well. The composer Richard Wagner was born and received his first musical education in Leipzig. Here was home of the great composer Robert Schumann and his musician wife Clara. Here sings for 800 years the amazing children sopranos' choir Thomanerchor. Here is the hub of the excellent Opera of Leipzig.
City of fairs and shopping arcades.The shopping arcade, the shops' passage under commercial and residential buildings, was born here. To receive more information about shopping in Leipzig, click here.
City of Goethe. The famous German poet, novelist and dramatist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832, author of "Faust" and "Sorrows of young Werther", studied in the Leipzig university, before he started his writing career.
City of Heroes. Leipzig won this label because here started the "peaceful revolution" of 1989, which ended in the fall of East Germany's communist regime.
Click here to know more about Leipzig's history. Leipzig has plenty of beautiful sites related to each of these icons, and many other topics. Trip to Leipzig may be quite an experience for those who are interested in classical music, culture, history and commerce.
Leipzig has plenty of beautiful sites related to each of these icons, and many other topics.
Travel from Berlin to Leipzig and back, visiting key sites, take usually one day.
