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Bayerischer Bahnhof

The oldest terminus station in the world (1844) has become one of the city’s trademarks and a popular attraction. In its heyday, one million passengers a year began their journeys to Bavaria, Austria and Italy at this “Gate to the South”. Read_on (No Comments)

City Hochhaus

Designed by the same architect who brought you Berlin’s iconic Fernsehturm (TV tower), the City Tower Block is a giant among midgets at 142 metres. Read_on (No Comments)

Forum 1813

Located in right wing of the Battle of Nations Monument. In October 1813, Leipzig was the scene of an epic battle that changed the course of history. Read_on (No Comments)

Gohliser Schlößchen

In 1755, councilor Johann Caspar Richter had one of Saxony’s most beautiful mansions in rococo style built as a summer residence in Gohlis. Read_on (No Comments)

Krochhaus

Jewish banker Hans Kroch had Leipzig’s first steel-reinforced tower block constructed in 1928. At a dizzying eleven storeys, it was a source of controversy regarding building guidelines then. Read_on (No Comments)

Krochsiedlung

Bauhaus. The mere utterance of the name conjures up images of austere boxes with windows and doors that began springing up in the 1930s and ‘40s. Read_on (No Comments)

Memorial of the Great Community Synagogue

In 1855, the Great Community Synagogue was built for Leipzig’s thriving Jewish community. In 1938, the Nazis destroyed the synagogue as part of their efforts to dispel the Jews. Read_on (No Comments)

Moritzbastei

The last remaining piece of the city’s fortification wall built in 1553 under the orders of Elector Moritz. It was made with stones from abandoned monasteries and reached four metres thickness in some places. Read_on (No Comments)

Panometer

What to do with a century-old gasometer? How about making it a showplace for the largest panoramas in the world? Artist Yadegar Read_on (No Comments)

Völkerschlachtdenkmal

Inaugurated a full century after the event it commemorates, the Völkerschlachtdenkmal, the biggest (and heaviest) monument in Europe, stands in memory of the soldiers who fought and won in October 1813 against Napoleon. Read_on (No Comments)