MANCAMONDO

Central Eastern
Europe

LEIPZIG

2019

Leipzig is the most populous city in the German federal state of Saxony.

Leipzig is located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) southwest of Berlin in the Leipzig Bay, which
constitutes the southernmost part of the North German Plain, at the confluence of
the White Elster River and two of its tributaries: the Pleisse and the Parthe.

The name of the city as well as the names of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin.

Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire.

The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and the Via Imperii, two important medieval trade routes.

Leipzig was once one of the major European centers of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing.

Germany Saxony, Leipzig Old city hall at market square 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Madler Passage, one of 24 covered passages in Leipzig city centre, 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Old Leipzig bourse, Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Leipzig 19.07.2019

St. Thomas Church (German: Thomaskirche) is a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany.
It is associated with a number of well-known composers such as Richard Wagner and
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, but mostly with Johann Sebastian Bach who worked here
as a Kapellmeister (music director) from 1723 until his death in 1750.

Today, the church also holds his remains. Martin Luther preached here in 1539.

The Thomanerchor, the choir of the Thomaskirche, likely founded in 1212, remains a well-known boys' choir.

On 12 May 1789, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played the organ here.

Germany Saxony, Leipzig 19.07.2019

A statue of Johann Sebastian Bach by the Leipzig sculptor Carl Seffner that stands next to the church was dedicated in 1908.

The composer Johann Sebastian Bach was choir director at St. Thomas Church from 1723 until his death in 1750 and taught at its affiliated school.

During the Battle of Leipzig, the Thomaskirche was used as a military hospital.

Germany Saxony, Leipzig 19.07.2019

Bach's grave beneath the floor of the choir (sanctuary) of the church.

Germany Saxony, New city hall Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Federal Administrative Court of Germany, Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, University of Leipzig, Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, The 153-metre-high City-Hochhaus, Augusteum of the University of Leipzig, 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Augusteum of the University of Leipzig, 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Augusteum of the University of Leipzig, 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Opera Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Augustusplatz with the Gewandhaus, Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Leipzig 19.07.2019

The St. Nicholas Church (German: Nikolaikirche) is one of the major churches of central Leipzig.

Construction started in Romanesque style in 1165

In the 16th century, the church was turned into a Gothic hall church.

In the 18th century, several works by Johann Sebastian Bach, who was the music director of Nikolaikirche and of St. Thomas Church from 1723-50, premiered here.

Germany Saxony, Nikolaikirche Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Leipzig 19.07.2019

Germany Saxony, Leipzig Old city hall at market square 19.07.2019