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"It is utterly understandable that on visiting Leipzig for the first time,
a man is forced to forget himself in the face of the sheer diversity of
impressions with which he is presented."
Friedrich Schiller
Welcome to LEIPZIG
Due to its rich cultural heritage, Leipzig presents itself as a confident and genuinely international city at the heart of eastern Germany. Famous musicians like Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Schumann, and Felix Mendelssohn were active in Leipzig. You can still see their influence in the city, for example in St. Thomas Church where Bach – director ‘musices lipsiensis’ – worked as choirmaster of the church‘s Boys Choir between 1723 and 1750.
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Today Leipzig retains its reputation with numerous annual festivals. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Thomaner Choir have travelled through the world and played in sold-out concert halls in Japan and the U.S. And traditional and modern operas and ballets are spectacularly staged at the Leipzig Opera House. |
During recent years, Leipzig has also become a center of modern art in Europe. Famous representatives of the ‘New Leipzig School of Painting’, include Neo Rauch and several of his students from the Leipzig Academy. Furthermore, Leipzig’s reputation as a city of trade fairs looks back on more than 500 years of history. Leipzig‘s Old Town Hall is one of the most beautiful Renaissance town halls in Germany and Leipzig‘s Central Station is the largest terminus train station in Europe. Founded in 1409, the University of Leipzig has produced numerous notable individuals like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, Richard Wagner, Friedrich Nietzsche, Werner Heisenberg, and Wilhelm Wundt. Today, the staff and student body at the University exceeds 35,000. |
Climate
The average temperature in Leipzig during the congress period is approximately 25°C, and apart from possible rain showers the weather is warm and pleasant.
Places to visit (within one hour):
Berlin, Dresden, Weimar, Wittenberg
Leipzig (510 000 inhabitants) is the economic centre of the German land of Saxony. This trade fair, business and university has a rich cultural tradition. The Leipzig is well famous for his newly-reconstructed exhibition centre and a large number of tourist attractions.This dynamic, forward-looking city seizes opportunities and actively seeks out new challenges - partly in order to sharpen its profile in competition with other places. |
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The visitor of this Leipzig's downtown often is more than surprised of Leipzig's beauty. Within few years, the old renaissance and Art Nouveau-constructions of the venerable trade fair-city were restored in all of her/its/their beauty.
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Almost all sights of Leipzig leave itself explore wonderfully on foot incidentally, not least, because relaxing lawns run through the city. The very good net of the public means of transportation offers itself to the excursion in the outside-districts. |
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Leipzig city center, the Leipzig old part of town:
Leipzig's acceleration-point is the extensive market place between Peter-street and the Grimmaischen street. Romantic cafes and bars, around the big market place in alleys and corners scatters, advertises about customers with coffee-scent. |
A prime venue for Leipzig visitors looking for night time entertainment and in search of a little nostalgia is Moritzbastei, a youth and student club in the former city bastions extending three storeys underground. The former fortifications next to the University lecture halls were excavated between 1974 and 1976 by students from the University in their spare time and turned into a club. |
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Today, the club comprises several vaults and rooms for a wide range of activities ranging from concerts to exhibitions. In the summer, even the roof is put to use used for theatre performances, concerts and open-air movie shows. Every autumn, Moritzbastei is used as a venue for the Leipzig Jazz Festival, which enjoys an outstanding reputation in the international jazz community. |
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www.moritzbastei.de |
Experience the spirit of the city which for centuries has been a source of fascination for tradesmen, entrepreneurs, academics and artists alike.
Leipzig sets itself apart with its unique interplay of tradition and innovation, dynamism and development, and entrepreneurial and founding spirit. Experience a city which has contributed to European musical history like no other, with exceptional composers including Bach, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Schumann and Wagner.
The many cultural attractions that Leipzig has to offer, the stunning Wilhelminian architecture, numerous shopping arcades, attractive hotels and special locations and the hospitality of the people of Leipzig provide the perfect setting forour Congress WAIMH 2010. On coming to Leipzig, you will breathe the spirit of the city and you will leave Leipzig inspired and full of new ideas.
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References:
www.leipzig.de/int/en/stadt_leipzig/stadtentw
www.leipzig-sachsen.de/leipzig/leipzig-oben.htm
www.leipzig.de/int/en/kultur_gastonomie/nachtleben
www.leipziger-messe.de |
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