Sights & Attractions in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia

Things to Do in Leipzig

Name	Category	Location

Bach-Museum im Bach-Archiv Leipzig The Bach family home, the old Bosehaus, stands opposite the Thomaskirche...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Colditz The A-14 leads to Dresden, but for a scene out of World War II...	Towns	Leipzig

Grassimuseum British star architect David Chipperfield restored and modernized...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Hauptbahnhof With 26 platforms, Leipzig's main train station is Europe's largest...	Transportation Sites	Leipzig

Leipziger Universitätsturm Towering over Leipzig's city center is this 470-foot-high structure...	Architectural Sites	Leipzig


Mädlerpassage The ghost of Goethe's Faust lurks in every marble corner of Leipzig's...	Stores / Malls	Leipzig

Markt Leipzig's showpiece is its huge, old market square. One side...	Squares	Leipzig

Mendelssohn Haus The only surviving residence of the composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Museum der Bildenden Künste The city's leading art gallery is minimalism incarnate, set in...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Museum in der Runden Ecke This building once served as the headquarters of the city's secret...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Museum zum Arabischen Kaffeebaum This museum and café-restaurant tells the fascinating...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Neues Gewandhaus In the shadow of the Leipziger Universitätsturm is the glass-and-concrete...	Arts / Performance Venues	Leipzig

Nikolaikirche This church with its undistinguished facade was center stage...	Religious Sites	Leipzig

Opernhaus Leipzig's stage for operas was the first postwar theater to be...	Arts / Performance Venues	Leipzig

Thomaskirche Bach was choirmaster at this Gothic church for 27 years, and...	Religious Sites	Leipzig

Völkerschlachtdenkmal On the city's outskirts, Prussian, Austrian, Russian, and Swedish...	Memorials / Monuments	Leipzig

Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig This is an excellent museum of postwar German history. It focuses...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig
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