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Bachviertel
The Bachviertel (in English language, English: ''Bach Quarter''), initially called "Viertel am Johannapark", is a Gründerzeit, Wilhelminian-style residential area in the west of Leipzig's borough Mitte in Saxony, Germany. According the Boroughs and localities of Leipzig, administrative division of Leipzig, the Bachviertel is part of the locality ''Zentrum-West''. It ist named after Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bachviertel was built in the mid to late 19th century in the Historicism (art), historic architectural style as an urban design, urban extension between Ferdinand-Lasalle-Strasse and Käthe-Kollwitz-Strasse and is considered to be particularly well preserved with its block development and its villas next to the Waldstraßenviertel. In particular, Leipzig's church music history is closely linked to the Bachviertel; it is home to the educational campus Forum Thomanum. Development plan The main reasons for the development of the Leipzig west and south vorstadts were flood ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forum Thomanum
The Forum Thomanum (styled forum thomanum) is a music educational campus developed from 2002 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, as the new home of the Thomanerchor which was founded in 1212. It was conceived in 2002 by Georg Christoph Biller, then Thomaskantor, and others, to provide an internationally oriented innovative campus for a future of the traditional choir which was defined until then by Thomaskirche and Thomasschule zu Leipzig, Thomasschule. The campus was inaugurated in 2012, where up to 1,200 boys and young men are given cultural education based on a religious foundation, social competence and democratic standing. History In 2002, Georg Christoph Biller, then Thomaskantor, and others conceived the plan to broaden the education of the Thomanerchor which was founded in 1212 and conducted by Johann Sebastian Bach from 1723. The boys were until then educated at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig, Thomasschule with boarding facility, to perform mainly in the Thomaskirche. Besides Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannapark
The Johannapark is an park near the city center in Leipzig. In the southwest it merges seamlessly into the Clara-Zetkin-Park (Leipzig), Clara Zetkin Park and together with it and the Palmengarten (Leipzig), Palmengarten forms a large park landscape that continues in the north and south in the Leipzig Riverside Forest, ''Leipzig Auenwald''. Location The park is located in the Westvorstadt area of Leipzig, in the borough of Leipzig-Mitte. It is framed to the north-west by ''Ferdinand-Lassalle-Strasse'', to the north-east by ''Paul-Gerhardt-Weg'' and ''Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse'', to the south by ''Karl-Tauchnitz-Strasse'' and to the south-west by ''Edvard-Grieg-Allee''. Adjacent residential areas are the Bachviertel, the inner Westvorstadt and the Musikviertel. History The Johannapark was created between 1858 and 1863 by the Leipzig entrepreneur and banker ''Wilhelm Theodor Seyfferth'' (1807-1881) at his own expense and later donated to the city. He wanted to commemorate his dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
