Leipzig-Mitte is one of ten boroughs (''

Stadtbezirk A (; also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough". In Germany, usually only exist in a metropolis with more than 150,000 in ...

e'') of

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

, located in the center of the city. It includes numerous architectural monuments. Most of them are located in the subdivision "Zentrum", which is sited inside the Inner City Ring Road and the Promenadenring: * the

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, * the Europahaus, * the

Gewandhaus Gewandhaus () is a concert hall in Leipzig, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics. History The first Gewandhaus (''Altes Gewandhaus'') The ...

, * the City-Hochhaus at the

Augustusplatz The Augustusplatz is a square located at the east end of the city centre of Leipzig, borough Leipzig-Mitte. It is the city's largest square and one of the largest squares in Europe. It is also part of the city's inner-city ring-road and a centra ...

, * the

Wintergartenhochhaus The Wintergartenhochhaus is a 32-story high-rise building in Leipzig-Mitte, subdivision Ostvorstadt. The residential building was built from 1970 to 1972 as ''Wohnhochhaus Wintergartenstraße'' (residential high-rise on Wintergartenstrasse) and i ...

, * the St. Thomas Church, * the St. Nicholas Church, * the New Town Hall, * the Old Town Hall at the Markt square, * the

Leipzig University Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...

. In the southwest of the borough, there is located a part of the Clara-Zetkin-Park and the Federal Administrative Court. In the northern part of the borough, there are

Leipzig Zoo Leipzig Zoological Garden, or Leipzig Zoo () is a zoo in the Leipzig district of Mitte, Germany. It was first opened on June 9, 1878. It was taken over by the city of Leipzig in 1920 after World War I and now covers about and contains approximatel ...

and Leipzig Central Station. In the south-east of the borough, there are the Bavarian train station, the Russian Memorial Church and the Alte Messe near the

Monument to the Battle of the Nations The Monument to the Battle of the Nations () is a monument in Leipzig, Germany, to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations. Paid for mostly by donations and the city of Leipzig, it was completed in 1913 for the 100th a ...

in the neighboring borough of ''Probstheida''. The exit ''Leipzig-Mitte'' of the

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is situated about away in the north of Leipzig.

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Panorama Leipzig Richtung Westen von Tower 2013

Localities

In Leipzig, the subdivisions of the boroughs are called ''Ortsteil'' (localities). In the borough Leipzig-Mitte, there are these 7 ''Ortsteile'': Leipzig Ortsteil 00 Zentrum.svg, 00 Zentrum Leipzig Ortsteil 01 Zentrum-Ost.svg, 01 Zentrum-Ost Leipzig Ortsteil 02 Zentrum-Südost.svg, 02 Zentrum-Südost Leipzig Ortsteil 03 Zentrum-Süd.svg, 03 Zentrum-Süd Leipzig Ortsteil 04 Zentrum-West.svg, 04 Zentrum-West Leipzig Ortsteil 05 Zentrum-Nordwest.svg, 05 Zentrum-Nordwest Leipzig Ortsteil 06 Zentrum-Nord.svg, 06 Zentrum-Nord The locality of ''Zentrum-Nordwest'' includes the quarter

Waldstraßenviertel Waldstraßenviertel (English: Forest Street Quarter/Neighbourhood), is a neighbourhood in the north west of Leipzig, Leipzig's borough Leipzig-Mitte, Mitte in Saxony, Germany. It is considered one of the largest complete areas of Gründerzeit bui ...

Population

On 30 June 2022, the borough Leipzig-Mitte had a population of 69,214.

History and urban development

The development of today's Leipzig began in the area of today's Mitte borough. In the Brühl area, there was in the 7th/8th century a

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settlement, while the urban nucleus was in the area of the German castle ''(urbs libzi)''. It was in the area of today's Matthäikirchhof. Not far from there, the long-distance trade routes

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and

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crossed in the Middle Ages, with the latter still being present in today's street name ''Reichsstraße''. In the 13th century, the city of Leipzig extended only to the north beyond today's subdivision ''Zentrum'' and was limited to by the mighty city walls. Today's Mitte borough, on the other hand, also includes the

suburbs A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

, which essentially only developed after the gradual removal of the walls and ditches after the

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. Previously, these were due to war events (

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and

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) almost completely destroyed twice. Until the 1830s, only small areas outside of today's ''Zentrum'' were developed. These were limited to the trade routes accompanying the road, which were referred to as ''Steinweg'' (stone track). The city limits were pushed outwards and new gatehouses were built (within the Mitte borough). Karli 44

The area later called ''Alt-Leipzig'' (Old Leipzig) corresponds roughly, but not exactly, with today's Mitte borough. An important prerequisite for the development of its northwestern, western and southwestern areas were the plans of the

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Kohl and Georgi in the years 1852 to 1854 and the subsequent redesign of the Leipzig River Network. In the course of the 19th century, the extensive public gardens that surrounded the inner city on all sides were gradually subdivided and built on. This led to a strong structural expansion of the suburbs, whereby Leipzig exceeded the 100,000-inhabitant mark in 1870 and became a big city. Due to incorporations, the urban area was soon no longer limited to ''Alt-Leipzig''. In the census of 1895, a distinction was made between ''Alt-Leipzig'' with 183,000 people and ''Neu-Leipzig'' (New Leipzig) with 207,000 people. The population density was three times as high as it is today in the borough of Mitte, whose developed structure around 1900 was roughly as it is today. However, this does not change the fact that, as Sebastian Ringel proves, hardly one stone has been left unturned and many buildings have been replaced by new ones over the course of time. Starting with the construction of the main train station, through the

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(degree of destruction in the Mitte borough between 34 and 52%) and the changing reconstruction in the

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, entire squares and streets disappeared. The increasing number of vehicles per capita in the 20th century and the expansion of roads also led to major changes in the cityscape. Towards the end of the 20th century, the concept of a city center with few cars prevailed, while the inner city ring road has the highest traffic occupancy in Leipzig after the

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.Integrated traffic model of the city of Leipzig, traffic concept for the extended inner city, study of traffic on the Leipzig Promenadenring, Power Point presentation on the website of the city of Leipzig (2018) (in German)
/ref> With the S-Bahn city tunnel opened in 2013, the Mitte borough has received a total of 4 underground train stations. In 1989, the Mitte district made its place in world history with the Leipzig Monday demonstrations, which accelerated the end of the GDR and the

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Attractions

Churches

Propsteikirche, Leipzig The Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis (, Provost Church of the Holy Trinity) in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, is a Catholic church in the city centre, at the southwestern corner of the Inner City Ring Road, opened in 2015. The parish is part of the deane ...

St. Peter, Leipzig Old St. Peter's Church () is a Lutheran parish and church in the old town of Leipzig, Germany. The present church building, in Gothic Revival style, was erected from 1882 onwards at the Gaudigplatz, and also serves as a concert venue. It replaced ...

Buildings

Alte Handelsbörse The Alte Handelsbörse or Alte Börse (Old Exchange (organized market)#History, exchange) in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, is the city's oldest assembly building of merchants, and also the oldest Baroque architecture, Baroque building. Built as the B ...

Arena Leipzig The Arena Leipzig is a multipurpose indoor arena located in Leipzig, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 people for sporting events and up to 12,200 for shows and concerts. It is part of the Sportforum Leipzig, which also contains Red Bul ...

Auerbachs Keller Auerbachs Keller (, Auerbach's Cellar in English) is the second oldest restaurant in Leipzig, Germany. Already one of the city's most important wine bars by the 16th century, it owes its worldwide reputation to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe' ...

Barthels Hof Barthels Hof is a former trade court building complex in Leipzig in Germany, located in the borough Mitte. It is the last “through courtyard” that was preserved almost in its original condition. That means, the carts drove in, the goods were u ...

Bosehaus The Bosehaus is a historic house in the Thomaskirchhof, Leipzig, Germany. The building is of 16th century origin, but was updated in baroque style by Georg Heinrich Bose. It currently houses the Bach-Archiv Leipzig and its Bach Museum along with ...

* Bowling Club * Constitutional Court of Saxony *

Federal Court of Justice The Federal Court of Justice ( , ) is the highest court of Private law, civil and Criminal law, criminal jurisdiction in Germany. Its primary responsibility is the final appellate review of decisions by lower courts for errors of law. While, le ...

Höfe am Brühl The Höfe am Brühl (in English language: ''courtyards at Brühl'') is a shopping mall in the city center of Leipzig in Germany. Building On an area of approximately in the basement, first floor and second floor, the Höfe am Brühl offers ...

* Kongreßhalle Leipzig *

Kroch High-rise The tall Kroch high-rise in Leipzig was the first high-rise building in the city. It was built in 1927/28 as the headquarter of the Kroch Banking House, a private bank of the German-Jewish banker Hans Kroch (1887–1970), and is located on the w ...

Moritzbastei The Moritzbastei (translation: Moritz bastion) is the only remaining part of the ancient town fortifications of Leipzig. It is located on Kurt-Masur-Platz in the southeast of the city center. From 1979 to 1993 it was operated by Leipzig Univer ...

Paulinum (University of Leipzig) The Paulinum is a university building of University of Leipzig, whose construction began in 2007. Today's Paulinum stands at the site of the old university church, the Paulinerkirche, which was destroyed in 1968 during the communist regime of Eas ...

Red Bull Arena (Leipzig) Red Bull Arena (; formerly Zentralstadion ) is a Association football, football stadium located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It is the largest football stadium in Eastern Germany, and has also hosted music concerts as well as football. Opened ...

Reichsgericht The (, ) was the supreme criminal and civil court of Germany from 1879 to 1945, encompassing the periods of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. It was based in Leipzig. The began its work on 1 October 1879, the date on w ...

Romanus House The Romanus House is a historic building in Leipzig, Germany, located in the borough Mitte, on the corner of Brühl and Katharinenstrasse. The city palace, built between 1701 and 1704, is one of the main works of Leipzig Baroque architecture infl ...

Specks Hof Specks Hof is a commercial building with the oldest preserved shopping arcade in Leipzig, Germany. The complex near St. Nicholas Church is an example of Leipzig's trade fair and trading buildings, which were built at the beginning of the 20th cen ...

Lost buildings

* All Saints' Church, Leipzig *

Altes Theater (Leipzig) Altes Theater (the old theatre) was the first theatre building in the German city of Leipzig. It was on the site of today's tramway station Goerdelerring near Richard-Wagner-Platz. History Commissioned by the businessman Benedikt Zehmisch in 17 ...

Augusteum (Leipzig) The Augusteum was a building on the Augustusplatz in Leipzig, Germany, to the left of the Paulinerkirche. It was built on the 1543 site of the University of Leipzig and served as its main building. History The Augusteum was built between 1831 ...

Café Zimmermann The Café Zimmermann, or , was the coffeehouse of Gottfried Zimmermann in Leipzig which formed the backdrop to the first performances of many of Bach's secular cantatas, e.g. the ''Coffee Cantata'' ('' Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht''), and in ...

* Leipzig Synagogue *

Paulinerkirche, Leipzig The Paulinerkirche was a church on the Augustusplatz in Leipzig. It was built in 1231 as the Klosterkirche for the Dominican monastery in Leipzig. From the foundation of the University of Leipzig in 1409, it served as the university church. Aft ...

Pleissenburg The Pleissenburg (German: Pleißenburg) was a historical building in the city of Leipzig in Saxony which is in modern-day Germany. It was built in the 13th century by Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen and named after the Pleisse Mill Race (German: ...

Zentralstadion (1956) Central Stadium (, ) was a stadium with a capacity of 120,000 in Leipzig which was initially used for matches of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, SC Rotation Leipzig. About 1.5 million cubic metres of debris from the bombing of Leipzig in World War I ...

Underground railway stations

Leipzig Markt station Leipzig Markt is a central railway station in the city of Leipzig, Germany. It was built as part of the Leipzig City Tunnel project and opened on 15 December 2013, enabling passengers to travel directly by rail from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof to the M ...

Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz railway station Leipzig Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz is an underground railway station in the city of Leipzig, Germany. It was built as part of the Leipzig City Tunnel project and opened on 15 December 2013, enabling passengers to travel directly by rail from Le ...

Streets, squares and bridges

Barfußgäßchen The Barfußgäßchen is a long residential street in the city center of Leipzig. It connects the market with the Dittrichring and is one of the city's party miles. History In the first half of the 13th century, a monastery of the Franciscans, ...

* Burgplatz *

Goerdelerring Goerdelerring is a street and major tram interchange station in Leipzig, Germany. It is named after Carl Friedrich Goerdeler. The street The street ''Goerdelerring'' is part of the Inner City Ring Road (Leipzig), inner city ring road of Leipzi ...

Gottschedstrasse Gottschedstrasse is a residential street in Leipzig, Germany, in the so-called theater district (in German language: ''Schauspielviertel'') of the ''Innere Westvorstadt'' (inner west Vorstadt). It extends over a length of around in an east–west ...

Grimmaische Strasse Grimmaische Strasse is a street in Leipzig, borough Leipzig-Mitte, and connects the Markt (Leipzig), marketplace with Augustusplatz. It was named in 1839 after the Leipzig City Gates, Grimma Gate ''(Grimmaisches Tor)'', the gateway to Grimma, whi ...

Hainstrasse Hainstrasse is a street in the northwest of the central quarter inside the Inner City Ring Road of Leipzig, Germany. It begins in the northwest corner of the Markt and leads almost in a straight line with a slight swing to the left in a north-nor ...

Katharinenstrasse Katharinenstrasse (in English: ''Catherine Street'') is a street in the north of the central quarter inside the Inner City Ring Road of Leipzig, Germany. It runs slightly curved in a north–south direction between Markt and Brühl. Its length ...

Petersstrasse Petersstrasse is one of the oldest streets in Leipzig's district of Leipzig-Mitte, Mitte (neighborhood ''Zentrum''). For centuries it was a main and commercial street for the Leipzig trade fair with exhibition houses, inns and shops. In the second ...

Richard-Wagner-Platz Richard Wagner Platz (formerly: ''Wilhelmplatz'') is in Berlin's Charlottenburg district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Today, the former market place is mainly perceived as a traffic junction, only a small segment of the square towards ''Schuste ...

* St. Nicholas Church Square *

St. Thomas Church Square The St. Thomas Church Square, , is a square in the city centre of Leipzig, Germany. At its centre is the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church, . Name and history The square is named after the former cemetery around the St. Thomas Chu ...

The Saxons' Bridge The Saxons' Bridge (Litt.: ''Sachsenbrücke'') over the ''Elsterflutbett'' (the flood channel of the Elster) connects the eastern and western parts of Clara Zetkin Park (formerly King Albert Park) in Leipzig, Germany. Located southwest of the cit ...

* Zeppelin Bridge

Education and science

St. Thomas School, Leipzig St. Thomas School, Leipzig (; ) is a co-educational and public boarding school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools in the world. St. Thomas is known for its art, language and m ...

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig () is a public university in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik (Conservatory of Music), it is the oldest univ ...

Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) (German: ''Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa''), headquartered in Leipzig, is an interdisciplinary, internationally-oriented research instit ...

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 Thoma ...

German Central Library for the Blind The German Central Library for the Blind (), abbreviated DZB, is a public library for the visually impaired located in the city of Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Its collection of 72,300 titles is amongst the largest in the German speaking countries. Th ...

German National Library The German National Library (DNB; ) is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its task is to collect, permanently archive, comprehens ...

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, formerly known as Handelshochschule Leipzig, is a private business school based in Saxony, Germany. Established in 1898, it is one of the world's oldest business schools. The school is accredited interna ...

Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig The Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) or Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig is one of the oldest art schools in Germany, dating back to 1764. The academy has four colleges specializing in fine arts, graphic design, photography and new media ar ...

Museums

Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig The Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (GfZK) (English language, English: Gallery for Contemporary Art) is an exhibition center for contemporary art and a museum for art post 1945 in Leipzig, Germany, in a beautiful location opposite Joh ...

* German Museum of Books and Writing *

Grassi Museum The Grassi Museum is a building complex in Leipzig, home to three museums: the Ethnography Museum, Musical Instruments Museum, and Applied Arts Museum. It is sometimes known as the "Museums in the Grassi", or as the "New" Grassi Museum (to ...

Leipzig Museum of Applied Arts The Museum of Applied Arts () is a museum in Leipzig, Germany. It is the second oldest museum of decorative arts in the country,Leipzig Museum of Ethnography The Leipzig Museum of Ethnography () is a large Ethnography, ethnographic museum in Leipzig, Germany, also known as the Grassi Museum of Ethnology. Today it is part of the Grassi Museum, an institution which also includes the Leipzig Museum of Ap ...

Museum der bildenden Künste The Museum der bildenden Künste (German: "Museum of Fine Arts") is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It covers artworks from the Late Middle Ages to Modernity. History Museum Foundation and First Museum The museum dates back to the f ...

* Museum of Antiquities of Leipzig University *

Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University The Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig () is a museum in Leipzig, Germany. It is located on Johannisplatz, near the city centre. The museum belongs to the University of Leipzig and is also part of the Grassi Museum, whose ...

* Natural History Museum, Leipzig * Saxon Psychiatric Museum *

Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig The Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig (English: ''Forum of Contemporary History'') is a museum of contemporary German history. The museum was opened in 1999 and focuses on the history of the German division, everyday life in the communist dictator ...

Cemeteries

Alter Johannisfriedhof The Alter Johannisfriedhof ("Old St. John's Cemetery") is the oldest burial ground in the city of Leipzig, Germany. It began in 1278, as part of the ''Johannishospital'' (St. John's Hospital) in Leipzig, a leper hospital. It was later attache ...

Other attractions

* Johannapark *

Rosental The Rosental is a , park-like part of the northern Leipzig Riverside Forest, Leipzig floodplain forest in Leipzig, Germany. It is bordered by the Elstermühlgraben (Elster mill ditch) to the south and west, the small river Parthe to the north and ...

Leipzig Botanical Garden The Leipzig Botanical Garden () is a 3.5-hectare botanical garden maintained by the University of Leipzig and is located at Linnéstraße 1, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It is the oldest botanical garden in Germany and among the oldest in the world, ...

Racecourse Scheibenholz The Racecourse Scheibenholz () is a horse racing, racecourse in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It was founded in 1867 on wooded land in the Leipzig Riverside Forest belonging to the Scheibe family, hence its name. It is managed by the ''Leipziger Reit ...

Statue of J. S. Bach The Statue of J. S. Bach (in German: , New Bach monument) is a monument to the composer and Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach, located near the south wall of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Description A tall bronze statue of ...

Richard Wagner Memorial The Richard Wagner Memorial in Leipzig was unveiled in 2013 to mark the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner (1813-1883). It was created by Stephan Balkenhol (* 1957) using the base designed 100 years ago by Max Klinger (1857-1920). Location The R ...

Bust of Richard Wagner The Bust of Richard Wagner in Leipzig, inaugurated in 1983, is dedicated to the Leipzig-born composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883). The design goes back to the Leipzig sculptor Max Klinger (1857–1920). Location and shape The Bust of Richard W ...

The Step of the Century The Step of the Century (in German language, German: ''Jahrhundertschritt'') is a bronze sculpture that was created by Wolfgang Mattheuer in 1984. It is considered one of the most important works of art in the East Germany, GDR at the time of the ...

Events

Bachfest Leipzig The Bachfest Leipzig (Leipzig Bach Festival) is a music festival which takes place annually, in the month of June, in the city of Leipzig, where J. S. Bach worked as the Thomaskantor from 1723 until his death in 1750. The current artistic direct ...

Dok Leipzig DOK Leipzig is a documentary film festival that takes place every October in Leipzig, Germany. It is an international film festival for documentary and animated film founded in 1955 under the name "1st All-German Leipzig Festival of Cultural an ...

* Leipzig Christmas Market

Literature

* Bürgerverein Waldstraßenviertel e.V., ''Gründer. Zeit. Geist. Leipzig wird Großstadt 1871'', Das Buch zur Ausstellung, o.J., in German (A book regarding an exhibition) * Heydick, Lutz (1990): ''Leipzig. Historischer Führer zu Stadt und Land'', Urania-Verlag, Leipzig - Jena - Berlin 1990, , in German * Hocquél, Wolfgang (2004): ''Leipzig. Architektur von der Romanik bis zur Gegenwart'', Passage-Verlag, Leipzig, 2. stark erweiterte Auflage 2004, , in German * Künnemann, Otto / Güldemann, Martina (2004): ''Geschichte der Stadt Leipzig'', Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen, 2. Auflage, 2004, , in German * Leonhardi, Friedrich Gottlob (1799): ''Leipzig um 1800'', kommentierte und mit einem Register versehene Neuausgabe der ''Geschichte und Beschreibung der Kreis- und Handelsstadt Leipzig'' (1799), Lehmstedt-Verlag, Leipzig 2010, , in: German * Ringel, Sebastian (2015): ''Leipzig! One Thousand Years of History'', Edition Leipzig in the Seemann Henschel GmbH Co. KG, Leipzig 2015, , in English * Ringel, Sebastian (2019): ''Wie Leipzigs Innenstadt verschwunden ist. 150 verlorene Bauten aus 150 Jahren.'' edition überland, Leipzig 2019, , in German * Ringel, Sebastian (2022): ''Vom Wandel der Leipziger Vorstädte. 300 verlorene Bauten aus 160 Jahren.'' edition überland, Leipzig 2022, , in German * Topfstedt, Thomas (1992): ''Leipzig: Messestadt am Ring'', in: ''Neue Städte aus Ruinen. Deutscher Städtebau der Nachkriegszeit'', Prestel Verlag, München 1992, , p. 182–196, in German * Winkler, Friedemann (1998): ''Leipzigs Anfänge. Bekanntes, Neues, offene Fragen'', ed. by Leipziger Geschichtsverein e.V., Sax-Verlag Beucha, 1998, (in German)

References

External links

Stadt Leipzig, Dezernat Stadtentwicklung und Bau (ed.), ''Leipzig-Innenstadt. Städtebaulicher Denkmalschutz 1994-2017'', Beiträge zur Stadtentwicklung (Blaue Reihe), issue 61, in German
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