The following is a timeline of the

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

of the German city 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 ...

Prior to 18th century

* 5600 to 4900 BC -

Linear Pottery culture The Linear Pottery culture (LBK) is a major archaeological horizon of the European Neolithic period, flourishing . Derived from the German ''Linearbandkeramik'', it is also known as the Linear Band Ware, Linear Ware, Linear Ceramics or Incis ...

, archaeological finds near Leipzig like the

Linear Pottery Well Altscherbitz The Linear Pottery Well of Altscherbitz is a well from the Neolithic Linear Pottery Culture discovered in 2005. Altscherbitz is a locality of the town Schkeuditz in the district of Nordsachsen in Saxony, Germany. The well supplied several Neolithic ...

* 920 AD - Emperor

Henry the Fowler Henry the Fowler ( or '; ; – 2 July 936) was the duke of Saxony from 912 and the king of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non- Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emper ...

"built a castle here about 920." * 1015 - Leipzig is mentioned in Thietmar's chronicle as ''Urbs Lipzi''. * 1082 - Leipzig sacked by forces of

Vratislaus II of Bohemia Vratislaus II (or Wratislaus II) () ( 1032 – 14 January 1092), the son of Bretislaus I of Bohemia, Bretislaus I and Judith of Schweinfurt, was the first King of Bohemia as of 15 June 1085, his royal title granted as a lifetime honorific from Ho ...

. * 1134 - Leipzig "came into the possession of

Conrad, Margrave of Meissen Conrad I ( – 5 February 1157), called the Great (), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1123 and Margrave of Lusatia from 1136 until his retirement in 1156. Initially a Saxon count, he became the ruler over large Imp ...

". * 1165 ** Leipzig granted market and city privileges. ** St. Nicholas Church built (approximate date). * 1170 - Easter and Michaelmas fairs begin (approximate date). * 1212 -

Thomasschule zu 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 ...

and

Thomanerchor The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. The choir comprises about 90 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called ''Thomaner'', reside in a boarding scho ...

founded. * 1231 - Klosterkirche St. Pauli built. * 1409 -

University of Leipzig 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 ...

founded. * 1420 - Fire. * 1458 - New year's fair begins, see also: Leipzig Christmas Market. * 1479 -

Printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a printing, print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in whi ...

in operation. * 1485 -

Treaty of Leipzig The Treaty of Leipzig or Partition of Leipzig (German ''Leipziger Teilung'') was signed on 11 November 1485 between Elector Ernest of Saxony and his younger brother Albert III, the sons of Elector Frederick II of Saxony from the House of Wettin. ...

. * 1496 - St. Thomas Church consecrated. * 1519 - June:

Martin Luther Martin Luther ( ; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, Theology, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Reformation, Pr ...

and

Andreas Karlstadt Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein von Karlstadt (148624 December 1541), better known as Andreas Karlstadt, Andreas Carlstadt or Karolostadt, in Latin, Carolstadius, or simply as Andreas Bodenstein, was a German Protestant theologian, University of Wit ...

debate Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator and an audience. In a debate, arguments are put forward for opposing viewpoints. Historica ...

John Eck Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and opponent of Martin Luther. Life Johann Eck was born Johann Maier at Eck (later Egg, near M ...

. * 1530 -

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' ...

built (approximate date). * 1539 - "Leipsic formally espoused the Protestant cause." * 1542 -

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, ...

first established. * 1543 -

Leipzig University Library Leipzig University Library (), known also as ''Bibliotheca Albertina'', is the central library of the University of Leipzig. It is one of the oldest German university libraries. History The library was founded in 1542 following the Reformation b ...

established. * 1547 ** City besieged by

John Frederick I John Frederick I (, 30 June 1503 – 3 March 1554), called the Magnanimous (), was the Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) until he was deprived of this title in the Capitulation of Wittenberg by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He was leading the Sch ...

of Saxony. **

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: ...

re-built, replaced in 1905 by the New Town Hall. * 1554 -

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 ...

constructed. * 1555 -

Alte Waage Alte is a village and civil parish in the municipality of Loulé, in the Algarve region in the south of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,997, in an area of . Situated away from the coast, Alte is known as one of the most typical and unspoi ...

built. * 1556 -

Old City Hall Old City Hall may refer to: Asia In Hong Kong * Old City Hall (Hong Kong) Europe In Croatia * Old City Hall (Zagreb) In Denmark * Old City Hall (1479–1728), in Copenhagen * Old City Hall (1728–1795), in Copenhagen * Old City Hall (Aalborg ...

built.

* 1631 ** 1 September: Purchase of the

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 ...

. ** September:

Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Battle of Breitenfeld took place during the Thirty Years' War on 17 September 1631 near Breitenfeld, Leipzig, in modern Saxony. A combined Swedish Army, Swedish-Royal Saxon Army, Saxon army led by Gustavus Adolphus and John George I, Electo ...

. * 1642 -

Battle of Breitenfeld (1642) The Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, took place during the Thirty Years' War on 2 November 1642 at Breitenfeld, north-east of Leipzig in Germany. A Swedish Army commanded by Lennart Torstensson decisivel ...

. * 1650 - '' Einkommende Zeitungen'' (newspaper) begins publication. * 1680 - Plague. * 1681 -

Weidmannsche Buchhandlung Weidmannsche Buchhandlung is a German book publisher established in 1680 that remained independent until it was acquired by Verlag Georg Olms in 1983. History Weidmannsche Buchhandlung was established in 1680 in Frankfurt by Moritz Georg Weidman ...

relocates to Leipzig. * 1687 -

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 ...

(trade exchange) built, see also

Leipzig merchant bourgeoisie The Leipzig merchant bourgeoisie (in German: ''Leipziger Handelsbürgertum'') refers to a historical social subgroup of the bourgeoisie in Leipzig, Germany, that was formed from the urban patriciate in the Middle Ages and existed as a prominent so ...

. * 1693 -

Opera house An opera house is a theater building used for performances of opera. Like many theaters, it usually includes a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, backstage facilities for costumes and building sets, as well as offices for the institut ...

opens. * 1699 - Population: 15,653.

18th century

* 1701 - Oil-fuelled street lighting introduced. * 1702 -

Collegium Musicum The Collegium Musicum was one of several types of musical societies that arose in Germany, German and German-Switzerland, Swiss cities and towns during the Protestant Reformation, Reformation and thrived into the mid-18th century. Generally, whil ...

founded. * 1704 -

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 ...

built. * 1705 - Former mayor Franz Conrad Romanus arrested. * 1706 - Polish Preaching Society established. * 1710 - King

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the H ...

first presented

Meissen porcelain Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first Europe, European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger continued von Tschirnhaus's ...

at the local fair. * 1716 - Sorbian Lusatian Preaching Society established. * 1717 - What became Schillerhaus first built. * 1723 ** Breitkopf publishing established. **

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

begins as ''Kapellmeister'' (music director) at St. Thomas Church * 1724 - Premiere performance of

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

's ''

St John Passion The ''Passio secundum Joannem'' or ''St John Passion'' (), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the earliest of the surviving Passions by Bach. It was written during his first year as director of church music in Leipzi ...

.'' * 1729 - Premiere of Bach's ''

St Matthew Passion The ''St Matthew Passion'' (), BWV 244, is a '' Passion'', a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets the 26th and 27th chapters of th ...

.'' * 1731 - Zedler's '' Universal-Lexicon'' encyclopedia published. * 1745 - City "taken by the Prussians." * 1750 ** Death of

Kapellmeister of St. Thomas Church **

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 ...

built. * 1755 - (municipal library) opens. * 1756 **

Gohlis Palace The Gohlis Palace (in German language, German: ''Gohliser Schlösschen'') is a Rococo architecture, Rococo building in the Leipzig borough of Gohlis, Germany, built as a representative bourgeois country house. It is one of the city's sights. Loca ...

''(Gohliser Schlößchen)'' built. ** City occupied by Prussian forces during the

Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a Great Power conflict fought primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and South Asia. The protagonists were Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of Prus ...

. * 1759 ** August: "Prussians withdraw from Leipzig." ** September: "Prussians recapture Leipzig." * 1760 - October: "Prussians withdraw from Leipzig." * 1764 - Academy of Visual Arts and founded. Leipzig Schildbach Painting

* 1766 - Theater auf der Rannischen Bastei opens. * 1768 - founded by

Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski Prince Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski (4 February 1711–1777) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Józef became Stolnik of Lithuania in 1744, voivode of Nowogródek Voivodeship from 1755 to 1772 and starost of Busk, Ukraine, Korsuń, Zvenyh ...

. * 1777 - April: Premiere of Klinger's play ''

Sturm und Drang (, ; usually translated as "storm and stress") was a proto-Romanticism, Romantic movement in German literature and Music of Germany, music that occurred between the late 1760s and early 1780s. Within the movement, individual subjectivity an ...

.'' * 1781 **

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 ...

built. **

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

formed. * 1784 ** City fortifications dismantled. Step by step the Promenadenring is created. ** Philological Society founded. * 1785 -

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 ...

laid out. * 1789 - Linnean Society founded. * 1790 - Observatory set up in

. * 1797 - Population: 31,847. * 1798 **

Tauchnitz publishers Tauchnitz was the name of a family of German printers and publishers. They published English language literature for distribution on the European continent outside Great Britain, including initial serial publications of novels by Charles Dickens. ...

established. ** ''

Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung The ''Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung'' (''General music newspaper'') was a German-language periodical published in the 19th century. Comini (2008) has called it "the foremost German-language musical periodical of its time". It reviewed musical e ...

'' (music magazine) begins publication.

19th century

* 1800 -

Edition Peters Edition Peters is a classical music publisher founded in Leipzig, Germany in 1800. History The company came into being on 1 December 1800 when the Viennese composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812) and the local organist Ambrosius Kühn ...

and Leipzig Singakademie (chorus) established. * 1801 - Population: 31,887. * 1807 **

Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag (abbreviated to Hofmeister) is a publisher of classical music, founded by Friedrich Hofmeister in Leipzig in 1807. Early listings included composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. Hofmeist ...

(publisher) founded. ** ' (newspaper) begins publication. * 1810 -

Westermann Verlag Westermann Verlag (English language, English: "Westermann Publishing") is a German publishing firm, founded in the 19th century in Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick by George Westermann (23 February 1810 in Leipzig; 7 September 1879 in Wiesbaden). ...

founded.

* 1813 ** 22 May:

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

born. ** October:

Battle of Leipzig The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony. The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I, Karl von Schwarzenberg, and G ...

. * 1824 ** Abolition of the ''Torgroschen'' (Gate penny) at the

Leipzig City Gates The Leipzig city gates were structural facilities that existed from the Middle Ages to the 19th century to regulate and control the movement of people and goods into and out of the city of Leipzig, Germany. They initially also had a defensive funct ...

. **

Execution Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in ...

of Johann Christian Woyzeck as the last one on the

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. * 1825 - formed. * 1826 ** Consulate of the

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established. ** Wool market active. * 1828 ** Reclam Verlag established. ** founded. * 1829 - Medical Society founded. * 1830 - "Political disturbance." * 1831 ** November: Establishment of a committee to help

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

insurgents fleeing the

Russian Partition The Russian Partition (), sometimes called Russian Poland, constituted the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that were annexed by the Russian Empire in the course of late-18th-century Partitions of Poland. The Russian ac ...

of Poland after the unsuccessful Polish

November Uprising The November Uprising (1830–31) (), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in Russian Partition, the heartland of Partitions of Poland, partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. ...

. Collection of funds to help Poles, mainly among guilds and city guards. ** Flight of Polish insurgents from the Russian Partition of Poland to the

Great Emigration The Great Emigration () was the emigration of thousands of Poles and Lithuanians, particularly from the political and cultural élites, from 1831 to 1870, after the failure of the November Uprising of 1830–1831 and of other uprisings such as ...

through the city begins.Willaume, p. 186 * 1832 ** January: Mass escape of Polish insurgents from the Russian Partition of Poland through the city. ** January: Polish national hero

Józef Bem Józef Zachariasz Bem (, ; 14 March 1794 – 10 December 1850) was a Polish engineer and general, an Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European patriotic movements. Like Tadeusz Kościus ...

expelled from the city by authorities fearful of stirring up a revolution. ** July: The committee to help Poles officially closed, although its members continued their activities in the following years. * 1833 - Accession to the

Zollverein The (), or German Customs Union, was a coalition of States of the German Confederation, German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories. Organized by the 1833 treaties, it formally started on 1 January 1 ...

. * 1835 -

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...

becomes music director of

. * 1836 -

Augusteum An Augusteum (plural ''Augustea'') was originally a site of imperial cult in ancient Roman religion, named after the imperial title of Augustus. It was known as a Sebasteion in the Greek East of the Roman Empire. Examples have been excavated in ...

built. * 1837 - (art association) established. Friedrich List und die erste grosse Eisenbahn 1

* 1839 -

Leipzig–Dresden railway The Leipzig–Dresden line is a German railway line. It was built by the Leipzig–Dresden Railway Company between 1837 and 1839. It was the first long-distance railway and the List of the first German railways to 1870, first railway using only st ...

opened. * 1842 -

Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof (''Leipzig Bavarian station'') is Germany's oldest preserved railway station, located in Leipzig, Germany, in the southeastern part of the district Mitte. The station was first opened in 1842 for the Leipzig–Hof r ...

built. * 1843 ** ''

Illustrirte Zeitung ''Illustrirte Zeitung''The word "Illustrirt" is written in contemporary German mandatorily as "Illustriert" with an additional "e", leading to the fact that today's German-speaking readers may be irritated by the title of the historical magazine ...

'' (newspaper) begins publication. **

Conservatory of Music A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger in ...

founded. ** erected. * 1844 - Museum of Antiquities of Leipzig University on display. * 1846 ** 1 July:

Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig () is an institute which was founded in 1846 under the name ''Royal Saxon Society for the Sciences'' (). Notable people * Kurt Aland * Annette Beck-Sickinger * Walther Bothe * Alexander Car ...

founded. ** 29 August: Hôtel de Pologne fire. * 1848 ** "Museum of Fine Arts" founded. ** Hôtel de Pologne rebuilt as the city's largest hotel. ** " Political disturbance." * 1850 -

Bach Gesellschaft The German Bach-Gesellschaft (Bach Society) was a society formed in 1850 for the express purpose of publishing the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach without editorial additions. The collected works are known as the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausg ...

organized. * 1853 -

Blüthner Julius Blüthner Pianofortefabrik GmbH is a piano-manufacturing company in Leipzig, Germany.

piano manufacturer in business. * 1855 - Leipzig synagogue built on

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 ...

. * 1856 -

Händel-Gesellschaft Between 1858 and 1902, the Händel-Gesellschaft ("German Handel Society") produced a collected 105-volume edition of the List of compositions by George Frideric Handel, works of George Frideric Handel. Even though the collection was initiated by ...

organized. * 1858 - Municipal museum inaugurated. * 1861 - Population: 78,495. * 1863 ** Johannapark created. **

General German Workers' Association The General German Workers' Association (, ADAV) was a German political party founded on 23 May 1863 in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony by Ferdinand Lassalle. It was the first organized mass working-class party in history. The organization existed ...

founded in Leipzig. * 1864 ** 25 June: First section of the

Karl Heine Canal The Karl Heine Canal is an approximately long artificial watercourse in the west of the city of Leipzig in Germany and connects the Lindenau (Leipzig), Lindenau harbor with the White Elster River. It is spanned by 15 bridges and is navigable ...

inaugurated. ** Schrebergärten (community garden) association formed. * 1866 -

Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War (German: ''Preußisch-Österreichischer Krieg''), also known by many other names,Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Second War of Unification, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), ''Deutsc ...

leads to Prussian occupation in 1866–67. * 1868 -

built. * 1869 **

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 ...

founded. ** Leipzig Alpine Club founded. * 1872 **

Harrassowitz Harrassowitz Verlag is a German academic publishing house, based in Wiesbaden. It publishes about 250 scholarly books and periodicals per year on Oriental, Slavic, and Book and Library Studies. The publishing house is part of the company Otto Ha ...

publishing firm established. ** Verlag Karl Baedeker relocates to Leipzig. **

Trams in Leipzig The Leipzig tramway () is a network of tramways which, together with the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, forms the backbone of the public transport system in Leipzig, a city in Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, the network has been operated since 1938 ...

start. * 1874 ** Museum of Arts and Crafts founded. **

Ernst Eulenburg (musical editions) Ernst Eulenburg the music publisher was established by Ernst Eulenburg in Leipzig in 1874. The firm started by publishing a series of studies by a Dresden piano teacher, and then expanded into light music and works for men's chorus, at first al ...

established. **

Bibliographisches Institut The was a German publishing company founded 1826 in Gotha (town), Gotha by Joseph Meyer (publisher), Joseph Meyer. It moved to Hildburghausen in 1828 and to Leipzig in 1874. Its production over the years includes such well-known titles as ( ...

relocates to Leipzig. * 1878 **

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 ...

opens. ** "Leipzig is growing into an industrial town of the first rank." * 1879 **

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 ...

headquartered in Leipzig. ** Südfriedhof established. * 1880 - Population: 149,081. Df a 0008858 karl heine kanal

* 1884 -

Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei The Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei (''Leipzig Cotton Mill'') is an industrial site in Leipzig, Germany. Parts of this 10-hectare site in the locality of Lindenau are used today by art galleries, studios and restaurants. Founded in 1884, the busi ...

founded. * 1885 ** June:

Anglican Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...

All Saints' Church All Saints Church, or All Saints' Church or variations on the name may refer to: Albania * All Saints' Church, Himarë Australia * All Saints Church, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory * All Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane, Queensland *All ...

consecrated.Matthias Gretzschel, Hartmut Mai: Kirchen in Leipzig, Schriften des Leipziger Geschichtsvereins N.F./Bd. 2, Sax-Verlag, Beucha 1993, pp. 32 f. * 1886 **

Georg Thieme Verlag Thieme Medical Publishers is a German medical and science publisher in the Thieme Publishing Group. It produces professional journals, textbooks, atlases, monographs and reference books in both German and English covering a variety of medical ...

established. ** and (stock exchange) built. * 1889 - and become part of city. * 1890 ** Eutritzsch,

Gohlis Gohlis is a Boroughs and localities of Leipzig, locality in the Stadtbezirk, borough north of the city of Leipzig, Germany. Once a village and knightly estate (''Rittergut''), it became in 1838 a rural community (''Landgemeinde''). It urbanised d ...

, Neureudnitz, Neuschönefeld, Neustadt, Sellerhausen, Thonberg, and Volkmarsdorf become part of city. ** Population: 295,025. * 1891 **

opens in relocation. **

Connewitz Connewitz is a Boroughs and localities of Leipzig, locality in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. It is a subdivision (''Ortsteil'') in the borough of Leipzig-Süd (''Stadtbezirk''). Geography Location Connewitz is located about south of downtown ...

, , Lindenau, , , and

Schleußig Schleußig (or ''Schleussig'') is a locality of Leipzig in Germany. It is in the borough (Stadtbezirk) Südwest (southwest). First mentioned in 1391 under the name of ''Slizzig'', Schleußig acquired the status of a rural municipality in 1835 befo ...

become part of city. * 1892 ** becomes part of city. **

SSV Stötteritz SSV Stötteritz is a Football in Germany, German association football club from the city district of Stötteritz in southeast Leipzig, Saxony. It is the successor side to ''VfL Leipzig-Südost'', which captured three List of German football champ ...

football club founded. ** Mendelssohn monument erected. * 1894 - ''

Leipziger Volkszeitung The ''Leipziger Volkszeitung'' or ''LVZ'' (German language, German for ''Leipzig People's Newspaper'') is a daily regional newspaper in Leipzig and western Saxony, Germany. First published on 1 October 1894, the LVZ was formerly an important pu ...

'' (newspaper) begins publication. * 1895 **

(supreme court) established. ** built. ** Muster-Messe fair begins. ** Population: 399,995. * 1897 - ''Sächsisch-Thüringische Industrie- und Gewerbeausstellung'' (Litt.: Saxon-Thuringian industrial and commercial exhibition) in Leipzig. * 1898 -

Handelshochschule Leipzig 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 ...

founded. * 1900 - Population: 456,156.

20th century

* 1901 **

Städtisches Kaufhaus The Städtisches Kaufhaus in Leipzig, designed by the municipal architects Rayher, Korber and Müller in the style of Baroque Revival architecture, was constructed from 1894 to 1901. Site history prior to Städtisches Kaufhaus This piece of la ...

built. ** (publisher) in business. * 1904 ** Bachfest begins. **

Leipzig Wildlife Park The Leipzig Wildlife Park (in German language, German: ''Wildpark Leipzig'') is a zoo on the southern outskirts of Leipzig in the neighbourhood of Connewitz, Germany. It is located in the Leipzig Riverside Forest and is in size. In the Leipzig ...

''(Wildpark Leipzig)'' founded. * 1905 ** Reudnitz, Volkmarsdorf,

, Eutritzsch, Plagwitz and Lindenau were incorporated with the city. ** New Town Hall opens. The Old Town Hall is going to house the Museum of the History of the City of Leipzig. ** Population: 503,672. * 1906 **

Naturkundemuseum Leipzig The Natural History Museum in Leipzig () is a natural history museum in the city of Leipzig, Germany, located at the northwest corner of the Inner City Ring Road. The museum contains the insect collection of Alexander Julius Reichert. In 2014 ...

established. ** Leipzig Prison built. * 1907 -

Edeka The Edeka Group is the largest German supermarket corporation , holding a market share of 25.3%. Founded in 1907, it currently consists of several co-operatives of independent supermarkets, all operating under the umbrella organisation ''Edeka ...

founded at Hôtel de Pologne. * 1908 -

Rowohlt Verlag Rowohlt Verlag is a German publishing house based in Hamburg, with offices in Reinbek and Berlin. It has been part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Group since 1982. The company has been dissolved and restarted twice since its creation in 1908. Hi ...

founded. * 1912 -

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 ...

established. * 1913 **

Kurt Wolff Verlag Kurt Wolff (3 March 1887 – 21 October 1963) was a German publisher, editor, writer, and journalist. Wolff was born in Bonn, Rhenish Prussia; his mother came from a Jewish-German family. He married Elisabeth Karoline Clara Merck (1890–19 ...

(publisher) in business. **

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 ...

erected. ** 19 October: "Deutsche Lebens-Rettungs-Gesellschaft (DLRG)" (

German Life Saving Association The German Life Saving Association ( or DLRG) is a relief organization for life saving in Germany. The DLRG is the largest voluntary lifesaving organization in the world. With around 560,000 members, organised in approximately 2,100 local g ...

) founded in Leipzig. * 1914 -

Mädler Arcade Gallery The Mädler Arcade Gallery () is the last completely preserved historic shopping arcade covered by an end-to-end glass roof in the city center of Leipzig. It is a facility of upmarket retail, restaurants, offices and cultural establishments. Descr ...

built. * 1915 **

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Leipzig main station, ) is the central railway terminus in Leipzig, Germany, in the district Mitte. At , it is Europe's largest railway station measured by floor area. It has 19 overground platforms housed in six iron train ...

and

Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark is a multi-use stadium in Leipzig, Germany. It is used as the stadium of BSG Chemie Leipzig matches. The capacity of the stadium is 4,999 spectators. For the inaugural season of the new European League of Football T ...

open. ** and

Schönefeld Schönefeld (, meaning ''beautiful field'') is a suburban municipality in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg, Germany. It borders the southeastern districts of Berlin. The municipal area encompasses the old Berlin Schönefeld Airport (SXF) ...

become part of city. * 1916 **

building opened. ** Institute for Newspaper Research (''Institut für Zeitungskunde'') was founded at the

* 1917 ** January:

Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe The Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB), literally translated into English as the Leipzig Transport Authority, operates the tramway and bus transport services in Leipzig, Germany. The LVB network is a part of the regional public transport associatio ...

(city transport company) formed. ** February: American Consulate closed. Its building became a temporary residence for Americans and Allied refugees from

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and

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. ** Hôtel de Pologne closed. * 1918 ** becomes mayor. ** Zeppelin Bridge completed. * 1919 ** Church Music Institute founded. ** ' begins publication. ** Population: 604,397. * 1920 - First technical trade fair on the Alte Messe site. * 1921 **

Leipzig War Crimes Trials The Leipzig war crimes trials were held in 1921 to try alleged German War crime, war criminals of the First World War before the German ''Reichsgericht'' (Supreme Court) in Leipzig, as part of the penalties imposed on the German government unde ...

held. ** December: American Consulate reopened. * 1922 ** ,

Leutzsch Leutzsch is a western Boroughs and localities of Leipzig, locality of Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. It is part of the borough Alt-West.Bruno-Plache-Stadion Bruno-Plache-Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Leipzig, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. Fans only call it "das Bruno" (the Bruno). The stadium has a capacity of 15 ...

opens. **

Goldmann (publisher) Goldmann (formerly ''Wilhelm Goldmann Publishing'') is a publishing house in Munich and part of the Random House Publishing Group, in turn belonging to the Bertelsmann group. They are the best-selling commercial publishers in Germany, especially ...

founded. * 1923 ** 1 January: Consulate of Poland opened. **

MDR Symphony Orchestra The MDR-Sinfonieorchester (MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra) is a German radio orchestra based in Leipzig. It is the radio orchestra of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, the public broadcaster for the German states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-A ...

founded. * 1927 -

Leipzig/Halle Airport Leipzig/Halle Airport is an international airport located in Schkeuditz, Saxony, Germany, and serves both Leipzig, Saxony, and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. It is a state-owned enterprise and allows 24 hour take off and landing for cargo flights. In ...

opened. * 1928 ** 1 August: Opening of the

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 ...

. **

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 ...

completed. * 1929 -

Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig 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 ...

opens. * 1930 ** 1 January: Europahaus as the second high rise of Leipzig opened. **

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and Krochsiedlung built. ** Abtnaundorf, Knautkleeberg, Schönau, and Thekla become part of city. * 1933 - Population: 713,470. * 1935 - becomes part of city. * 1936 - and become part of city. * 1938 ** Expulsion of Polish Jews by Nazi Germany. 1,300 Polish Jews sheltered in the Polish Consulate and saved from deportation. ** 9-10 November:

Kristallnacht in Leipzig In Leipzig, as in other German cities, Jews and Jewish institutions suffered from attacks during the events called Kristallnacht, from November 9–10, 1938. Kristallnacht took its name because of all of the shattered glass from destroyed synagogu ...

* 1939 ** Leipzig Meuten dissolved by the

Gestapo The (, ), Syllabic abbreviation, abbreviated Gestapo (), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of F ...

. ** September: Mass arrests of local Polish activists (see also ''

Nazi crimes against the Polish nation War crime, Crimes against the Polish nation committed by Nazi Germany and Axis powers, Axis collaborationist forces during the invasion of Poland, along with Schutzmannschaft#Police battalions, auxiliary battalions during the subsequent occu ...

''). ** September: Polish Consulate seized by Germany during the

invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Second Polish Republic, Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak R ...

at the start of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Confiscation of the Polish Consulate's library. * 1941 - German-ordered closure of the American Consulate. * 1942 - 23 June: Leipzig L-IV experiment accident is the first nuclear accident in history. * 1943 ** 6 March: Leipzig-Thekla

subcamp Subcamps were outlying detention centres (''Haftstätten'') that came under the command of a main Nazi concentration camps, concentration camp run by the SS in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. The Nazis distinguished between the List of N ...

of the

Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald (; 'beech forest') was a German Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Nazi Germany, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within the Altreich (pre-1938 ...

established. Over 1,800 men, mostly Soviet, Polish, French, Belgian and Czechoslovak, were held there as

slave labour Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...

. ** December:

Bombing A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-transmitted mechan ...

of city by British. * 1944 **

. ** 11 May: Leipzig-Engelsdorf subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Over 250 men, mostly Polish, Russian, Czech and Ukrainian, were held there. ** 9 June: HASAG Leipzig subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Over 5,000 women and children, mostly Polish, Soviet, French and Jewish, were held there. ** 22 August: Leipzig-Schönau subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Over 500 Jewish women were held there. ** 15 November: Subcamp of Buchenwald for men established at the

HASAG HASAG (also known as Hugo Schneider AG, or by its original name in ) was a German metal goods manufacturer founded in 1863. Based in Leipzig, it grew from a small business making lamps and other small metal products by hand into a large factory ...

factory. Around 700 men, mostly Jewish, French and Italian, were held there. ** 24 November: Leipzig-Engelsdorf subcamp dissolved. Prisoners deported to

Wansleben am See Wansleben am See is a village and a former municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Seegebiet Mansfelder Land. History Wansleben was firstly named in the lat ...

and Rothenburg. * 1945 ** 17 February: 600 prisoners brought to the Leipzig-Thekla subcamp from a subcamp of the

Gross-Rosen concentration camp Gross-Rosen was a network of Nazi concentration camps built and operated by Nazi Germany during World War II. The main camp was located in the German village of Gross-Rosen, now the modern-day Rogoźnica in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, di ...

in Jasień. ** 13 April: Leipzig-Thekla, Leipzig-Schönau and both HASAG subcamps dissolved. Most prisoners sent on

death marches A death march is a forced march of prisoners of war, other captives, or deportees in which individuals are left to die along the way. It is distinct from simple prisoner transport via foot march. Article 19 of the Geneva Convention requires that ...

. ** 18 April: Abtnaundorf massacre. Prisoners of the Leipzig-Thekla subcamp who were ill or unable to march, mostly Poles and Soviets, were massacred by the

, SS, ''

Volkssturm The (, ) was a ''levée en masse'' national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was set up by the Nazi Party on the orders of Adolf Hitler and established on 25 September 1944. It was staffed by conscri ...

'' and German civilians. Some prisoners were saved by Polish prisoners of another camp. ** 19 April: City captured by American troops. The

Capa House The Capa House is a building in the Lindenau quarter of Leipzig, Germany at Jahnallee 61. It is named after the American war reporter and photographer Robert Capa, and is the location where Capa took '' The Picture of the Last Man to Die'' of the ...

is the place of The Picture of the Last Man to Die. ** July: City under Soviet control. ** Population: 584,593. * 1948 ** First exhibition on the Agra site. * 1950 **

International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition The International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition () is a music competition in Leipzig, Germany, held by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. It was founded in 1950 and was held every four years from 1964 to 1996 with five subjects and is now held every two ...

begins. ** Bach-Archiv founded. ** Population: 617,574. * 1951 - becomes mayor. * 1953 -

Theaterhochschule Leipzig The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was a theatre school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, which existed from 1953 to 1992. The official name was Theaterhochschule "Hans Otto" Leipzig. History The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was founded on 1 November 1953 ...

established, later named after Hans Otto * 1954 ** (archives) founded. **

Zentralstadion Red Bull Arena (; formerly Zentralstadion ) is a 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 in 2004, it is curren ...

built. * 1955 Leipzig 1957 004a

** 1 May: Several historic parks united in the Kulturpark Clara Zetkin. ** Festival of Cultural and Documentary Films begins. * 1956 -

opens. * 1959 - becomes mayor. * 1960 **

built. **

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...

held. ** Population: 589,632. * 1965 ** 31 October: Leipzig Beat Revolt on Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz. * 1968 ** 30 May: Paulinerkirche dynamited. * 1969 ** 6 February:

Polish Institute The Polish Institutes is a network of cultural diplomatic missions reporting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland. , there were 27 of them.Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn established. * 1970 - becomes mayor. * 1972 ** Polish Consulate reopened. **

City-Hochhaus Leipzig City-Hochhaus is a 36- story skyscraper in Leipzig, Germany. At , it is the tallest multistory building in Leipzig and is located proximately of the eastern part of the inner city ring road in Leipzig's district Mitte. The tower was designed ...

built. ** Wintergartenhochhaus completed. * 1974 -

rebuilt. * 1976 - Construction of Grünau begins. * 1977 - Sportmuseum founded. * 1981 - 13 March: Hotel Merkur opened. * 1983 -

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 ...

erected. * 1988 ** 5 June: "

Pleiße The Pleiße () is a river of Saxony and Thuringia, Germany. It flows from south to north into the White Elster in Leipzig. Originally, its natural length was ; however, south of Leipzig, it has been straightened, which shortened it to around . Th ...

Memorial March" ''(Pleiße-Gedenkmarsch)'' of oppositional environmental groups with 120 to 140 paticipants, which the

Stasi The Ministry for State Security (, ; abbreviated MfS), commonly known as the (, an abbreviation of ), was the Intelligence agency, state security service and secret police of East Germany from 1950 to 1990. It was one of the most repressive pol ...

tried in vain to prevent. **

Memorial to Jewish Citizens The Memorial to Jewish Citizens in Leipzig, Germany, is a memorial stone that commemorates the deportation of Jewish citizens from Leipzig to the concentration camps after Kristallnacht in Leipzig, Kristallnacht in 1938. It is located at the west ...

erected. * 1989 - Monday demonstrations. * 1990 ** (art association) founded. **

Hinrich Lehmann-Grube Hinrich Lehmann-Grube (21 December 1932 – 6 August 2017) was a German politician. He served as Mayor of Leipzig from 1990 through 1998. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was born in Königsberg (present day Kalini ...

becomes mayor. * 1991 ** Euro-scene Leipzig theatre festival begins. **

Mendelssohn House, Leipzig Mendelssohn House is a museum in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. The composer Felix Mendelssohn lived here from 1845 until his death in 1847; it now contains a collection about the life and work of the composer. Background Mendelssohn was born in Ham ...

opens. * 1992 ** Technischen Hochschule founded. **

Wave-Gotik-Treffen The (WGT; German for "Wave Gothic Meeting") is an annual world festival for "dark" music and "dark culture" in Leipzig, Germany. 150+ bands and artists from various backgrounds (gothic rock, Electronic body music, EBM, Industrial music, indust ...

begins. ** Leipzig-Altenburg Airport opens. ** American Consulate reopened. * 1993 - Hartmannsdorf becomes part of city. * 1994 - Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig opens. * 1995 ** Lausen and Plaussig become part of city. ** Population: 471,409. * 1996 ** New site of

Leipzig Trade Fair The Leipzig Trade Fair () is a major trade fair, which traces its roots back for nearly a millennium. After the Second World War, Leipzig fell within the territory of East Germany, whereupon the Leipzig Trade Fair became one of the most importan ...

opens. ** Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta begins. * 1997 ** , , and Seehausen become part of city. ** (city utility company) established. **

Federal Administrative Court of Germany The Federal Administrative Court (, , BVerwG) is one of the five federal supreme courts of Germany. It is the court of the last resort for generally all cases of administrative law, mainly disputes between citizens and the state. It hears appea ...

headquartered in Leipzig. * 1998 ** 16 May: Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst in own building opened. ** Podelwitz-Süd becomes part of city. **

Wolfgang Tiefensee Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 4 January 1955) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development in the grand coalition cabinet led by Angela Merkel between 2005 an ...

becomes mayor. * 1999 ** Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Engelsdorf, Holzhausen, Liebertwolkwitz, Lindenthal, Miltitz and Mölkau become part of city. ** 20 March:

Grünauer Welle The Grünauer Welle (lit.: ''Grünau wave'') is an indoor sports and leisure pool in the Leipzig quarter of Grünau that opened in 1999. Position The Grünauer Welle is centrally located in the southern part of the Grünau-Mitte locality on Stu ...

opened. ** Column in the St. Nicholas Church Square erected as memorial to the

Peaceful Revolution The Peaceful Revolution () – also, in German called ' (, "the turning point") – was one of the peaceful revolutions of 1989 at the peak of the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in the late 1980s. A process of sociopolitical change that led to, am ...

ten years ago.

21st century

* 2000 - Burghausen und Rückmarsdorf become part of city. * 2002 **

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 ...

built. **

Games Convention The Games Convention (GC), sometimes called the Leipzig Games Convention, was an annual video game event held in Leipzig, Germany, first held in 2002. Besides video games, the event also covers Infotainment, Hardware, and Edutainment. Its concep ...

begins. * 2004 ** ''

Leipziger Internet Zeitung Leipziger Internet Zeitung (also: l-iz or Lizzy) is a daily online newspaper in the greater Leipzig region of Germany. The newspaper reports on events in various areas, such as politics, economics, culture, education, and sports. In addition, it ...

'' begins publication. **

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 ...

opens in new building. **

renovated. ** Leipzig is the German candidate city for the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

* 2005 ** Art galleries open in

. **

BMW Central Building The BMW Central Building Located in Leipzig, Germany was the winning design submitted for competition by Pritzker Prize winning architect, Zaha Hadid. The central building is the nerve center for BMW's new $1.55 billion complex built to manufactu ...

constructed. ** City hosts the

2005 World Fencing Championships The 2005 World Fencing Championships were held in Leipzig, Germany from 9 October to 10 October 2005. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table References External linksFIE Results{{World Fencing Championships World Fen ...

. ** Population: 502,651. Oranjes-Leipzig

* 2006 **

Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos in Bellevu ...

distribution centre begins operating. **

Burkhard Jung Burkhard Jung (born 7 March 1958 in Siegen) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been the 21st lord mayor (''Oberbürgermeister'') of Leipzig (Saxony) since 2006. Political career In addition to his role as mayor ...

becomes mayor. ** Leipzig hosts

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

. Replacement of the

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 ...

by a new stadium, since 2010 named

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 ...

. * 2007 ** Paulinum reconstruction begins. ** July: City hosts the

2007 World Archery Championships The 2007 World Archery Championships was the 44th edition of the event. It was held in Leipzig, Germany on 7–15 July 2007 and was organized by International Archery Federation (FITA). Medals table Medals summary Recurve Compound Reference ...

. * 2010 ** (museum) active. ** German Music Archive relocates to Leipzig. * 2012 ** 25 September:

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 ...

opened. ** reported. * 2013 ** 22 May: Inauguration 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 ...

. ** New Propsteikirche begins construction. **

Leipzig City Tunnel The City Tunnel is a twin-bore railway tunnel for the city-centre S-Bahn in Leipzig. It links Leipzig Hauptbahnhof with the central Markt station, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station and Bayerischer Bahnhof. Construction began in July 2003. The ...

opened. ** Leipzig is the most livable German city. * 2014 - Population: 551,871. Leipziger Buchmesse 2024

* 2015 ** 12 January: Demonstration of the Leipzig branch of Pegida and counterdemonstration with much more participants. **

Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway The Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway is a -long High-speed rail in Germany, high-speed line in Germany between Erfurt and Leipzig and Halle (Saale), Halle, built as part of the Berlin–Munich high-speed railway. It is listed in German ...

opened. * 2017 ** 9 January: Last demonstration of the Leipzig branch of Pegida, only 400 participants. ** July: City hosts the

2017 World Fencing Championships The 2017 World Fencing Championships was held at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany from 19 to 26 July 2017. During the championships there was a demonstration of wheelchair fencing. Russian Ksenia Ovsyannikova was Head of the Promotion Co ...

. ** 3 December: Paulinum opening. ** December: City co-hosts the

2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World C ...

. ** Population: 590.337 * 2018 - Leipzig wins the European Cities of Future prize in the category of "Best Large City for Human Capital & Lifestyle" * 2019 - Leipzig is European City of the Year * 2020 - 7 November:

Rally Rally or rallye may refer to: Gatherings * Political demonstration, a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade * Pep rally, an event held at a North American school or college sporting event Sport ...

against anti-pandemic regulations, organized by ''Querdenken''. * 2021 - Parties in the expiring corona lockdown at the Sachsenbrücke. * 2022 ** Green bike lanes pigmented on several sections of the Inner City Ring Road. ** Population: 624.689 * 2024 ** 21 January: Demonstration of estimated 60.000 participants in the

2024 German anti-extremism protests 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hi ...

in Leipzig. ** Leipzig is

UEFA Euro 2024 The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football champ ...

host city.

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