This interesting museum, dedicated to the history of the city and of East Germany after the war, was designed as a heritage site and features a library and information centre. After an introduction highlighting the war and its atrocities, the exhibit..

The Museum der Bildenden Kunste houses one of the largest collections of fine art in Europe, with works from the late Middle Ages to the present day. Designed by a firm of architects from Berlin (Hufnagel, Pütz and Rafaelian), the 34m-high glass cube..

This 13C church took on its current three-nave form as a church in the late 15C. Martin Luther preached a sermon here during Pentecost in 1539, at the time of the introduction of the Reform. It is famous for Johann Sebastian Bach , who was «cantor» ..

The Town Hall was built in 1556 by the burgomaster of Leipzig, Hieronymus Lotter. Decorated with a lovely Renaissance façade, it has a gabled roof pierced with windows and now houses the City Museum .

This old stock exchange was built by JG Starcke (1678-1687) and was the first Baroque building in Leipzig. Today, it is a performance hall. It is decorated with a statue by Carl Seffner (1903) representing Goethe when he was a student.

The university museum has a large collection of around 8,000 pieces, covering 5 millennia of pharaonic civilisation.

The Bach Museum is housed in the Bose family house, a family that was linked with the musician. The museum contains documents recounting Bach's life, work and influence and it is largely devoted to the years Bach spent in Leipzig.

Situated in the former headquarters of Leipzig’s Stasi administration, this contemporary history exhibition Stasi - Power and Banality gives an overview of the methods applied by the Ministry of State Security, which employed 85,000 people to recor..

A cinema has moved into this passageway, the ground of which is paved with ivory-coloured slabs, an Art Nouveau masterpiece (1913-1914).

This is the most sumptuous passage and also the best known, most probably because Auerbach 's cellar, was immortalised by Goethe in Faust . Before you go down there, take a look at Matthieu Molitor's two bronzes: Faust and Mephisto and the Lustig..

This was built on the foundations of the old Pleissburg Castle, presents both Renaissance and Baroque elements together with some more modern parts.

The restoration of the exhibition building dating from 1911 was the subject of much controversy, but the result strikes a good balance between the old and the modern. Specks Hof is a courtyard leading to the picturesque Hansahaus , with a courtyard ..

On the western side of the street, there are several Baroque houses still standing. The most beautiful is undoubtedly the Romanushaus built between 1701 and 1704 for the burgomaster Franz Conrad Romanus. Having financed the construction of his hous..

This modern looking passage joins Nikolaistraße and Ritterstraße. Note the clock inlaid in the ground and covered with glass.

Initially built in the Romanesque style, this building was transformed into a Gothic hall in around 1520. A double gallery surrounds the triple nave. The interior is in the neo-Classical style, with fluted columns in palms of a tender green while the..

This exhibition building with its white and blue-tiled interior courtyards was built in 1907 for a fur merchant – until the 1930s, Leipzig was the European centre of the fur trade.

The former Karl-Marx-Platz, which has been completely renovated, is home to some of the city's most impressive monuments. On the northern side is the Opera House , built in 1956-1960 and boasting excellent acoustics. Right in your line of vision to ..

This concert hall was inaugurated in 1981. More than 1,900 people can be seated here to listen to the famous Gewandhaus Orchestra. The statue of Beethoven (1902) is by Max Klinger , a Leipzig sculptor. In front of the Gewandhaus, the Mendebrunnen ..

The composer Félix Mendelssohn Bartholdy spent his last years in this sumptuous house. He died in 1847 at the age of 38. There are original objects and furniture that show the surroundings in which he lived. Concerts are held in the pretty music room..

Abandoned since the Second World War, Leipzig Station was renovated during 1995 to 1996. The change is remarkable: the halls were restored and a new 30 000m 2 shopping centre with three floors opened. Originally built in 1915, the present-day stat..