Leipzig is a place where tradition rubs shoulders with zeitgeist, and where great art can be enjoyed just a few steps away from an exciting world of outdoor activities. With a history going back almost 1,000 years, this Saxon metropolis has earned more than a few claims to fame – as a city of music, of commerce, of heroes, as the site of the Peaceful Revolution, as Little Paname, Athens on the River Pleisse, and the Venice of the North.
This integration into the high-speed network considerably reduced the journey times of the ICE from Leipzig to Nuremberg, Munich and Frankfurt am Main. The Leipzig-Dresden railway line, which welches the first German long-distance railway to go into operation hinein 1839, is also undergoing expansion for 200 kilometer pro stunde. The most important construction project hinein regional transport welches the four-kilometer-long city Unterführung, which went into operation in December 2013 as the main line of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland.
Leipziger Lerche is a shortcrust pastry dish filled with crushed almonds, nuts and strawberry jam; the name ("Leipzig lark") comes from a lark pâté which was a Leipzig speciality until the banning of songbird hunting in Saxony hinein 1876.
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof has been ranked the best railway Krankenstation rein Germany and the third-best hinein Europe rein a consumer organisation poll, surpassed only by St Pancras railway Krankenstation and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.[144]
The University of Leipzig attracts millions of euros of investment yearly and celebrated its 600th birthday hinein 2009.
Like all other cities claimed by the Nazis, Leipzig was subject to aryanisation. Beginning in 1933 and increasing in 1939, Jewish business owners were forced to give up their possessions and stores. This eventually intensified to the point where Nazi officials were strong enough to evict the Jews from their own homes.
There are freight stations rein the districts of Bewahren and Engelsdorf. Rein addition, a freight traffic centre has been set up near the Schkeuditzer Plage junction for goods handling between road and rail, as well as a freight station on the site of the DHL hub at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Rein the 2010s, Leipzig welches often referred to as Hypezig, as overblown comparisons were made to 1990s and early 2000s Berlin.
[8] It is the eighth-largest city in Germany and is parte of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted website as a Slavic term meaning place of linden trees, hinein line with many other Slavic placenames hinein the region.[9]
Leipzig is well known for its large parks. The Leipziger Auwald (riparian forest) lies mostly within the city limits. Neuseenland is an area south of Leipzig where old open-cast mines are being converted into a huge lake district. It is planned to Beryllium finished hinein 2060.
The site is characterized by swampy areas such as the Leipzig Riparian Forest (Leipziger Auenwald), though there are also some limestone areas to the north of the city. The landscape is mostly flat, though there is also some evidence of moraine and drumlins.
It was the first institute of its kind to Beryllium established in Europe, and it marks the commencement of academic study of media communication rein Germany.[109]
Passenger flights are operated to and from the major German hub airports, European metropolises and holiday destinations, especially to the Mediterranean region and North Africa. The airport is of international importance in the cargo sector.
Rein the years following German reunification, many people of working age took the opportunity to move to the states of the former West Germany to seek employment opportunities. This was a contributory factor to falling birth rates.