This Gothic and Baroque Church was the scene of the Monday Demonstrations that eventually helped reunite Germany. With less of a Stasi presence than Berlin, and regular foreign visitors for the Leipzig Messe (Tra… See more

Leipzig’s fine arts museum reopened in 2004 in a bold glass cube in the centre of the city on Katharinenstraße. The previous building had been wiped out in the war, although the most valuable art had already been store… See more

A lasting piece of Wilhelmine architecture is this monument to the Battle of Leipzig. The battle took place in 1813, and brought about one of Napoleon’s final defeats, against a coalition of armies from Russia, Prussia, Austria an… See more

This museum is all about East Germany from 1949 to Reunification. The permanent exhibition documents all aspects of life in the GDR under the repressive SED (Socialist Unity Party) regime. There are 3,200 exhib… See more