 1 Old Merc Nice old Mercedes-Benz. This would be great as a camping lorry, well maybe with a bit newer engine and stuff, as this might have a 130hp engine. |
 2 Untergrundmesshalle Between 1924 and 2005 the worlds only underground trade fair building was situated beneath the marketplace. Meanwhile it has been replaced by the City-Tunnel station Leipzig Markt. However, at the southern entrance you will still find the original Art Deco stairways towards the old underground hall. |
 3 Markt buildings The historic buildings on the north side have been rebuilt after the destruction of war, including the Alte Waage. The building was constructed in 1555 under the direction of the building and the mayor Hieronymus Lotter (1497-1580) and executive architect Paul Speck († 1557) in Renaissance style as Ratswaage. It's the building on the right. |
 4 Kirchner's Scheune In case of hunger help is near. Someone has forgot a lot of stuff on the roof though. |
 5 Altes Rathaus The Markt in Leipzig, for many centuries the hub of city life, is dominated by the Old City Hall (Rathaus), a Renaissance building erected in 1556, but much altered in later centuries. The tower, with its Baroque crown, is placed asymmetrically over the main entrance, above which is a roofed balcony used for public announcements and proclamations involving trumpeters in traditional costumes. The colonnades along the front were built in 1907, replacing the wooden shops and booths that once stood here, and inside is a museum dedicated to the history of Leipzig. |
 6 Wandbrunnen Originally created by J. Hartmann in 1906 and rebuilt in 2000. |
 7 Auerbach's Keller Opposite the Naschmarkt is the Mädlerpassage, one of the many splendid old shopping arcades so characteristic of Leipzig, that links to Königshofpassage and Messehofpassage. It's here that you'll find Auerbach's Keller where Mephistopheles practiced his magic arts in Goethe's Faust, its entrance marked by a sculpture from 1913 depicting the characters from the infamous cellar scene. |
 8 Alte Handelsbörse Old Commercial Exchange is an Early Baroque building dating from 1678 now used for community events. |
 9 Johann Wolfgang Goethe This monument was created by Carl Seffner and it was finished in 1903. Goethe spent three years in Leipzig as a student. The monument is located on Naschmarkt right in front of the Old Stock Exchange. |
 10 Löwenbrunnen It is located on the Naschmarkt opposite the main entrance of the Madler Passage and was built in 1918, on the location of buildings dating from 1690. Fountain is reached by three steps that surround it and is decorated with mythical creatures and marine sandstone reliefs. On the copper painted hood, there was a pyramid, crowned at the tip with a golden sun. |
 11 Der Jahrhundertschritt Step of Century, Bronze sculpture by Wolfgang Mattheuer. One arm fascist, one arm communist, a head sinking down into an empty torso (no heart?), with a shoeless foot striding into the future. |
 12 Unzeitgemäße Zeitgenossen By Bernd Göbel, 1989 |
 13 Leipzig Opera The previous theater (the "Neues Theater") was inaugurated on 28 January 1868 with Jubilee Overture by Carl Maria von Weber and the overture for Iphigénie en Aulide by Gluck and Goethe's play Iphigenia in Tauris. From 1886 to 1888, Gustav Mahler was the second conductor; Arthur Nikisch was his superior. During an air raid in the night of 3 December 1943, part of the bombing of Leipzig in World War II, the theater was destroyed, as were all Leipzig's theatres. Construction of the modern opera house began in 1956. The theater was inaugurated on 8 October 1960 with a performance of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. |
 14 Busy and stylish Kinda brings Blues Brothers in mind, except the tie |
 15 Railway station Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Leipzig main station) is the central railway terminus in Leipzig, Germany. At 83,460 square metres, it is the world's largest railway station measured by floor area. It has 19 overground platforms housed in six iron train sheds, a multi-level concourse with towering stone arches, and a 298 metres long facade. Finally in 1898, the Leipzig city council decided on a joint terminal for Royal Saxon and Prussian state railways north of the city centre. A building contract with both organisations was signed in 1902 and an architectural competition with 76 participants was held in 1906. The winning design by the archtitects William Lossow (1852–1914) and Max Hans Kühne (1874–1942) featured two identical domed entrance halls facing the street, one for each company. The foundation stone was laid on 16 November 1909 and the platforms were gradually brought into operation station from 1912 onwards. When construction works finished on 4 December 1915, Leipzig Hauptbahnhof had become one of the world's largest railway stations with 26 platforms. |
 16 Nikolaistrasse 59 This stone building was built in 1913-1914 and houses among others Medieval Crime Museum. |
 17 Colourful wall This painting depicts the demonstation where Leipzigers took to the streets to protest communist rule in 1989. some 70,000 people marched peacefully and the berlin wall did indeed come down later that year. leipzig was the first place that desmonstrations took place but it spread to dresden and berlin as well. It is created by Michael Fischer on the wall of Hotel Marriott. |
 18 Brühl 54 A nice-looking house with interesting details, built in 1910. |
 19 Brühl 54 A nice-looking house with interesting details, built in 1910. |
 20 Selters Haus This magnificient building was built for Emperor's Japanese embassador Alfred Selter by Alfons Berger in 1909. |
 21 Selters Haus This magnificient building was built for Emperor's Japanese embassador Alfred Selter by Alfons Berger in 1909. |
 22 Zwei Reiter The house "Two Riders" in Nikolaistrasse was built by the architect Alfons Berger in 1910/1911. Particularly striking are the 2 riders putting on Billy Goats. I, myself, prefer the bears though :). |
 23 Zwei Reiter The house "Two Riders" in Nikolaistrasse was built by the architect Alfons Berger in 1910/1911. Particularly striking are the 2 riders putting on Billy Goats. I, myself, prefer the bears though :). |
 24 Steibs Hof The Leipziger builder Felix Steib built this eponymous business house in 1907. Although he conceived it as Messepalast, it served - like many other buildings along the Nikolaistrasse - the fur trade. Over 700 fur companies had located around 1930 in the area around the Brühl, St. Nicholas Street, the National Highway and the Knights street. |
 25 Corks Bottle corks for the daring. |
 26 Nikolaikirchhof 3-4 Architect: Hugo Licht, built in 1887 |
 27 The Old St Nicholas School On 11 March 1395 the aldermen of the City of Leipzig received a papal decree from Pope Boniface IX authorising the establishment of a school for the city in the grounds of St. Nicholas Church or nearby. However, the school survived only as a private school, the Schola Nikolaitana, records of which can be traced back to 1490. When the Leipzig Cultural Foundation was set up in 1990 it immediately set about the task of restoring the Old St. Nicholas School. At a meeting in October 1990, the city council decided to transfer the school to the Cultural Foundation. Thanks to a 10m Deutschmark donation from the City of Frankfurt am Main and Historic Buildings grants from the state of Saxony, the Foundation was able to renovate the school between 1991 and 1994 so that it could be used for cultural purposes and purposes appropriated to a heritage site. On 10 September 1994 the Old St. Nicholas School was reopened |
 28 Former exhibition hall The Specks Hof is the oldest surviving arcade in Leipzig. It was built by Emil Franz Haensel between 1909 and 1929 in three construction phases. The exhibition hall makes an impact with its clean modern lines and a number of remarkable details. The figures above the ground floor symbolise themes from Greek mythology. In the course of a fundamental renovation at the beginning of the nineties, the three glazed courts were artistically redesigned |
 29 St Nicholas' Column The Prayers for Peace at St Nicholas' Church were the starting point from which the protestors spread out into the city in 1989. A column crowned with palm fronds from the church nave was reproduced in the churchyard by Leipzig artist Andreas Stötzner. The project symbolically commemorates the movement of the democracy demonstrators from the church into the public sphere. |
 30 Nikolaikirche The St. Nicholas Church (in German: Nikolaikirche) is one of the major churches of central Leipzig, Germany. Construction started in Romanesque style in 1165, but in the 16th century, the church was turned into a Gothic hall church. Baroque elements like the tower were added in the 18th century. In the 18th century, several works by Johann Sebastian Bach, who was the music director of Nikolaikirche and of St. Thomas Church from 1723-50, premiered here. The Neoclassical interior dates to the late 18th century. The church rose to national fame in 1989 with the Monday Demonstrations when it became the centre of peaceful revolt against communist rule. By capacity, it is one of the largest churches in Saxony. |
 31 Riquet When these business premises were commissioned by Riquet & Co in 1908/09 the result was one of the most modern and original-looking new buildings in Leipzig at the time. Riquet had a history of trade with Eastern Asia and the Far East going all the way back to the year 1745, and the architect, Paul Lange, very cleverly incorporated this into the design of the café. He built curved two-storey towers on the roof in classical Chinese style. The balustrades, pillars, main cornices and curved gables are all decorated with beautifully coloured Art Nouveau mosaics. The café entrance is flanked by two elephant heads wrought in copper, representing the Riquet trade mark. |
 32 Deutsche Bank The building of the Deutsche Bank along Martin-Luther-Ring in central Leipzig was built 1898-1901 after plans of the Leipzig based architect Arwed Roßbach. It is situated right next to the new town hall of Leipzig, both buildings exemplary for the historism style of architecture. Originally the building was commissioned by the Leipziger Bank (bank of Leipzig), the first private bank of Saxony. The bank went bankrupt in 1901 and the building became part of the Deutsche Bank. After nationalisation in 1945 it belonged to the state bank of the GDR and via the Deutsche Kreditbank it returned to the Deutsche Bank after 1990. |
 33 Neues Rathaus In 1895 the city of Leipzig was granted the site of the Pleissenburg by the Kingdom of Saxony to build a new town hall. A competition was held for architectural designs with the specification that the Rapunzel tower sillhouette of the Pleißenburg be retained. In 1897 the architect and city building director of Leipzig Hugo Licht was awarded the job of designing it. The foundation stone of the New Town Hall was laid on the 19 th October 1899. The town hall was built in the style of historicism. |
 34 Neues Rathaus In 1895 the city of Leipzig was granted the site of the Pleissenburg by the Kingdom of Saxony to build a new town hall. A competition was held for architectural designs with the specification that the Rapunzel tower sillhouette of the Pleißenburg be retained. In 1897 the architect and city building director of Leipzig Hugo Licht was awarded the job of designing it. The foundation stone of the New Town Hall was laid on the 19 th October 1899. The town hall was built in the style of historicism. |
 35 Neues Rathaus In 1895 the city of Leipzig was granted the site of the Pleissenburg by the Kingdom of Saxony to build a new town hall. A competition was held for architectural designs with the specification that the Rapunzel tower sillhouette of the Pleißenburg be retained. In 1897 the architect and city building director of Leipzig Hugo Licht was awarded the job of designing it. The foundation stone of the New Town Hall was laid on the 19 th October 1899. The town hall was built in the style of historicism. |
 36 Neues Rathaus In 1895 the city of Leipzig was granted the site of the Pleissenburg by the Kingdom of Saxony to build a new town hall. A competition was held for architectural designs with the specification that the Rapunzel tower sillhouette of the Pleißenburg be retained. In 1897 the architect and city building director of Leipzig Hugo Licht was awarded the job of designing it. The foundation stone of the New Town Hall was laid on the 19 th October 1899. The town hall was built in the style of historicism. |
 37 Bundesverwaltungsgericht Federal Administrative Court, the building was designed by Ludwig Hoffmann and Peter Dybwad, and construction was completed in 1895. It is designed in the Italian renaissance style and features two large courtyards, a central cupola and a large portico at the entrance. The rich decorative gable and sculptures are by Otto Lessing. After the reunification, the former Reichsgericht building was renovated and became the seat of the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Federal Administrative Court). |
 38 Haus der Deutschen Handelsgehilfen Built 1895 renovated 2013/14, by KSW. Serves as block of flats now. |
 39 Watermill No idea whether this have any function |
 40 Lipanum Built in 1895 by architects Peter Dybwad and Ludwig Hoffmann |
 41 Trias on Martin-Luther-Ring This new (2014) building looks like it's from the 30's. Not bad at all. |
 42 Plato-Dolz-Denkmal "On occassion of the 100th annual of the Rathsfreischule (Free Municipal School) at Leipzig for its first two directors Plato and Dolz from their old pupils - 16.April 1892" |
 43 Felix Mehdelssohn Bartholdy On 26 May 1892, 24 years after the committee in charge of the monument in honour of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy had been founded and 45 years after his early death, the monument could be inaugurated. The bronze monument was situated on the east side of the old Gewandhaus music hall in Leipzig and had been created after drafts by Werner Stein. During the Nazi period the Mendelssohn monument was torn down on 9 November 1936, as Mendelssohn was considered a Jew and therefore - according to Mayor Haake, a national socialist, could "not be displayed as an exponent for a German city of music". In 2003 the then mayor of Leipzig, Wolfgang Tiefensee, and the honorary conductor of the Gewandhaus orchestra, Prof Kurt Masur, agreed to rebuild the Mendelssohn monument. With the help of a generous donation by Dr Wolfgang Jentzsch, the reconstruction of the monument started. The reconstructed Mendelssohn monument is located in the heart of the city, on Dittrichring, just across from St Thomas Church. The Monument was inaugurated on 18 October 2008. |
 44 Thomaskirche There has been a church at the current site of the Thomaskirche since the 12th century. After several reconstructions (remains of an earlier Romanesque church were found during archaeological excavations), the current building, an example of late Gothic architecture, was consecrated by Thilo of Trotha, the Bishop of Merseburg, on 10 April 1496. The reformer Martin Luther preached here on Pentecost Sunday in 1539. Today, it is a Lutheran church. The tower was first built in 1537 and reconstructed in 1702, leading to its current height of 68 meters. Statue of Johann Sebastian Bach at the Thomaskirche Bach's grave beneath the floor of the choir (sanctuary) of the church The composer Johann Sebastian Bach was choir director at St. Thomas Church from 1723 until his death in 1750 and taught at its affiliated school. A statue of Johann Sebastian Bach by the Leipzig sculptor Carl Seffner that stands next to the church was dedicated in 1908 |
 45 Thomaskirchhof The building on the right is built in 1904 by Franz Ebert, designed by architects Schmidt & Johlige. In 1990, Commerzbank acquired it and until 1994 it was extensively renovated as its Leipzig headquarters. The architect A. Conrad built the other elaborate house in the center in 1903. |
 46 König Albert Haus In honor of King Albert of Saxony, this historical building was given the name "King Albert House" upon its completion in 1913. Containing elements of Art Deco, Art Nouveau, and Neoclassicism, this handsome structure was designed by Emil Franz Hansel, who is remembered as one of Leipzig’s most influential and successful architects of the early 20th Century. The most stunning features of the King Albert House are the life-size figures on the fourth floor façade, as well as the intricately carved architrave dedicated to seven different Saxon cities. Today the King Albert House is a commercial building. |