Hidden Leipzig: Simsonplatz in the Music Quarter
Here you are creative
The music district is full of creative young minds, which is in front of the art schools The small district is home to the Academy of Visual Arts, one of the oldest state art schools in GermanyThe HGB has produced several artists. The most famous graduate is Neo Rauch.In the white villa opposite the HGB, the writers of tomorrow are working on their works. German Literature Institute is an university writers' school, for example the Leipzig bestselling author Clemens Meyer Another artist workshop in the music district is the University of Music and TheaterYou can start your foray into the creative music district at the Gallery for Contemporary Art After you have viewed the current exhibition, it is time for a break in the in-house caféIt is regularly redesigned and renamed by artists. Currently, the coffee is served in boo boo served. Of course with View of the Johannapark.
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There is something to admire here
When strolling through the Music Quarter, don’t forget to take a look at the beautiful houses and villas From the mid-1880s, housing construction began in the Music Quarter. Most of the buildings correspond to one of the Neo-Styles of Historicism (Neo-Renaissance or Neo-Baroque) and resemble the large public buildings in the district. You should definitely not miss the Roßbach-Eckhaus (Beethovenstraße 8) in the Neo-Renaissance style. The so-called Roßbach Palais was designed by the architect of the Bibliotheca Albertina and completed in 1893. You will also find Art Nouveau buildings that were built after 1900. For the development of the area, detailed regulations such as building height, building distances, number of floors and the degree of development of the plots. The approval of the facade view was also reserved for the city council. All these regulations meant that the music quarter was particularly many architectural gems and under Historical monument
stands.
Relax here
When the sun is shining, the outdoor seating area on Mendelssohnufer between Mozartstraße and Beethovenstraße is a popular place to relax, lie on the lawn, drink coffee and unwind. If you climb the steps at the banks of the Pleißemühlgraben If the weather is nice, you can even put your feet in the water. But that wasn't always the case. In 1951, a large part of the ditch was covered with a vaulted pipe because of the heavy water pollution from the brown coal industry. After the situation had eased, from 1990 onwards "Pleiße to the Light" The motto was that. People began to clear and redesign the Pleißemühlgraben. Today you can sit there again and relax. With the magnificent Supreme Administrative Court in the back. There are worse prospects, right?
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Here we study
In the past, the district was characterised by its musical tradition. Today, the streets are full of studentsThis is mainly due to the fact that the Humanities Center of the University of Leipzig and the Bibliotheca Albertina in the Beethovenstrasse are located directly opposite each other. The two buildings form a kind of student mecca. Bicycle Rack on both sides of the street are packed, especially during exam times. When the students are not studying until their heads are spinning, they sit on the steps in front of the Albertina with coffee and Club Mate. A short break is a must before it is time to go back to the magnificent halls The library is open to everyone and should be visited for the sake of beautiful entrance hall be a stop on your exploration tour through the district. Are you a bookworm? Here you can find more libraries in Leipzig. In the next section you can read about where not only students like to relax in the district.
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Here is playing the music
Is the Music Quarter called that because many street musicians perform there? Or is it a popular place for musicians to live? All wrong! Music Quarter is actually just a unofficial name for the residential area in Leipzig's southwest suburbs. Important Leipzig music institutions are responsible for the name. The first buildings in the district were the second Gewandhaus, then called Neues Concerthaus, and in 1887 the new building of the Royal Conservatory of MusicRobert and Clara Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy wrote music history here. Unfortunately, the Gewandhaus and the conservatory were destroyed in an air raid in 1944. Today, students study at the site of the former Gewandhaus in the Humanities Centre of the University of Leipzig. Despite the destruction, the Leipzig Music Trail Follow in the footsteps of the musicians. Music not only defines the past of the district. To this day, many roads, credentials for names of musicians.
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