Together with other German cities, Leipzig celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus school in 2019. Various exhibitions across the city will present architectural masterpieces of the 1920s and 1930s as well as highlight Bauhaus design ideas in disciplines such as weaving, printed graphics,...

With a total of 1,836,797 arrivals and 3,376,257 overnight stays, Leipzig has once again surpassed itself, overtaking its previous record set in 2017. The city can look back with pride on the best year in its history for tourism. Yet again, significant growth of 7.5 per cent by comparison with the...

Hardly any other German city has such a great and vibrant musical tradition as Leipzig. Clara and Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Mahler and many more left a precious musical legacy that is still ubiquitous today and continues...

Hardly any other German city can boast as great and vibrant a cultural history as Leipzig. In 2019, the city will celebrate important anniversaries of events that had significant effects on the development of Germany. The Festival of Lights Leipzig will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Peaceful...