Through the peace prayers, which still take place every Monday at 17 p.m. in the Nikolai Church, the Nikolai Church and the Nikolai Churchyard became the starting point of the Peaceful Revolution in 1989 and thus a symbol of German reunification. The light installation "public light" in the Nikolai Churchyard consists of 144 colored glass cubes set into the pavement. It is a metaphor for the active will of the people in Leipzig and reflects the process of the situational flare-up of political awareness. The Nikolai Column, which is set up in front of the church and crowned with palm fronds, with its classicist column motif from the interior of the church, is also intended to remind people of those participants who could no longer find space in the overcrowded Nikolai Church in autumn 89.
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Arrival & Parking
Public transport: The nearest stop is Leipzig, Augustusplatz (lines 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16). The destination is about 400 m away on foot from there. Other stops in the vicinity: Leipzig, Markt.
Car: The nearest parking options are the inner-city parking garages. The nearest possible parking option is the paid underground car park "Q-Park Augustusplatz" (Augustuspl. 15, 04109 Leipzig).
Car: The nearest parking options are the inner-city parking garages. The nearest possible parking option is the paid underground car park "Q-Park Augustusplatz" (Augustuspl. 15, 04109 Leipzig).
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Leipzig Tourism and Marketing GmbH
Augustusplatz 9
04109 Leipzig
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