Franz Schubert Stele, Clara Zetkin Park

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The Schubert Stele was erected in 1929 in what is now Clara Zetkin Park in honor of Franz Schubert.
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828) never visited Leipzig himself, but had high hopes for the city as a publishing location. Shortly before his death, one of his compositions was published by Breitkopf & Härtel (Note Trail Station 8: Graphic Quarter - Music Publishers). More than ten years later, Schubert's music was played for the first time in the Old Gewandhaus (Note Trail Station 21). The "great" C major symphony was premiered in 1839 under the direction of Mendelssohn.

The Leipzig Men's Choir initiated the construction of a Schubert monument on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Schubert's death in 1928. One year later, in 1929, the Schubert stele was inaugurated on what is now Anton-Bruckner-Allee in what was then König-Albert-Park (now Clara-Zetkin-Park). The design for the 3,8 m high monument was created by the Leipzig sculptor Margarete Tschaplowitz-Seifert. The tall, slender stele consists of three granite blocks placed one on top of the other, the cross-section of which forms an isosceles triangle.

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Public transport: The nearest stop is Leipzig, Marschnerstr. (lines 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 14, 15). The destination is about 700m away on foot from there.

By car: The Franz Schubert stele is located in the Zentrum-West district and can be reached via Martin-Luther-Ring and Karl-tauchnitz-Straße. Parking is available in the surrounding side streets.

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Leipzig Tourism and Marketing GmbH
Augustusplatz 9
04109 Leipzig

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Franz Schubert Stele, Clara Zetkin Park
Anton-Bruckner-Allee, Clara-Zetkin-Park
04229 Leipzig