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We Are the People’: Leipzig and the Peaceful Revolution

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When the first people gathered after the peace prayers in St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig as early as 1982, nobody could…

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Leipzig is ...

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... a major commercial centre! In 1497 Leipzig was granted the imperial trade fair privileges by Emperor Maximilian.…

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Top 10 Things to Do in Leipzig

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Leipzig can look back on an eventful history. Around 1165, Leipzig was granted city rights and market privileges and…

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Colditz – Colditz Castle and Escape Museum

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The Colditz Story: ‘His heart would sink a little deeper’ and he ‘had to commend his soul to Almighty God’ – this is how…

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Leipzig’s great coffee tradition

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Coffee and Leipzig are inseparable. It was in the Saxon metropolis were the first palm court musicians of Germany…

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