Leipzig
| General information: |
Germany Saxony Population: 628 718 |
| Address : |
Martin-Luther-Ring 4-6 D-04109 Leipzig Germany Show map +49 3411232067 |
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| Mayor: | Burkhard Jung (Oberbürgermeister) |
| Agreements of Cooperation: | Cooperation agreement between the Presidium of the National Council of the City of Krakow and the Municipal Council of the City of Leipzig of 8 September 1973. Cooperation agreement between Krakow and the District Council in Leipzig of 21 September 1976. Cooperation agreement between the Leipzig District Council and the Mayor of the City of Krakow of 19 March 1981. Common declaration of the City of Krakow and the City of Leipzig of shaping partner relationships between Leipzig and Krakow dated 24 October 1995. |
Leipzig is the largest city in Saxony and the second largest - after Berlin - in eastern Germany. In the 10th century Leipzig was still a small Slavic settlement. Its dynamic development began in the 12th century together with the location of a German trade settlement there and endowment of city with market privileges (1165). Trading traditions are cultivated with great care in this city which at present is an important cultural and educational centre and transportation hub (with one of the largest railway stations in Europe). Leipzig is the seat of a modern exhibition and congress hall. Since the 15th century The Leipzig Trade Fair is regularly organized, and since 1594 the Leipzig Book Fair is held there. The Leipzig University, founded in 1409, was one of the first in Germany. Moreover, the lives of many leading representatives of world culture and arts are connected with Leipzig, including J. W. Goethe, J. S. Bach, F. Mendelssohn or R. Wagner. Leipzig is famous worldwide for its Gewandhaus Orchestra.
