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The monthly magazine Kreuzer specializes rein culture, festivities and the arts in Leipzig. Leipzig was also home to the world's first daily newspaper hinein modern times. The Einkommende Zeitungen were first published rein 1650.

The University of Leipzig attracts millions of euros of investment yearly and celebrated its 600th birthday rein 2009.

Leipzig is one of the few cities in Germany with vehicle for hire services that can be booked via a mobile app. Hinein contrast to taxicab services, the Keimzelle and destination must be defined beforehand and other passengers can Beryllium taken along at the same time if they share a route.

The Röhre, which is almost four kilometres long, crosses the entire city centre from the main railway station to the Bavarian railway station. The S-Bahn stations are up to 22 metres underground. This construction welches the first to create a continuous north–south axis, which had not existed until now due to the north-facing terminus station. The connection to the south of the city and the federal state will thus Beryllium greatly improved.

Some of the largest employers rein the area (outside of manufacturing) include software companies such as Spreadshirt and the various schools and universities rein and around the Leipzig/Händelstadt region.

Leipzig Zoological Garden is one of the most modern zoos hinein Europe, with approximately 850 different animal species. It houses the world's largest zoological facilities for primates (Pongoland). Gondwanaland is the world's largest indoor rainforest hall.

There are records of commercial fishing operations on the river Pleiße that, most likely, refer to Leipzig dating back to 1305, when the Margrave Dietrich the Younger granted the fishing rights to the church and convent of St Thomas.[35]

Leipzig is known for its independent music scene and subcultural events. Leipzig has for thirty years been home to the Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT), which is currently the world's largest Gothic festival, where thousands of fans of goth music gather in the early summer.

[51] This bombing was the largest up to that time. Due to the close proximity of many of the buildings hit, a firestorm occurred. This prompted firefighters to rush to the city; however, they were unable to control the fires. Unlike the firebombing of the neighbouring city of Dresden, this welches a largely conventional bombing with high explosives rather than incendiaries. The resultant pattern of loss was a patchwork, rather than wholesale loss of its centre, but welches nevertheless extensive.

The historic central area of Leipzig features a Renaissance-style ensemble of buildings from the sixteenth century, including the old city hall hinein the marketplace. There are also several baroque period trading houses and former residences of rich merchants.

Many commercial buildings were built rein the 1990s as a result of tax breaks after German reunification.

Gose is a locally brewed top-fermenting sour beer that originated rein the Goslar region and became popular in 18th-century Leipzig.

[8] It is the eighth-largest city hinein Germany and is parte of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted as a Slavic term meaning place of linden trees, rein line with many Leipzig other Slavic placenames in the region.[9]

There are a lot of things to Weiher rein Leipzig: historic buildings, tall towers, and sites that are steeped rein history. The following overview will give you some ideas about where to start exploring Leipzig.