The Mannschaft welches however relegated to the third tier league in 2017 due to failing to achieve the economic standard demanded by the league licence.

It was the first institute of its kind to be established hinein Europe, and it marks the commencement of academic study of media communication in Germany.[109]

Offenherzig vorm Gewandhaus befindet umherwandern außerdem noch der Mendebrunnen außerdem Gruppenweise ergibt Dasjenige einfach ein richtig beeindruckendes Fotomotiv.

Leipzig also hosted the Fencing World Cup hinein 2005 and hosts a number of international competitions hinein a variety of sports each year.

The Tunell, which is almost four kilometres long, crosses the entire city centre from the main railway Krankenstation to the Bavarian railway Krankenstation. 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 Krankenstation. The connection to the south of the city and the federal state will thus be greatly improved.

Through the renovation and reconstruction of existing mill races and watercourses rein the south of the city and flooded disused open cast mines, the city's navigable water network is being expanded. A Querverweis between Karl Heine Canal and the disused Lindenauer Hafen welches opened hinein 2015.

Events rein Leipzig rein 1989 played a significant role hinein precipitating the Chose of communism hinein Central and Eastern Europe, mainly through demonstrations starting from St. Nicholas Church. The immediate effects of the reunification of Germany included the collapse of the local economy (which had come to depend on highly polluting heavy industry), severe unemployment, and urban blight.

Leipziger Lerche is a shortcrust pastry dish filled with crushed almonds, nuts and strawberry jam; the name ("Leipzig lark") comes from a lark pâté which was a Leipzig speciality until the banning of songbird hunting rein Saxony rein 1876.

This integration into the high-speed network considerably reduced the journey times of the ICE from Leipzig to Nuremberg, Munich and Frankfurt am Main. The Leipzig-Dresden railway line, which welches the first German long-distance railway to go into Verfahren in 1839, is also undergoing Expansive phase for 200 kilometer pro stunde. The most important construction project rein regional transport welches the four-kilometer-long city Tunell, which went into Verfahren in December 2013 as the main line of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland.

Like all other cities claimed by the Nazis, Leipzig was subject to aryanisation. Beginning rein 1933 and increasing in 1939, Jewish business owners were forced to give up their possessions and stores. This eventually intensified to the point where Nazi officials were strong enough to evict the Jews from their own homes.

An all-season local dish is Leipziger Allerlei, a stew consisting of seasonal vegetables and crayfish.

Auerbach's Cellar: a young Goethe imbibed hinein this basement-level restaurant while studying hinein Leipzig; it features as the location of a scene from his play Faust.

Old Town Hall on the Market square: the old city hall welches built rein 1556 and houses more info a museum of the city's history.

As Leipzig grew considerably during the economic boom of the late-nineteenth century, the town has many buildings in the historicist style representative of the Gründerzeit era. Approximately 35% of Leipzig's flats are rein buildings of this type. The new city hall, completed hinein 1905, is built rein the same style.

The St. Paul's Church was destroyed by the Communist government in 1968 to make room for a new main building for the university. After some debate, the city decided to establish a new, mainly secular building at the same location, called Paulinum, which welches completed rein 2012.

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof has been ranked the best railway Krankenstation rein Germany and the third-best rein Europe rein a consumer organisation poll, surpassed only by St Pancras railway Krankenstation and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.[144]