Things to Do in Leipzig

Leipzig's St. Thomas Church (Thomaskirche) is where Johann Sebastian Bach worked as cantor for 27 years and premiered many of his most famous compositions.

The city was a major hub of the peaceful pro-democracy protests that helped end East German communist rule in 1989, known as the Monday Demonstrations.

Leipzig's annual book fair, the Leipziger Buchmesse, is one of the world's oldest and largest trade fairs, held every March since 1594.

The city sits at the confluence of three rivers—the Pleisse, Parthe, and Elster—which historically made it a crucial medieval trade route and market town.

Wagner, Mendelssohn, and Schumann all composed or premiered major works in Leipzig, earning it the nickname 'City of Music'.

The Battle of Leipzig (1813), also called the Battle of Nations, was one of the largest battles of the Napoleonic Wars and marked the beginning of Napoleon's downfall.