Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Leipzig, Germany

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 7 km
Ascend 76 m
Descend 70 m

Experience Leipzig in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in LeipzigIndividual Sights in Leipzig

Sight 1: Landgericht Leipzig

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The Regional Court of Leipzig is a court of ordinary jurisdiction of the federal state of Saxony.

Wikipedia: Landgericht Leipzig (DE)

683 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig - Bibliotheca Albertina

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Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig - Bibliotheca Albertina

Leipzig University Library, known also as Bibliotheca Albertina, is the central library of the University of Leipzig. It is one of the oldest German university libraries.

Wikipedia: Leipzig University Library (EN), Website

327 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Neubau

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The Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (GfZK) is an exhibition center for contemporary art and a museum for art post 1945 in Leipzig, Germany, in a beautiful location opposite Johannapark.

Wikipedia: Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (EN), Website

157 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst

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The Herfurthsche Villa at Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße 11 in Leipzig is a three-storey villa.

Wikipedia: Herfurthsche Villa (Leipzig) (DE), Website

338 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Lutherkirche

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The Luther Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church at Johannapark in Leipzig's Bachviertel. It is part of the Forum Thomanum educational campus.

Wikipedia: Lutherkirche (Leipzig) (DE), Website, Url

785 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: ACQUA Klinik

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The Villa Baedeker is a listed city villa from the 1870s at Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße 64 in Leipzig's Bachviertel, which was owned by the Baedeker publishing family for around seventy years. Today it is the seat of a private clinic for special surgery.

Wikipedia: Villa Baedeker (DE), Website

126 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Zur Julburg

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Zur JulburgTino Strauss, derivative work Lämpel / CC BY-SA 3.0

The listed Villa Zur Julburg in the Bachviertel in Leipzig is considered one of the most beautiful buildings of historicism and was the residence of the architect Oskar Mothes.

Wikipedia: Julburg (DE)

184 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Villa Meyer II

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Villa Meyer is the abbreviated term for two representative residential buildings in the immediate vicinity, built 12 years apart, for the publisher bookseller Herrmann Julius Meyer (1826–1909), son of the founder of the Bibliographic Institute, in Leipzig's Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße:Villa Hermann Julius Meyer I – Plagwitzer Straße 44, built in 1873 according to plans by Gustav Müller (1827–1904) Villa Hermann Julius Meyer II – Plagwitzer Straße 45, built in 1885/86 according to plans by Max Pommer (1847–1915)

Wikipedia: Villa Meyer (DE)

757 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Könneritzbrücke

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The Könneritz Bridge spans the White Elster in Leipzig and connects the districts of Plagwitz and Schleußig. Könneritzstraße begins at its southeastern end, followed by Ernst-Mey-Straße at the northwestern end. The bridge is named after the former Leipzig district governor and Saxon finance minister Leonce von Könneritz.

Wikipedia: Könneritzbrücke (DE)

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Museum für Druckkunst

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Museum für Druckkunst Wolfgang Stief / CC BY 2.0

The Museum of Printing Arts Leipzig in the traditional book and publishing city is a museum that documents older printing techniques. It is located in Nonnenstraße in the Leipzig district of Plagwitz.

Wikipedia: Museum für Druckkunst (DE), Website

386 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Riverboat

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Riverboat is a talk show on the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and a building in Leipzig, Germany, from which the show was previously broadcast.

Wikipedia: Riverboat (DE), Website

643 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Kindermuseum

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The Unikatum Children's Museum Leipzig is a cultural institution with changing annual exhibitions on social issues in Leipzig. The interactive exhibitions for "Participation and Discovery" are aimed primarily at pupils and families.

Wikipedia: Unikatum Kindermuseum Leipzig (DE), Website

453 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Lindenfels Westflügel

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Lindenfels Westflügel tom grigul / CC BY-SA 3.0

The west wing Leipzig is an international production center for figure theater in Leipziger Hähnelstraße 27. The Lindenfels Westflügel e. V. is the owner of the building and sponsoring association of the theater. In addition to maintaining and renovating the property, the aim of the initiative is to implement an internationally oriented event location in the west wing. Since 2003, theater performances, concerts, exhibitions and performances have been held in the building once built as a ball house. The focus is on international figure theater. The house acts as a venue and production center, offers workshops and also works on the encounter of theory and practice. Since 2012 there has been the culture Froelich & Herrlich on the ground floor, which is open every Friday and at events. It is based on the oven tube manufacturer, who in the meantime used the building to store oven pipes. The revenue of the bar will benefit the west wing's work, they are operated by volunteers. Friendly artists offer cultural programs.

Wikipedia: Westflügel Leipzig (DE), Facebook

1102 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 14: Pfarrkirche Liebfrauen

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The Church of Our Lady in Leipzig-Lindenau is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Philipp Neri in the deanery of Leipzig. It is located on the southern border of Lindenau at Karl-Heine-Straße 112 near the Leipzig-Plagwitz train station. The building, built in neo-Romanesque style, is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Liebfrauenkirche (Leipzig) (DE)

868 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 15: Fritz Schulz jun. AG Chemische Fabriken; Globuswerke

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Fritz Schulz jun. AG Chemische Fabriken und Kieselkreidebergwerke, Blechemballagen- und Kartonagenfabriken was a manufacturer of cleaning, care and pesticide products and packaging in Leipzig; it was founded in 1878 as oHG Fritz Schulz jun., Leipzig.

Wikipedia: Fritz Schulz jun. AG (DE)

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