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GPS Coordinates

1 -- Old City Hall, Leipzig, Germany
Decimal Lat: 51.33992 / Lon: 12.375052
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2 -- Mädler Passage, Leipzig, Germany
Decimal Lat: 51.339357 / Lon: 12.374608
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3 -- Museum / Cafe Zum Arabischen Coffee Baum, Leipzig, Germany
Decimal Lat: 51.341027 / Lon: 12.372891
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4 -- Hauptbahnhof (Central Station), Leipzig, Germany
Decimal Lat: 51.344329 / Lon: 12.380792
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5 -- St. Thomas's Church and Bach Monument, Leipzig, Germany
Decimal Lat: 51.339029 / Lon: 12.372837
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6 -- St. Nicholas’s Church, Leipzig, Germany
Decimal Lat: 51.340549 / Lon: 12.378645
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7 -- BMW plant tour, Leipzig
Decimal Lat: 51.4113865 / Lon: 12.4371315
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'Must-See', top attractions

Visitors to Leipzig will discover many of the sights just by taking a stroll through the pedestrian-friendly city centre.

The Mädler Passage, for centuries the city’s most exclusive arcade, is home to the famous Auerbachs Keller.
Serving wine since 1525, this tavern was immortalised in Faust by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, the father of German literature.

The café-cum-restaurant Zum Arabischen Coffee Baum (Kleine Fleischergasse 4) is one of Europe’s oldest coffee houses and used to number Robert Schumann among its regulars. Nowadays the museum there contains an exhibition on the history of coffee – the Saxons’ ‘national drink’.

The Old City Hall, one of the finest Renaissance buildings in Germany, can be admired on the Market Square and houses the Museum of City History. To the rear is the Old Stock Exchange fronted by a statue of Goethe. Goethe studied in Leipzig, affectionately referring to the city as Little Paris: “You’re right! Leipzig’s the place for me! ’Tis quite a little Paris; people there/ Acquire a certain easy finish’d air.”

St. Nicholas’s Church (Nikolaikirchhof 3, 04109 Leipzig), the oldest and biggest church in Leipzig, rose to fame in 1989 as the cradle of the Peaceful Revolution.

Services for peace were (and still are) held here every Monday – and the following demonstrations at the end of the 1980s finally toppled the East German government, paving the way for German reunification.

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Leipzig - Auerbachs Keller

Leipzig’s most famous restaurant has been welcoming visitors since 1530. Featured in Goethe’s most famous work Faust, diners can enjoy a unique atmosphere. In addition to the menu’s culinary delights, guests are fascinated by the sense of history which comes to life in the basement restaurant. ...
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Leipzig - Central Station

Leipzig Central Station was built in 1915 by architects William Lossow and Hans-Max Kühne as the largest railway terminus in Europe. Its cathedral-like structure of stone and steel impressively embodies the bourgeoisie’s sense of identity of the time. ...
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Leipzig - Old City Hall

The Old City Hall is one of Leipzig’s most famous landmarks. It has a colourful history, once being the seat of the feudal highest court of appeal and also a prison. The market square in front of the Old City Hall was used in centuries past as a place of execution, so condemned prisoners never had far to go to the scaffold. ...
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Leipzig - St. Thomas's Church and Bach Monument

Especially two names are connected with St. Thomas’s Church in Leipzig. Johann Sebastian Bach worked here for 27 years as cantor of St. Thomas’s Church and Martin Luther preached in the Church at Whitsun in 1539 on the occasion of the introduction of reformation. ...
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BMW plant tour

BMW has a production plant in Leipzig. Finished in 2002, this innovative design connects the different work areas of the factory.
The central building is designed as a dynamic nerve center, connecting and incorporating the whole factory, combining the function of the factory with futuristic aspects of modern work organization.
Tourists can discover the great design of the BMW factory and take a fascinating look into modern car production with guided tours throughout the week.
BMW Plant Leipzig – Visitor Service Team, BMW Allee 1, 04350 Leipzig; Phone: 0341-445-0. See also our map and the following link to the Leipzig top attractions' websites.

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