Leipzig
Leipzig is the largest city in the German federal state of Saxony, with a population of approximately 600,000. It is the economic centre of the region, known as Germany's "Boomtown" and a major cultural centre, offering interesting sights, shopping and lively nightlife.
Photo: Reity007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Leipzig University
University
Leipzig University, in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university in Germany. Photo: L.E.rewi-sor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Red Bull Arena
Stadium
Red Bull Arena, is a football facility located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Photo: Philipp, CC BY 2.0.
Museum of Fine Arts
Museum
The Museum der bildenden Künste is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Photo: LutzBruno, CC BY 3.0.
Leipzig Opera
Theater
The Leipzig Opera is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz in Leipzig, Germany. Photo: Ichwarsnur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Localities in the Area
Leipzig
- Type: City
- Description: most populous city in the German state of Saxony
- Categories: big city, independent city of Germany, major regional center, urban municipality of Germany and urban district in Saxony
- Location: Leipzig Lowlands-Central Hills, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- Postal code: 04303
Latitude 51.3406° or 51° 20' 26.3" north | Longitude 12.3747° or 12° 22' 29" east |
Population 597,000 | IATA airport code LEJ |
United Nations Location Code DE LEJ | Elevation 116 metres (381 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 21687149 | GeoNames ID 2879139 |
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Leipzig
- Afrikaans: Leipzig
- Albanian: Lajpcigu
- Albanian: Leipzig
- Amharic: ላይፕጽግ
- Arabic: Leipzig
- Arabic: لايبزيغ
- Aragonese: Leipzig
- Armenian: Լայպցիգ
- Armenian: Լայփցիկ
- Arpitan: Leipzig
- Asturian: Leipzig
- Azerbaijani: Leypsiq
- Bashkir: Лейпциг
- Basque: Leipzig
- Bavarian: Leipzig
- Belarusian: Лейпцыг
- Belarusian: Ляйпцыг
- Bengali: লাইপ্ৎসিশ
- Bosnian: Leipzig
- Breton: Leipzig
- Bulgarian: Лайпциг
- Burmese: လိုက်ပဆစ်မြို့
- Catalan: Leipzig
- Cebuano: Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig
- Cebuano: Leipzig
- Chechen: Лейпциг
- Chinese: Leipzig
- Chinese: 椴树
- Chinese: 莱比锡
- Chinese: 萊比錫
- Chinese: 酸橙树
- Chinese: 酸橙树市
- Chuvash: Лейпциг
- Corsican: Lipsia
- Croatian: Leipzig
- Czech: Leipzig
- Czech: Lipsko
- Danish: Leipzig
- Dimli (individual language): Leipzig
- Dutch: Leipzig
- Egyptian Arabic: لايبتزج
- Esperanto: Leipzig
- Esperanto: Lepsiko
- Estonian: Leipzig
- Extremaduran: Leipzig
- Faroese: Leipzig
- Fijian: Leipzig
- Finnish: Leipzig
- French: Leipsick
- French: Leipzig
- Friulian: Leipzig
- Galician: Leipzig
- Georgian: ლაიფციგი
- German: Leipzig
- Greek: Λειψία
- Gujarati: લેઇપઝિગ
- Hakka Chinese: Leipzig
- Hausa: Leipzig
- Hausa: Lipekika
- Hawaiian: Lipekika
- Hebrew: לייפציג
- Hindi: लिपजिग
- Hungarian: Lipcse
- Icelandic: Leipzig
- Ido: Leipzig
- Indonesian: Leipzig
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Leipzig
- Interlingue: Leipzig
- Irish: Leipzig
- Italian: Lipsia
- Japanese: ライプツィヒ
- Javanese: Leipzig
- Kabyle: Leipzig
- Kannada: ಲೈಪ್ಜಿಗ್
- Kazakh: Лейпциг
- Kirghiz: Лейпциг
- Kongo: Leipzig
- Korean: 라이프치히
- Latin: Lipsia
- Latin: Lipsiae
- Latvian: Leipciga
- Ligurian: Leipzig
- Limburgan: Leipzig
- Lingua Franca Nova: Leipzig
- Literary Chinese: 萊比錫
- Lithuanian: Leipcigas
- Lombard: Lipsia
- Low German: Leipzig
- Lower Sorbian: Lipsk
- Luxembourgish: Leipzig
- Macedonian: Лајпциг
- Macedonian: Липск
- Malagasy: Leipzig
- Malay: Leipzig
- Malayalam: ലീപ്സിഗ്
- Marathi: लाइपझिश
- Min Nan Chinese: Leipzig
- Minangkabau: Leipzig
- Mongolian: Лайпциг
- N'Ko: ߟߋߌߔߑߖ߭ߌߜ߭
- Narom: Leipzig
- Neapolitan: Lipsia
- Nepali: लेइपजिग
- Northern Frisian: Leipzig
- Norwegian: Leipzig
- Norwegian Bokmål: Leipzig
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Leipzig
- Novial: Leipzig
- Occitan (post 1500): Leipzig
- Ossetian: Лейпциг
- Pampanga: Leipzig
- Panjabi: ਲਾਈਪਸਿਸ਼
- Papiamento: Leipzig
- Persian: لايپتسيگ
- Persian: لایپزیگ
- Picard: Leipzig
- Piemontese: Lipsia
- Polish: Lipsk
- Portuguese: Leipzig
- Portuguese: Lípsia
- Quechua: Leipzig
- Romanian: Leipzig
- Romanian: Lipsca
- Romansh: Leipzig
- Russian: Leipzig
- Russian: Лайпциг
- Russian: Лейпциг
- Russian: Липск
- Rusyn: Ліпско
- Sardinian: Lipsia
- Saterfriesisch: Leipzig
- Scots: Leipzig
- Scottish Gaelic: Leipzig
- Serbian: Leipzig
- Serbian: Лајпциг
- Serbo-Croatian: Leipzig
- Sicilian: Lipsia
- Silesian: Lajpcik
- Sindhi: ليپزگ
- Sinhala: ලේයිප්සිග්
- Slovak: Lipsko
- Slovenian: Leipzig
- South Azerbaijani: لایپزیق
- Spanish: Leipzig
- Swahili: Leipzig
- Swedish: Leipzig
- Swiss German: Laipzisch
- Swiss German: Leipzig
- Tajik: Лейпзиг
- Tamil: லேப்ஜிக்
- Tamil: லைப்சிக்
- Tatar: Лейпциг
- Telugu: లేఇప్జిగ్
- Thai: ไลป์ซิก
- Thai: ไลพ์ซิก
- Thai: ไลพ์ซิช
- Tosk Albanian: Leipzig
- Turkish: Leipzig
- Twi: Leipzig
- Uighur: Léypzig
- Ukrainian: Лейпциг
- Upper Sorbian: Lipsk
- Urdu: لائپزش
- Uzbek: Leipzig
- Venetian: Leipzig
- Veps: Läipcig
- Vietnamese: Leipzig
- Vlaams: Leipzig
- Volapük: Leipzig
- Walloon: Leipzig
- Waray (Philippines): Leipzig
- Welsh: Leipzig
- Western Armenian: Լայփցիկ
- Western Frisian: Leipzig
- Western Panjabi: لیپزش
- Wolof: Leipzig
- Wu Chinese: 莱比锡
- Yiddish: לייפציג
- Yue Chinese: 萊比錫
- Zulu: Leipzig
- लाइपत्सिग
Other Places Named Leipzig
- LeipzigSaxony, Germany
- Kreisfreie Stadt LeipzigSaxony, Germany
- LeipzigSaxony, Germany
- SerpneveTown, Ukraine
- LeyptsigVillage, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
- Leipzig-SchönefeldNeighborhood, Saxony, Germany
In the Area
Localities
- SeeburgviertelNeighborhood
- PfaffendorfNeighborhood
- MusikviertelNeighborhood
- center eastSuburb
- BachviertelNeighborhood
- WaldstraßenviertelNeighborhood
Landmarks
- Leipzig Markt stationRailway station
- Old City HallTown hall
- Old Stock ExchangeTourist attraction
- NaschmarktBus stop
- St. Thomas ChurchChurch
- St. Nicholas ChurchChurch
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