Leipzig

Leipzig is the largest city in the federal state of , with a population of approximately 630,000. 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.
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  • Type: City with 629,000 residents
  • Description: largest city in Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: “Laipzisch”, “Leipsick”, “Leipzsch”, “Lipsiae”, “Липск”, “ליפסיא”, “ליפסיה”, “لايپتسيگ”, and “லேப்ஜிக்”
  • Postal codes: 04135 and 04303

Places of Interest

Highlights: Red Bull Arena and St. Thomas Church.

Stadium
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is a football stadium located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, in the Zentrum-Nordwest locality. It is the largest football stadium in Eastern Germany, and has also hosted music concerts as well as football.

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The is a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany, located at the western part of the inner city ring road in Leipzig's central district. Martin Luther preached in the church in 1539.

University
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The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig is a public university in Leipzig, , Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik, it is the oldest university school of music in Germany.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leutzsch and Leipzig-Schönefeld.

Suburb
is a western locality of Leipzig in , . It is part of the borough Alt-West. It is characterized by residential areas from the Wilhelminian period, an Art Nouveau villa colony and mostly disused industrial plants.

Neighborhood
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Schönefeld is a locality in the Northeast borough of Leipzig. Concerning administrative matters Schönefeld-Ost is a separate locality of Leipzig, while the rest of Schönefeld, together with Abtnaundorf forms a locality called Schönefeld-Abtnaundorf.

Suburb
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is a western locality of Leipzig in , . It is part of the borough Südwest. The former village in , located 3 km west of Leipzig's city center, was granted the status of a rural municipality in 1839 and was attached to the city of Leipzig in 1891.

Leipzig

Latitude
51.3406° or 51° 20′ 26″ north
Longitude
12.3747° or 12° 22′ 29″ east
Population
629,000
Elevation
116 metres (381 feet)
IATA airport code
LEJ
UN/LOCODE
DE LEJ
Open location code
9F3J89RF+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21687149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2879139
Wiki­data ID
Q2079
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Leipzig” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leipzig”
  • Albanian: “Lajpcigu”
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  • Amharic: “ላይፕጽግ”
  • Arabic: “لايبزيغ”
  • Aragonese: “Leipzig”
  • Armenian: “Լայպցիգ”
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  • Bengali: “লাইপ্‌ৎসিশ”
  • Bosnian: “Leipzig”
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  • Bulgarian: “Лайпциг”
  • Burmese: “လိုက်ပဆစ်မြို့”
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  • Cebuano: “Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig”
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  • Central Kurdish: “لایپزیگ”
  • Chechen: “Лейпциг”
  • Chinese: “莱比锡”
  • Chinese: “萊比錫”
  • Chuvash: “Лейпциг”
  • Corsican: “Lipsia”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Leyptsig”
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  • Czech: “Lipsko”
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  • Greek: “Λειψία”
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  • Kazakh: “Лейпциг”
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  • Korean: “라이프찌히”
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  • Latin: “Lipsia”
  • Latvian: “Leipciga”
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  • Literary Chinese: “萊比錫”
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  • Lombard: “Lipsia”
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  • Marathi: “लाइपझिश”
  • Mazanderani: “لایپتسیش”
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  • Neapolitan: “Lipsia”
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  • Romanian: “Lipsca”
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  • Russian: “Лейпциг”
  • Rusyn: “Ліпско”
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  • Serbian: “Lajpcig”
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  • Sicilian: “Lipsia”
  • Silesian: “Lajpcik”
  • Sindhi: “ليپزگ”
  • Sinhala: “ලේයිප්සිග්”
  • Slovak: “Lipsko”
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  • South Azerbaijani: “لایپزیق”
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  • Tajik: “Лейпзиг”
  • Tamil: “லைப்சிக்”
  • Tatar: “Лейпциг”
  • Telugu: “లేఇప్జిగ్”
  • Thai: “ไลป์ซิก”
  • Thai: “ไลพ์ซิก”
  • Thai: “ไลพ์ซิช”
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  • Uighur: “Léypzig”
  • Ukrainian: “Лайпциґ”
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  • Upper Sorbian: “Lipsk”
  • Urdu: “لائپزش”
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  • Western Armenian: “Լայփցիկ”
  • Western Frisian: “Leipzig”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیپزش”
  • Wolof: “Leipzig”
  • Wu Chinese: “莱比锡”
  • Yiddish: “לייפציג”
  • Yue Chinese: “萊比錫”
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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Zentrum and Seeburgviertel.

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