Statue of J. S. Bach

The Statue of J. S. Bach is a monument to the composer and Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach, located near the south wall of in , Saxony, Germany.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: monument in Leipzig
  • Also known as: “New Bach monument”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Thomas Church and Leipzig Bach Museum.

Church
Photo: Zarafa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Lutheran church in , 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.

Museum
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The is a museum that deals with the life and work of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. It is part of the Bach Archive in the Bosehaus at the St. Thomas Church Square in , .

Public building
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is a public building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Musikviertel and Waldstraßenviertel.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in , . The is part of the locality Zentrum-Süd in the borough of Leipzig-Mitte.The name goes back to the first music institutions built in the neighbourhood, the second Gewandhaus and the new building of the .

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in the north west of borough Mitte in , . It is considered one of the largest complete areas of Gründerzeit buildings in Europe and is therefore considered of important cultural and heritage status.

Suburb
is a locality in the south borough of , . The is crossed from north to south by the Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse. Due to its proximity to the city centre, but also to larger green spaces, it is a popular residential area with old buildings of the Gründerzeit period.

Statue of J. S. Bach

Latitude
51.33912° or 51° 20′ 21″ north
Longitude
12.37262° or 12° 22′ 21″ east
Inception
1908
Open location code
9F3J89QF+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 266385406
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1980313
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Statue of J. S. Bach” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “New Bach monument in Leipzig”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Bach-monumento en Lepsiko”
  • French: “statue de Jean-Sébastien Bach”
  • French: “Statue de Jean-Sébastien Bach”
  • German: “Neues Bach-Denkmal in Leipzig”
  • German: “Neues Bach-Denkmal”
  • Greek: “νέο μνημείο Μπαχ στη Λειψία”
  • Italian: “Statua di Johann Sebastian Bach”
  • Russian: “Новый памятник Баху в Лейпциге”
  • Russian: “Новый памятник Баху”
  • Turkish: “New Bach monument”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Bach Anıtı”
  • Ukrainian: “Новий пам’ятник Баху”

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Highlights include Saxon Pharmacy Museum and Hiller-Denkmal.

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