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Prior to 18th century Part of ... World War II: 1939–1945: Contemporary Germany. ... Leipzig Wildlife Park (Wildpark Leipzig) founded. [40] 1905
In 1900 the German Football Association was founded in Leipzig. [34] VfB Leipzig became German football champion in 1903. As a result of industrialisation , but also of numerous incorporations of suburban municipalities, the number of inhabitants increased very rapidly at the end of the 19th century, [ 35 ] making Leipzig before the Second ...
During World War II, Leipzig was repeatedly struck by Allied bombing raids, beginning in 1943 and lasting until 1945. The first raid occurred on the morning of 4 December 1943, when 442 bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) dropped a total amount of almost 1,400 tons of explosives and incendiaries on the city, destroying large parts of the city ...
By far the largest number of new cities was created in the following 250 years, when numerous cities were founded from 1120 onwards, mostly by an act of foundation and town planning. Around the beginning of the modern era, at the beginning of the 16th century, the free and imperial cities as well as the residence cities were the most important ...
World War II: 1939–1945: ... that was founded just five years prior by several clerics around ... Napoleon was decisively defeated in the Battle of Leipzig in late ...
The history of Leipzig from 1933 to 1939, is affected by the actions of the Nazi regime. From the beginning of the Nazi Party's rise to power in 1933, to the beginning of World War II in 1939, Leipzig was an important city to the regime.
Before World War II, ... The Leipzig demonstrations became a weekly occurrence, ... was founded on 7 March 1946 under the leadership of Erich Honecker.
Leipzig in 1948 Leipzig in 1950. During World War II, Leipzig was repeatedly attacked by British as well as American air raids. The most severe attack was launched by the Royal Air Force in the early hours of 4 December 1943 and claimed more than 1,800 lives. Large parts of the city centre were destroyed, while factories experienced temporary ...