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Leipzig is also Germany's fastest growing city. [62] Leipzig was the German candidate for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but was unsuccessful. After ten years of construction, the Leipzig City Tunnel opened on 14 December 2013. [63]
In 2024, Leipzig was the only East German city with a UEFA-compatible stadium to be the host city of the UEFA Euro 2024 with four matches. With RB Leipzig , Leipzig has been represented in the Bundesliga since the 2016/17 season and in some years also in the UEFA Champions League [ 51 ] and the UEFA Europa League .
Leipzig City Tunnel opened. Leipzig is the most livable German city. [85] 2014 - Population: 551,871. [86] Leipzig Book Fair 2024. 2015 12 January: Demonstration of the Leipzig branch of Pegida and counterdemonstration with much more participants. [87] [88] Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway opened. 2017
The outer city gates [2] first became necessary when the city expanded beyond its walls, and lost their purpose in the second half of the 19th century when these too were overwhelmed by the city's growth. [11] They were not as elaborately designed as the inner city gates and mostly consisted only of guardhouses and gates with simple wings or ...
In the 13th century, the city of Leipzig extended only to the north beyond today's subdivision Zentrum and was limited to 42 hectares (100 acres) by the mighty city walls. [8] Today's Mitte borough, on the other hand, also includes the suburbs , which essentially only developed after the gradual removal of the walls and ditches after the Seven ...
Leipzig's tallest skyscrapers: from left to right – The Westin Leipzig (96 m), Löhrs Carré (65 m), Wintergartenhochhaus (96 m) and City-Hochhaus (142.5 m) Augustusplatz in Leipzig (Germany): from left to right – Gewandhaus (Concert hall), City-Hochhaus, Augusteum & Paulinum (University), Kroch-Hochhaus, Opera Monument to the Battle of the Nations (91 m), tallest monument in Europe
City seal of Leipzig (13th century). Inscription: “Sigillum Burgensium de Lipzk” Leipzig was founded on the site of the later churchyard of St. Matthew as “urbs LIPSK” [1] (Lipa, Linde, Tilia) around 929.
At Leipzig, 127,000 Russian troops fought alongside 89,000 Austrians, 72,000 Prussians, and 18,000 Swedes. [1]: 160-161 Including Napoleon's side, about 600,000 soldiers from twenty countries fought. [6] Napoleon reached Leipzig on October 14. [4]: 470 Blücher and Schwarzenberg were near Leipzig on the night of October 15.