Within 15 years, the city climbed 230 places and occupied in 2019 rank 104 of all 401 German regions. Wir haben alle Vereine tabellarisch aufgeführt und nach der Mitgliederanzahl sortiert! Leipzig Rugby Club competes in the German Rugby Bundesliga but finished at the bottom of their group in 2013.[98]. According to The Economist, HHL is one of the best schools in the world, ranked at number six overall.[101][102]. Leipzig was first documented in 1015 in the chronicles of Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg as urbs Libzi (Chronikon VII, 25) and endowed with city and market privileges in 1165 by Otto the Rich. The club was eventually reorganized as football club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig has had a glorious past in international competition as well, having been champions of the 1965–66 Intertoto Cup, semi-finalists in the 1973–74 UEFA Cup, and runners-up in the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup. From 1950 to 1990 Leipzig was host of the Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur (DHfK, German College of Physical Culture), the national sports college of the GDR. Daily production surpassed 5 million kilograms of yarn.[35]. The newly founded RB Leipzig declared the intention to come up through the ranks of German football and to bring Bundesliga football back to the region. Leipzig is the core of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland line network. [11] After the Second World War and during the period of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) Leipzig remained a major urban centre in East Germany, but its cultural and economic importance declined. The Leipzig rivers (White Elster, New Luppe, Pleiße, and Parthe) in the city have largely artificial river beds and are supplemented by some channels. It is also the home base of the freight airlines Aerologic and European Air Transport Leipzig. Wolfgang Tiefensee, also of the SPD, served from 1998 until his resignation in 2005 to become federal Minister of Transport. Leipzig also benefits from world leading medical research (Leipzig Heart Centre) and a growing biotechnology industry. [18] Leipzig is currently listed as a "Sufficiency" level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network,[19] Germany's "Boomtown"[20] and was the 2019 European City of the Year.[21][22]. Finding and booking is done via a smartphone app. [26], Since 1989 Leipzig has been informally dubbed "Hero City" (Heldenstadt), in recognition of the role that the Monday demonstrations there played in the fall of the East German regime – the name alludes to the honorary title awarded in the former Soviet Union to certain cities that played a key role in the victory of the Allies during the Second World War. Wildpark in Connewitz, showing 25 species. Arbeiterwohlfahrt Kreisverband Annaberg/Mittleres Erzgebirge e.V. Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk Landesverband Sachsen e. V. Diakonisches Werk - Stadtmission Plauen e.V. The outbreak of the Second World War stopped most of the work, though some may have continued through the use of forced labor. [61], In the years following German reunification, many people of working age took the opportunity to move to the states of the former West Germany to seek employment opportunities. As of 2012[update], only 5.6% of the population were foreigners, compared to the German national average of 7.7%. Before the Second World War, Leipzig had developed a mixture of industry, creative business (notably publishing), and services (including legal services). [37], Like all other cities claimed by the Nazis, Leipzig was subject to aryanisation. Other former staff of faculty include mineralogist Georg Agricola, writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, philosopher Ernst Bloch, eccentric founder of psychophysics Gustav Theodor Fechner, and psychologist Wilhelm Wundt. The connection to the south of the city and the federal state will thus be greatly improved. The Russian Church of Leipzig is the Russian Orthodox church of Leipzig. Kursana Social Care GmbH, Kursana Domizil Schneeberg, Künstlerische Holzgestaltung Bergmann GmbH, LISt Gesellschaft für Verkehrswesen und ingenieurtechnische Dienstleistungen mbH, LKS-Landwirtschaftliche Kommunikations- und Servicegesellschaft mbH, Landestalsperrenverwaltung des Freistaates Sachsen, Löffler Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH, Markt 4, 01768 Glashütte, MSG Management- und Servicegesellschaft für soziale Einrichtungen mbH, MVZ für Diagnostik und Therapie RadCom GmbH, Merkel Bernhardt Wirtschaftstreuhand Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH, Mieruch und Hofmann GmbH Werkzeug-und Sondermaschinenbau, Mitteldeutsche Netzgesellschaft Strom mbH, Moritz Fürst GmbH & Co. KG NL Sachsen/Thüringen, NORMA Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb Stiftung & Co. KG. 19, AWO Soziale Dienste Vogtland gemeinnützige GmbH, AZURIT Seniorenzentrum Palais Balzac, Leipzig. On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays the tram line N10 and the bus line N60 also operate. Winters are cool to cold, with an average of around 1 °C (34 °F). Mayhem's notorious album Live in Leipzig was also recorded at the Eiskeller club. There are records of commercial fishing operations on the river Pleiße that, most likely, refer to Leipzig dating back to 1305, when the Margrave Dietrich the Younger granted the fishing rights to the church and convent of St Thomas.[33]. The University of Leipzig attracts millions of euros of investment yearly and celebrated its 600th birthday in 2009. Within only six years, 90% of jobs in industry had vanished. [13], In October 1989, after prayers for peace at St. Nicholas Church, established in 1983 as part of the peace movement, the Monday demonstrations started as the most prominent mass protest against the East German government. [40] As World War II came to an end, much of Leipzig was destroyed. They play in the Arena Leipzig which has a capacity of 6,327 spectators in HBL games but can take up to 7,532 spectators for handball in maximum capacity. Leipzig has a dense network of carsharing stations. Bundesliga in 2014–15 season. Neuseenland is an area south of Leipzig where old open-cast mines are being converted into a huge lake district. [83] A broad range of subjects are taught, including artistic and teacher training in all orchestral instruments, voice, interpretation, coaching, piano chamber music, orchestral conducting, choir conducting and musical composition in various musical styles. Still more work was scheduled to complete the Elster-Saale canal. Founded at the crossing of Via Regia and Via Imperii, Leipzig has been a major interchange of inter-European traffic and commerce since medieval times. Leipzig was once one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing. AOK PLUS - Die Gesundheitskasse für Sachsen und Thüringen. Netzwerk für Kultur- und Jugendarbeit e. V. Obervogtländischer Verein für Innere Mission Marienstift e.V. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, established in 1743, is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world. Nachdem die Wirtschaftskraft von Italien drei Jahre in Folge stieg, folgte 2019 der erwartete Einbruch. Nobel Prize laureate Werner Heisenberg worked here as a physics professor (from 1927 to 1942), as did Nobel Prize laureates Gustav Ludwig Hertz (physics), Wilhelm Ostwald (chemistry) and Theodor Mommsen (Nobel Prize in literature). Finsterwalder Bau-Union GmbH. A part of Leipzig University is the German Institute for Literature which was founded in 1955 under the name "Johannes R. Becher-Institut". 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Following the end of World War II in 1945, Leipzig saw a slow return of Jews to the city.[37][45]. Germany's chancellor since 2006, Angela Merkel, studied physics at Leipzig University. For over 15 years "Tonelli's"[88] has been offering free weekly concerts every day of the week, though door charges may apply Saturdays. Many students attended Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy College of Music and Theatre (then named Landeskonservatorium.) [49][50][51] It is often called "The new Berlin". In the mid-20th century, the city's trade fair assumed renewed importance as a point of contact with the Comecon Eastern Europe economic bloc, of which East Germany was a member. The line to Berlin has been extended and has been passable at 200 km/h since 2006. FV Jugend-, Kultur- und Sozialzentrum Aue e. V. FfH-Fachplanung für Haustechnik Glauchau, Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS, Standort Dresden-Klotzsche (IKTS-MD), Fraunhofer-Institut für Mikrostruktur von Werkstoffen und Systemen IMWS, GESA Ingenieurgesellschaft für technische Gesamtplanung mbH, GGB Gesellschaft zur ganzheitlichen Bildung gemeinnützige GmbH Sachsen, GIL Ganzheitliche Ingenieurleistungen GmbH, GKN Driveline Deutschland GmbH, Werk Mosel, GUNTER HÜTTNER + Co. GmbH BAUUNTERNEHMUNG, Gemeinnützige Heimbetriebsgesellschaft mbH Kirchberg - Sozialtherapeutische Wohnstätten, Heimverbund Leipziger Land gemeinnützige GmbH: Kinder- und Jugendhaus HABITAT Borna, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, Hotel Elbresidenz an der Therme BAd Schandau. The city was the venue for the 2006 FIFA World Cup draw, and hosted four first-round matches and one match in the round of 16 in the central stadium. Mithilfe dieser Cookies können wir anhand von anonymisierten Informationen das Nutzerverhalten analysieren und die Qualität unsere Webseite kontinuierlich optimieren. The Egyptian Museum of the University of Leipzig comprises a collection of about 7,000 artefacts from several millennia. Agrargenossenschaft "MAVEK" eG Erlbach-Kirchberg, Agrargenossenschaft Naundorf-Niedergoseln eG, Albert & Michael Vogler GmbH Tank- & Rastanlagen Frankenwald & Waldnaabtal, Anerkannte Schulgesellschaft Sachsen mbH Niederlassung Pirna. AMITEC, trade fair for vehicle maintenance, care, servicing and repairs in Germany and Central Europe, OPER unplugged with Music Dance Theatre by. Erläuterungen zur Datenverarbeitung bei Nutzung des Kontaktformulars entnehmen Sie bitte unserer Datenschutzerklärung. [62] However, the number of children born in Leipzig has risen since the late 1990s. Leipzig also hosted the Fencing World Cup in 2005 and hosts a number of international competitions in a variety of sports each year. [124][125], Since 2018 it also has the second-best future prospects of all cities in Germany, only surpassed by Munich in 2018 and Berlin in 2019. In that month, these 2,000 Jews began to be deported. Both the Gewandhausorchester and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra make use of in the Gewandhaus concert hall. St. Michael's Church is one of the landmarks of Gohlis district. Other museums in Leipzig include the following: Inside Gondwanaland at Leipzig Zoological Garden, New Augusteum of the University of Leipzig, Propsteikirche in May 2015, New Town Hall in the background. Although there are some forest parks within the city limits, the area surrounding Leipzig is relatively unforested. [41], In 1933, a census recorded that over 11,000 Jews were living in Leipzig. zum Hauptinhalt (Navigation überspringen), Vermögensmanagement - Controlling / Finance, Vermögensmanagement - Immobilienwirtschaft, Vermögensmanagement - Steuerberatung / Wirtschaftsprüfung, Weitere Praxispartner finden Sie in unserer, studieren nach höchsten Qualitätsstandards, hochmoderner Campus mit Lehr- und Laborgebäuden, drei spezialisierte Studiengänge in Wirtschaft (mit drei Studienrichtungen) und Technik, keine Studiengebühren, finanzielle Unabhängigkeit durch Vergütung, 3-jähriges duales Studium mit mehrmonatigen Praxisphasen, Studium in Kleingruppen mit intensiver Betreuung.