With the offer "Open to all", the Church of St. Nicholas offered sanctuary to many people in the critical weeks of the autumn of 1989. Today, the copy of a classical column from the church on the St. Nicholas’s Square is in memory of that period. At the foot of the column replica, a bronze plaque by the sculptor Markus Glaeser is also a reminder of this "Voting with the Feet".
The origin of the Church of St. Nicholas goes back to the 12th century. Having been reshaped and redesigned several times, it was given its classical appearance at the end of the 18th century. Both the interior and the famous Ladegast organ were thoroughly overhauled in 2004.
Please listen to Nikolaikantor Juergen Wolf on the DVD, playing the Brandenburgisches Konzert from Bach on the organ.
Church of St. Thomas
(Thomaskirche)
Thomaskirchhof, 04109 Leipzig 15. Jahrhundert Redisign i. a. 1570 by Hieronymus Lotter, 1880-1889 gothical redesign by Constantin Lipsius
In 2012, the Church of St. Thomas will look back over an 800-year history as will the St. Thomas’s Boys Choir, being the oldest cultural institution in Leipzig.
Also the Church of St. Thomas did not escape regular adaptation to the respective spirits of the times, and the church’s configuration today is that of a late-Gothic hall church with a splendid net-rib-vaulted ceiling. The former baroque furnishings, extant at the time of Johann Sebastian Bach, were removed by Constantin Lipsius during renovation work at the end of the 19th century. Since 1950, the grave of the famous Cantor of St. Thomas is in the chancel.
Particularly popular and always well-attended are the weekly motets by the St. Thomas’s Boys Choir under the leadership of the current Cantor of St. Thomas, Georg Christoph Biller, who you will meet on our DVD.
Of particular importance from the 20th century architectural point of view is the small Church of St. Bonifatius in Connewitz built by Theo Burlage, who, in 1929-30, designed it using the geometric elements of a cylinder and a cube. The golden, flat dome contrasts with the dark-blue plastered walls and the red of the brickwork.
Monument to the Battle of the Nations
Prager Straße, 04299 Leipzig 1898 - 1913
A.: Bruno Schmitz
The Monument to the Battle of the Nations is a special type of cultural monument. This, the biggest monument in Europe commemorates the crushing battle between the allied troops against Napoleon in October 1813.
From the vantage platform at a height of 91 metres, the visitor has a beautiful panoramic view of Leipzig and environments. Masks of destiny maintain a death-watch in the "crypt", and in the "hall of fame" imposing figures represent the peoples virtues of bravery, self-confidence, national strength and willingness to make sacrifices.
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reflect to the book „LEIPZIG Architektur von der Romanik bis zur Gegenwart“
