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Leipzig Alte Handelsbörse – Leipzig’s Old Stock Exchange

January 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Alte Handelsbörse © Travel Signposts

Leipzig Alte Handelsbörse Was The Old Trading Exchange for the City's Merchants: Just behind the Leipzig Altes Rathaus (Old City Hall) at Naschmarkt 4 is one of my favourite Leipzig buildings, the Leipzig Alte Handelsbörse or Old Stock Exchange. By comparison to other Leipzig buildings, the Alte Handelsbörse is small in proportion and its symmetrical front portal with the twin staircase gives it a rather 'cute' look. Designed by Johann Georg Starcke and completed in 1687, the Alte … [Read more...]

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Discovering Leipzig On A Leipzig Music Trail

January 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Bach's Tomb © Travel Signposts

Discover Leipzig, The City of Music, On a Leipzig Music Trail: Leipzig is a city which is associated with many famous composers of the 18th to the 20th century.  Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Leipzig from 1723 to 1750, Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig in 1813 and Leipzig was the most important and influential period of Felix Mendelssohn's creative life. Other eminent composers with strong Leipzig connections included Gustav Mahler, Hanns Eisler, Edvard Grieg, Robert and Clara … [Read more...]

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