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AREA:
300 qkm
POPULATION:
500.000
TOWN'S LANDMARK:
Monument of the Battle of Nations..the symbol of the city and with an overall height of 91 metres one of Leipzigs highest buildings too
Number of network hostels:
2
HIGHLIGHTS:
Main Railway Station... one of the largest in Europe, Maedler Passage and Auerbachskeller...famous through Goethes Faust; St. Nikolai Church... the starting point for the peaceful political upheavals of Autumn 1989, medieval city center
TYPICAL DISH:
Leipziger Allerlei
BIGGEST PARTY:
Wave-Gotik-Treffen world's largest festival for dark culture held 5 days each spring, tens of thousands of gothic, industrial, darkwave, ebm, darkfolk fans from around the world collect to see performances from hundreds of bands, dozens of movies and literary events, all-night dance parties, and many other things.
MOST RIDICULOUS SOUVENIR:
maybe not the most ridiculous ones but unique souvenirs: the Olympia in Leipzig 2012 collection. Leipzig bid for it, but failed.
SUGGESTED DAYTRIP:
Woerlitz Park
The Woerlitz Park, which has been kept in its original state for a great part up to this day, crowns the Dessau-Woerlitz Garden Kingdom, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in November 2000. The whole Garden Kingdom is situated in the midst of the Biosphere Reserve of the Middle Elbe River in the close vicinity of the Bauhaus city of Dessau.