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Its architecture alludes to the look of the former church and it includes space for religious use by the faculty of theology, including the Urfassung altar from the old church and two newly built organs.

Branch campus of Lancaster University, it is the first public UK university with a campus rein Germany. Lancaster University Leipzig welches founded rein 2020 and currently has a allerlei international student body with more than 45 nationalities.

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof has been ranked the best railway station in Germany and the third-best rein Europe rein a consumer organisation poll, surpassed only by St Pancras railway Krankenstation and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.[144]

Some of the largest employers rein the area (outside of manufacturing) include software companies such as Spreadshirt and the various schools and universities hinein and around the Leipzig/Händelstadt region.

Leipzig Zoological Garden is one of the most modern zoos hinein Europe, with approximately 850 different animal species. It houses the world's largest zoological facilities for primates (Pongoland). Gondwanaland is the world's largest indoor rainforest hall.

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.[35]

Leipzig is known for its independent music scene and subcultural events. Leipzig has for thirty years been home to the Wave-Gotik-Zusammenfinden (WGT), which is currently the world's largest Gothic festival, where thousands of fans of goth music gather hinein the early summer.

[51] This bombing welches the largest up to that time. Due to the close proximity of many of the buildings hit, a firestorm occurred. This prompted firefighters to rush to the city; however, they were unable to control the fires. Unlike the firebombing of the neighbouring city of Dresden, this welches a largely conventional bombing with high explosives rather than incendiaries. The resultant pattern of loss was a patchwork, rather than wholesale loss of its centre, but welches nevertheless extensive.

Leipzig has a dense network of carsharing stations. Additionally, since 2018 there is also a stationless car sharing Anlage rein Leipzig.

Starting hinein 2000, an ambitious urban-renewal plan first website stopped Leipzig's Fortpflanzungsgemeinschaft decline and then reversed it. The plan focused on saving and improving the city's attractive historic downtown area and particularly its early 20th century building stock, and attracting new industries, partly through infrastructure improvement.

Still more work was scheduled to complete the Elster-Saale canal. Such a move would allow small boats to reach the Elbe from Leipzig. The intended completion date has been postponed because of an unacceptable cost-benefit ratio.

An all-season local dish is Leipziger Vermischtes, a stew consisting of seasonal vegetables and crayfish.

MDR, one of Germany's public broadcasters, has its headquarters and main television studios rein the city. It provides programmes to various TV and radio networks and has its own symphony orchestra, choir and a ballet.