Once trapped in communist East Germany, bustling Leipzig is now a city of business and of culture. It’s also a city of great history—Martin Luther, Goethe, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, Angela Merkel, and many other German VIPs have spent time here.
There are many reasons for visitors to spend time here, too. Music lovers can make a pilgrimage to St. Thomas Church—where Bach was a choirmaster—and to the excellent museum dedicated to him. Art lovers will enjoy the Museum of Fine Arts, history buffs can trek to a Napoleonic battle site at the edge of town, and those turned on by hip hangouts can flock to the “Karli” district just south of downtown.
