Leipzig

Leipzig - in this German city is very rich history. Center Leipzig is the market area, which houses a magnificent Old Town Hall. This magnificent building dates back XYI century. Currently, the Town Hall organized by the museum and concert hall, and the municipality is now in the New Town Hall. Once inside, you immediately feel the atmosphere of this old Leipzig, it creates majestic conference rooms with a magnificent antique furniture, hanging on the walls portraits urban elders. The city still preserved tradition: Every Sunday from the balcony of the Town Hall trumpeters trumpeting the anthem of the city. Around the Town Hall and Market Square are mostly commercial buildings, both modern and ancient. In the basement of one of these old buildings housed the famous wine-cellar of Auerbach, of which Goethe referred to his work, "Faust". Near the market square is beautiful rannegoticheskaya Church of St. Thomas (XIII century).. It has long worked as cantor and organist Johann Sebastan Bach. Leipzig is home to the oldest university, its graduates are many prominent people. The city is rich in museums.