The following is a timeline of the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

of the German city of

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

Prior to 18th century

* 920 AD - Emperor

Henry the Fowler Henry the Fowler (german: Heinrich der Vogler or '; la, Henricus Auceps) (c. 876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non- Frankish king of East Francia, h ...

"built a castle here about 920." * 1082 - Leipzig sacked by forces of

Vratislaus II of Bohemia Vratislaus II (or Wratislaus II) ( cs, Vratislav II.) (c. 1032 – 14 January 1092), the son of Bretislaus I and Judith of Schweinfurt, was the first King of Bohemia as of 15 June 1085, his royal title granted as a lifetime honorific from Holy ...

. * 1134 - Leipzig "came into the possession of

Conrad, Margrave of Meissen Conrad I ( – 5 February 1157), called the Great (german: Konrad der Große), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1123 and Margrave of Lusatia from 1136 until his retirement in 1156. Initially a Saxon count, he became t ...

". * 1165 ** Leipzig granted market and city privileges. ** St. Nicholas Church built (approximate date). * 1170 - Easter and Michaelmas fairs begin (approximate date). * 1212 -

Thomasschule zu Leipzig St. Thomas School, Leipzig (german: Thomasschule zu Leipzig; la, Schola Thomana Lipsiensis) is a co-educational and public boarding school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1212 and is one of the oldest schools i ...

and

Thomanerchor The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. The choir comprises about 90 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called ''Thomaner'', reside in a boarding sch ...

founded. * 1231 - Klosterkirche St. Pauli built. * 1409 -

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...

founded. * 1420 - Fire. * 1458 - New year's fair begins. * 1479 -

Printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the ...

in operation. * 1485 -

Treaty of Leipzig The Treaty of Leipzig or Partition of Leipzig (German ''Leipziger Teilung'') was signed on 11 November 1485 between Elector Ernest of Saxony and his younger brother Albert III, the sons of Elector Frederick II of Saxony from the House of Wettin ...

. * 1496 - St. Thomas Church consecrated. * 1519 - June:

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

and

Andreas Karlstadt Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein von Karlstadt (148624 December 1541), better known as Andreas Karlstadt or Andreas Carlstadt or Karolostadt, or simply as Andreas Bodenstein, was a German Protestant theologian, University of Wittenberg chancellor, a ...

debate Debate is a process that involves formal discourse on a particular topic, often including a moderator and audience. In a debate, arguments are put forward for often opposing viewpoints. Debates have historically occurred in public meetings, a ...

John Eck Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and a pioneer of the counter-reformation who was among Martin Luther's most important inte ...

. * 1530 - Auerbachs Keller built (approximate date). * 1539 - "Leipsic formally espoused the Protestant cause." * 1542 - Leipzig Botanical Garden first established. * 1543 - Leipzig University Library established. * 1547 ** City besieged by John Frederick I of Saxony. ** Pleissenburg re-built, replaced in 1905 by the New Town Hall. * 1554 - Moritzbastei constructed. * 1556 - Old City Hall built. * 1631 -

Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Battle of Breitenfeld (german: Schlacht bei Breitenfeld; sv, Slaget vid Breitenfeld) or First Battle of Breitenfeld (in older texts sometimes known as Battle of Leipzig), was fought at a crossroads near Breitenfeld approximately 8 km ...

. * 1642 -

Battle of Breitenfeld (1642) The Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig, took place during the Thirty Years' War on 2 November 1642 at Breitenfeld, north-east of Leipzig in Germany. A Swedish Army commanded by Lennart Torstensson decisively ...

. * 1650 - '' Einkommende Zeitungen'' (newspaper) begins publication. * 1680 - Plague. * 1681 -

Weidmannsche Buchhandlung Weidmannsche Buchhandlung is a German book publisher established in 1680 that remained independent until it was acquired by Verlag Georg Olms in 1983. History Weidmannsche Buchhandlung was established in 1680 in Frankfurt by Moritz Georg Weid ...

relocates to Leipzig. * 1687 -

Alte Handelsbörse The Alte Handelsbörse or Alte Börse (Old exchange) in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, is the city's oldest assembly building of merchants, and also the oldest Baroque building. Built as the Börse in 1678, it is now used as an event venue and is kn ...

(trade exchange) was built. * 1693 -

Opera house An opera house is a theatre building used for performances of opera. It usually includes a stage, an orchestra pit, audience seating, and backstage facilities for costumes and building sets. While some venues are constructed specifically fo ...

opens. * 1699 - Population: 15,653.

18th century

* 1701 - Oil-fuelled street lighting introduced. * 1702 -

Collegium Musicum The Collegium Musicum was one of several types of musical societies that arose in German and German-Swiss cities and towns during the Reformation and thrived into the mid-18th century. Generally, while societies such as the (chorale) cultivated ...

founded. * 1704 - Romanus house built. * 1710 - King

Augustus II the Strong Augustus II; german: August der Starke; lt, Augustas II; in Saxony also known as Frederick Augustus I – Friedrich August I (12 May 16701 February 1733), most commonly known as Augustus the Strong, was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as K ...

first presented

Meissen porcelain Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedrich Böttger continued von Tschirnhaus's work an ...

at the local fair. * 1717 - What became Schillerhaus first built. * 1723 ** Breitkopf publishing established. **

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

begins as ''Kapellmeister'' (music director) at St. Thomas Church * 1724 - Premiere performance of

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...

's ''

St John Passion The ''Passio secundum Joannem'' or ''St John Passion'' (german: Johannes-Passion, link=no), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the older of the surviving Passions by Bach. It was written during his first year as dire ...

.'' * 1729 - Premiere of Bach's ''

St Matthew Passion The ''St Matthew Passion'' (german: Matthäus-Passion, links=-no), BWV 244, is a '' Passion'', a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It se ...

.'' * 1731 - Zedler's '' Universal-Lexicon'' encyclopedia published. * 1745 - City "taken by the Prussians." * 1750 - Death of

Kapellmeister of St. Thomas Church * 1755 - (municipal library) opens. * 1756 - City occupied by Prussian forces during the

Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754 ...

. * 1759 ** August: "Prussians withdraw from Leipzig." ** September: "Prussians recapture Leipzig." * 1760 - October: "Prussians withdraw from Leipzig." * 1764 - Academy of Visual Arts and founded. * 1766 - Theater auf der Rannischen Bastei opens. * 1768 - founded by

Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski Prince Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski (1711–1777) was a Polish nobleman (szlachcic). Józef became Stolnik of Lithuania in 1744, voivode of Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507–1795), Nowogródek Voivodeship from 1755 to 1776 and starost of Bus ...

. * 1777 - April: Premiere of Klinger's play ''

Sturm und Drang ''Sturm und Drang'' (, ; usually translated as "storm and stress") was a proto- Romantic movement in German literature and music that occurred between the late 1760s and early 1780s. Within the movement, individual subjectivity and, in particul ...

.'' * 1781 **

Gewandhaus Gewandhaus is a concert hall in Leipzig, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics. History The first Gewandhaus (''Altes Gewandhaus'') The f ...

built. **

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

formed. * 1784 ** City fortifications dismantled. ** Philological Society founded. * 1785 - Augustusplatz laid out. * 1789 - Linnean Society founded. * 1790 - Observatory set up in Pleissenburg. * 1797 - 31,847. * 1798 **

Tauchnitz publishers Tauchnitz was the name of a family of German printers and publishers. They published English language literature for distribution on the European continent outside Great Britain, including initial serial publications of novels by Charles Dickens. ...

established. ** ''

Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung The ''Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung'' (''General music newspaper'') was a German-language periodical published in the 19th century. Comini (2008) has called it "the foremost German-language musical periodical of its time". It reviewed musical e ...

'' (music magazine) begins publication.

19th century

* 1800 -

Edition Peters Edition Peters is a classical music publisher founded in Leipzig, Germany in 1800. History The company came into being on 1 December 1800 when the Viennese composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812) and the local organist Ambrosius Kühnel ...

and Leipzig Singakademie (chorus) established. * 1801 - Population: 31,887. * 1807 **

Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag (abbreviated to Hofmeister) is a publisher of classical music, founded by Friedrich Hofmeister in Leipzig in 1807. Early listings included composers Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. Hofm ...

(publisher) founded. ** ' (newspaper) begins publication. * 1810 -

Westermann Verlag Westermann Verlag (English: "Westermann Publishing") is a German publishing firm, founded in the 19th century in Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick by George Westermann (23 February 1810 in Leipzig; 7 September 1879 in Wiesbaden). Several other ge ...

founded.

* 1813 ** 22 May:

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

born. ** October:

Battle of Leipzig The Battle of Leipzig (french: Bataille de Leipsick; german: Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig, ); sv, Slaget vid Leipzig), also known as the Battle of the Nations (french: Bataille des Nations; russian: Битва народов, translit=Bitva ...

. * 1825 - formed. * 1826 ** Consulate of the

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established. ** Wool market active. * 1828 ** Reclam Verlag established. ** founded. * 1829 - Medical Society founded. * 1830 - "Political disturbance." * 1831 ** November: Establishment of a committee to help Polish insurgents fleeing the

Russian Partition The Russian Partition ( pl, zabór rosyjski), sometimes called Russian Poland, constituted the former territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that were annexed by the Russian Empire in the course of late-18th-century Partitions of Po ...

of Poland after the unsuccessful Polish

November Uprising The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in W ...

. Collection of funds to help Poles, mainly among guilds and city guards. ** Flight of Polish insurgents from the Russian Partition of Poland to the

Great Emigration The Great Emigration ( pl, Wielka Emigracja) was the emigration of thousands of Poles and Lithuanians, particularly from the political and cultural élites, from 1831 to 1870, after the failure of the November Uprising of 1830–1831 and of oth ...

through the city begins.Willaume, p. 186 * 1832 ** January: Mass escape of Polish insurgents from the Russian Partition of Poland through the city. ** January: Polish national hero

Józef Bem Józef Zachariasz Bem ( hu, Bem József, tr, Murat Pasha; March 14, 1794 – December 10, 1850) was a Polish engineer and general, an Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European patriot ...

expelled from the city by authorities fearful of stirring up a revolution. ** July: The committee to help Poles officially closed, although its members continued their activities in the following years. * 1833 - Accession to the

Zollverein The (), or German Customs Union, was a coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories. Organized by the 1833 treaties, it formally started on 1 January 1834. However, its foundations had b ...

. * 1835 -

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sym ...

becomes music director of

. * 1836 -

Augusteum An Augusteum (plural ''Augustea'') was originally a site of imperial cult in ancient Roman religion, named after the imperial title of Augustus. It was known as a Sebasteion in the Greek East of the Roman Empire. Examples have been excavated in ...

built. * 1837 - (art association) established. * 1839 - Leipzig–Dresden railway opened. * 1842 -

Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof (''Leipzig Bavarian station'') is Germany's oldest preserved railway station, located in Leipzig, Germany, in the southeastern part of the district Mitte. The station was first opened in 1842 for the Leipzig–Hof rai ...

built. * 1843 ** '' Illustrirte Zeitung'' (newspaper) begins publication. **

Conservatory of Music A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department (of a larger i ...

founded. ** erected. * 1844 - Museum of Antiquities of Leipzig University on display. * 1846 ** 1 July:

Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities The Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig (german: Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig) is an institute which was founded in 1846 under the name ''Royal Saxon Society for the Sciences'' (german: Königlich Sächsische G ...

founded. ** 29 August: Hôtel de Pologne fire. * 1848 ** "Museum of Fine Arts" founded. ** Hôtel de Pologne rebuilt as the city's largest hotel. ** " Political disturbance." * 1850 -

Bach Gesellschaft The German Bach-Gesellschaft (Bach Society) was a society formed in 1850 for the express purpose of publishing the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach without editorial additions. The collected works are known as the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausg ...

organized. * 1853 -

Blüthner Julius Blüthner Pianofortefabrik GmbH, is a piano-manufacturing company in Leipzig, Germany.

piano manufacturer in business. * 1855 - Leipzig synagogue built on . * 1856 -

Händel-Gesellschaft Between 1858 and 1902, the Händel-Gesellschaft ("German Handel Society") produced a collected 105-volume edition of the works of George Frideric Handel. Even though the collection was initiated by the society, many of the volumes were publishe ...

organized. * 1858 - Municipal museum inaugurated. * 1861 - Population: 78,495. * 1863 -

General German Workers' Association The General German Workers' Association (german: Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiter-Verein, ADAV) was a German political party founded on 23 May 1863 in Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony by Ferdinand Lassalle. It was the first organized mass working-cla ...

founded in Leipzig. * 1864 - Schrebergärten (community garden) association formed. * 1866 -

Austro-Prussian War The Austro-Prussian War, also by many variant names such as Seven Weeks' War, German Civil War, Brothers War or Fraternal War, known in Germany as ("German War"), (; "German war of brothers") and by a variety of other names, was fought in 186 ...

leads to Prussian occupation in 1866–67. * 1868 -

built. * 1869 **

Leipzig Museum of Ethnography The Leipzig Museum of Ethnography (german: Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig) is a large ethnographic museum in Leipzig, Germany, also known as the Grassi Museum of Ethnology. Today it is part of the Grassi Museum, an institution which also i ...

founded. ** Leipzig Alpine Club founded. * 1872 **

Harrassowitz Harrassowitz Verlag is a German academic publishing house, based in Wiesbaden. It publishes about 250 scholarly books and periodicals per year on Oriental, Slavic, and Book and Library Studies. The publishing house is part of the company Otto Ha ...

publishing firm established. ** Verlag Karl Baedeker relocates to Leipzig. **

Trams in Leipzig The Leipzig tramway network (german: Straßenbahnnetz Leipzig) is a network of tramways which together with the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland forms the backbone of the public transport system in Leipzig, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. ...

start. * 1874 ** Museum of Arts and Crafts founded. **

Ernst Eulenburg (musical editions) Ernst Eulenburg the music publisher was established by Ernst Eulenburg in Leipzig in 1874. The firm started by publishing a series of studies by a Dresden piano teacher, and then expanded into light music and works for men's chorus, at first all ...

established. **

Bibliographisches Institut The German publishing company was founded 1826 in Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and wa ...

relocates to Leipzig. * 1878 **

Leipzig Zoo Leipzig Zoological Garden, or Leipzig Zoo (german: link=no, Zoologischer Garten Leipzig) is a zoo in Leipzig`s district Mitte, Germany. It was first opened on June 9, 1878. It was taken over by the city of Leipzig in 1920 after World War I and n ...

opens. ** "Leipzig is growing into an industrial town of the first rank." * 1879 **

Reichsgericht The Reichsgericht (, ''Reich Court'') was the supreme criminal and civil court in the German Reich from 1879 to 1945. It was based in Leipzig, Germany. The Supreme Court was established when the Reichsjustizgesetze (Imperial Justice Laws) came i ...

headquartered in Leipzig. ** Südfriedhof established. * 1880 - Population: 149,081. * 1884 - Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei founded. * 1886 **

Georg Thieme Verlag Thieme Medical Publishers is a German medical and science publisher in the Thieme Publishing Group. It produces professional journals, textbooks, atlases, monographs and reference books in both German and English covering a variety of medical ...

established. ** and (stock exchange) built. * 1889 - and become part of city. * 1890 ** Eutritzsch,

Gohlis Gohlis is an area in the north of the city of Leipzig, Germany. Once a village outside the city, it is known as the place where Friedrich Schiller wrote the first version of his ''Ode to Joy'' in 1785. It urbanised during the ''Gründerzeit'' per ...

, Neureudnitz, Neuschönefeld, Neustadt, Sellerhausen, Thonberg, and Volkmarsdorf become part of city. ** Population: 295,025. * 1891 ** Leipzig University Library opens in relocation. ** , , Lindenau, , , and become part of city. * 1892 ** becomes part of city. ** SSV Stötteritz football club founded. ** Mendelssohn monument erected. * 1894 - '' Leipziger Volkszeitung'' (newspaper) begins publication. * 1895 **

(supreme court) established. ** built. ** Muster-Messe fair begins. ** Population: 399,995. * 1898 -

Handelshochschule Leipzig HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, formerly known as Handelshochschule Leipzig, is a private business school based in Saxony, Germany. Established in 1898, it is one of the world's oldest business schools. The school is accredited intern ...

founded. * 1900 - Population: 456,156.

20th century

* 1901 ** Städtisches Kaufhaus built. ** (publisher) in business. * 1904 - Bachfest begins. * 1905 ** Reudnitz, Volkmarsdorf,

, Eutritzsch, Plagwitz and Lindenau were incorporated with the city. ** New Town Hall opens. The

Old Town Hall Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...

is going to house the Museum of the History of the City of Leipzig. ** Population: 503,672. * 1906 **

Naturkundemuseum Leipzig The Natural History Museum in Leipzig (german: Naturkundemuseum Leipzig) is a natural history museum in the city of Leipzig, Germany, located at the northwest corner of the Inner City Ring Road. The museum contains the insect collection of Ale ...

established. ** Leipzig Prison built. * 1907 - Edeka founded at Hôtel de Pologne. * 1908 -

Rowohlt Verlag Rowohlt Verlag is a German publishing house based in Hamburg, with offices in Reinbek and Berlin. It has been part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Group since 1982. The company was created in 1908 in Leipzig by Ernst Rowohlt. Divisions * Kinder * ...

founded. * 1912 -

German National Library The German National Library (DNB; german: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its task is to colle ...

established. * 1913 **

Kurt Wolff Verlag Kurt Wolff (3 March 1887 – 21 October 1963) was a German publisher, editor, writer, and journalist. Wolff was born in Bonn, Rhine Province, Rhenish Prussia; his mother came from a Jewish-German family. He married Elisabeth Karoline Clara Me ...

(publisher) in business. **

Monument to the Battle of the Nations The Monument to the Battle of the Nations (german: Völkerschlachtdenkmal, sometimes shortened to ''Völki'' or ''Schlachti'') is a monument in Leipzig, Germany, to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations. Paid for mo ...

erected. * 1915 **

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Leipzig main station, ) is the central railway terminus in Leipzig, Germany, in the district Mitte. At , it is Europe's largest railway station measured by floor area. It has 19 overground platforms housed in six iron train ...

and Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark open. ** and

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become part of city. * 1916 **

building opened. ** Institute for Newspaper Research (''Institut für Zeitungskunde'') was founded at the

* 1917 ** January: Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (city transport company) formed. ** February: American Consulate closed. Its building became a temporary residence for Americans and Allied refugees from

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and

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. ** Hôtel de Pologne closed. * 1918 - becomes mayor. * 1919 ** Church Music Institute founded. ** ' begins publication. ** Population: 604,397. * 1921 ** Leipzig War Crimes Trials held. ** December: American Consulate reopened. * 1922 ** , Leutzsch, , and become part of city. ** Bruno-Plache-Stadion opens. **

Goldmann (publisher) Goldmann (formerly ''Wilhelm Goldmann Publishing'') is a publishing house in Munich and part of the Bertelsmann group belonging to the Random House Publishing Group. They are the best-selling commercial publishers in Germany, especially in paperb ...

founded. * 1923 ** 1 January: Consulate of Poland opened. **

MDR Symphony Orchestra MDR may refer to: Biology * MDR1, an ATP-dependent cellular efflux pump affording multiple drug resistance * Mammalian Diving reflex * Medical device reporting * Multiple drug resistance, when a microorganism has become resistant to multiple drugs ...

founded. * 1927 -

Leipzig/Halle Airport Leipzig/Halle Airport (German: ''Flughafen Leipzig/Halle'') is an international airport located in Schkeuditz, Saxony, Germany and serves both Leipzig, Saxony, and Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. It is Germany's 14th largest airport by passengers and ...

opened. * 1929 -

Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig The Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig (german: Musikinstrumentenmuseum der Universität Leipzig) is a museum in Leipzig, Germany. It is located on Johannisplatz, near the city centre. The museum belongs to the University ...

opens. * 1930 - Abtnaundorf, Knautkleeberg, Schönau, and Thekla become part of city. * 1933 - Population: 713,470. * 1935 - becomes part of city. * 1936 - and become part of city. * 1938 - Expulsion of Polish Jews by Nazi Germany. 1,300 Polish Jews sheltered in the Polish Consulate and saved from deportation. * 1939 ** September: Mass arrests of local Polish activists (see also ''

Nazi crimes against the Polish nation Crimes against the Polish nation committed by Nazi Germany and Axis collaborationist forces during the invasion of Poland, along with auxiliary battalions during the subsequent occupation of Poland in World War II, consisted of the murder ...

''). ** September: Polish Consulate seized by Germany during the

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at the start of

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. Confiscation of the Polish Consulate's library. * 1941 - German-ordered closure of the American Consulate. * 1943 ** 6 March: Leipzig-Thekla

subcamp Subcamps (german: KZ-Außenlager), also translated as satellite camps, were outlying detention centres (''Haftstätten'') that came under the command of a main concentration camp run by the SS in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. The Nazi ...

of the

Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or su ...

established. Over 1,800 men, mostly Soviet, Polish, French, Belgian and Czechoslovak, were held there as

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. ** December:

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of city by British. * 1944 **

. ** 11 May: Leipzig-Engelsdorf subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Over 250 men, mostly Polish, Russian, Czech and Ukrainian, were held there. ** 9 June: HASAG Leipzig subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Over 5,000 women and children, mostly Polish, Soviet, French and Jewish, were held there. ** 22 August: Leipzig-Schönau subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Over 500 Jewish women were held there. ** 15 November: Subcamp of Buchenwald for men established at the

HASAG HASAG (also known as Hugo Schneider AG, or by its original name in german: Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft Metallwarenfabrik) was a German metal goods manufacturer founded in 1863. Based in Leipzig, it grew from a small business making lamps ...

factory. Around 700 men, mostly Jewish, French and Italian, were held there. ** 24 November: Leipzig-Engelsdorf subcamp dissolved. Prisoners deported to Wansleben am See and Rothenburg. * 1945 ** 17 February: 600 prisoners brought to the Leipzig-Thekla subcamp from a subcamp of the

Gross-Rosen concentration camp , known for = , location = , built by = , operated by = , commandant = , original use = , construction = , in operation = Summer of 1940 – 14 February 1945 , gas cham ...

in Jasień. ** 13 April: Leipzig-Thekla, Leipzig-Schönau and both HASAG subcamps dissolved. Most prisoners sent on

death marches A death march is a forced march of prisoners of war or other captives or deportees in which individuals are left to die along the way. It is distinguished in this way from simple prisoner transport via foot march. Article 19 of the Geneva Convent ...

. ** 18 April: Massacre of remaining prisoners of the Leipzig-Thekla subcamp perpetrated by the

Gestapo The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one orga ...

, SS and

Volkssturm The (; "people's storm") was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II. It was not set up by the German Army, the ground component of the combined German ''Wehrmacht'' armed forces, ...

. Some prisoners were saved by Polish prisoners of another camp. ** April: Allied ground advance arrives. ** July: City under Soviet control. ** Population: 584,593. * 1950 **

International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition The International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (german: Internationaler Bach Wettbewerb Leipzig, links=no) is a music competition in Leipzig, Germany, held by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. It was founded in 1950 and was held every four years from 1 ...

begins. ** Bach-Archiv founded. ** Population: 617,574. * 1951 - becomes mayor. * 1953 -

Theaterhochschule Leipzig The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was a theatre school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, which existed from 1953 to 1992. The official name was Theaterhochschule "Hans Otto" Leipzig. History The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was founded on 1 November 1953 ...

established, later named after Hans Otto * 1954 ** (archives) founded. **

Zentralstadion Red Bull Arena (; formerly Zentralstadion ), is a football facility located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It is the largest football stadium in the former East Germany and has also hosted music concerts as well as football. Opened in 2004, it is ...

built. * 1955 - Festival of Cultural and Documentary Films begins. * 1956 -

opens. * 1959 - becomes mayor. * 1960 **

built. **

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 an ...

held. ** Population: 589,632. * 1969 ** 6 February:

Polish Institute The Polish Institutes is a network of establishments reporting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Poland. there are 25 of them. Their mission id described as "creating a positive image of Poland abroad" by promoting Polish culture, history, scien ...

founded. ** Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn established. * 1970 - becomes mayor. * 1972 ** Polish Consulate reopened. **

City-Hochhaus Leipzig City-Hochhaus is 36- story skyscraper in Leipzig, Germany. At , it is the tallest multistory building in Leipzig and is located proximately of the eastern part of the inner city ring road in Leipzig's district Mitte. The tower was designed by ...

built. * 1974 - Moritzbastei rebuilt. * 1977 - Sportmuseum founded. * 1983 - erected. * 1989 - Monday demonstrations. * 1990 ** (art association) founded. ** Hinrich Lehmann-Grube becomes mayor. * 1991 ** Euro-scene Leipzig theatre festival begins. ** Mendelssohn House, Leipzig opens. * 1992 ** Technischen Hochschule founded. **

Wave-Gotik-Treffen The Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT; ) is an annual world festival for "dark" music and "dark culture" in Leipzig, Germany. 150+ bands and artists from various backgrounds ( gothic rock, gothic metal, EBM, industrial, noise, darkwave, neo-folk, ne ...

begins. ** Leipzig-Altenburg Airport opens. ** American Consulate reopened. * 1993 - Hartmannsdorf becomes part of city. * 1994 -

Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig The Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig (german: Antikenmuseum der Universität Leipzig) is a collection of antiquities in Leipzig, Germany. History The foundations of the collection were laid in the first half of the 18th century, ...

opens. * 1995 ** Lausen and Plaussig become part of city. ** Population: 471,409. * 1996 **

Leipzig Trade Fair The Leipzig Trade Fair (german: Leipziger Messe) is a major trade fair, which traces its roots back for nearly a millennium. After the Second World War, Leipzig fell within the territory of East Germany, whereupon the Leipzig Trade Fair became o ...

building opens. ** Saxonia International Balloon Fiesta begins. * 1997 ** , , and Seehausen become part of city. ** (city utility company) established. ** Federal Administrative Court of Germany headquartered in Leipzig. * 1998 ** Podelwitz-Süd becomes part of city. **

Wolfgang Tiefensee Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 4 January 1955) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development in the grand coalition cabinet led by Angela Merkel between 2005 and ...

becomes mayor. * 1999 - Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Engelsdorf, Holzhausen, Liebertwolkwitz, Lindenthal, Miltitz and Mölkau become part of city.

21st century

* 2000 - Burghausen und Rückmarsdorf become part of city. * 2002 **

Arena Leipzig The Arena Leipzig is a multipurpose indoor arena located in Leipzig, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 people for sporting events and up to 12,200 for shows and concerts. It is part of the Sportforum Leipzig, which also contains Red ...

built. **

Games Convention The Games Convention (GC), sometimes called the Leipzig Games Convention, was an annual video game event held in Leipzig, Germany, first held in 2002. Besides video games, the event also covers Infotainment, Hardware, and Edutainment. Its c ...

begins. * 2004 ** ''

Leipziger Internet Zeitung Leipziger Internet Zeitung (also: l-iz or Lizzy) is a daily online newspaper in the greater Leipzig region of Germany. The newspaper reports on events in various areas, such as politics, economics, culture, education, and sports. In addition, it ...

'' begins publication. **

Museum der bildenden Künste The Museum der bildenden Künste (German: "Museum of Fine Arts") is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It covers artworks from the Late Middle Ages to Modernity. History Museum Foundation and First Museum The museum dates back to the fo ...

opens. ** Leipzig Botanical Garden renovated. ** Leipzig is the German candidate city for the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

* 2005 ** Art galleries open in Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei. **

BMW Central Building The BMW Central Building Located in Leipzig, Germany was the winning design submitted for competition by Pritzker Prize winning architect, Zaha Hadid. The central building is the nerve center for BMW's new $1.55 billion complex built to manufac ...

constructed. ** City hosts the 2005 World Fencing Championships. ** Population: 502,651. * 2006 ** Amazon.com distribution centre begins operating. **

Burkhard Jung Burkhard Jung (born 7 March 1958 in Siegen) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been the 21st lord mayor (''Oberbürgermeister'') of Leipzig ( Saxony) since March 29, 2006. In addition, he has been president o ...

becomes mayor. * 2007 ** Paulinum reconstruction begins. ** July: City hosts the 2007 World Archery Championships. * 2010 ** (museum) active. ** German Music Archive relocates to Leipzig. * 2012 ** reported. ** Paulinum reconstruction finished. * 2013 ** New Propsteikirche begins construction. **

Leipzig City Tunnel The City Tunnel is a twin-bore railway tunnel for the city-centre S-Bahn in Leipzig. It links Leipzig Hauptbahnhof with the central Markt station, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz station and Bayerischer Bahnhof. Construction began in July 2003. The fi ...

opened. ** Leipzig is the most livable German city. * 2014 - Population: 551,871. * 2015 ** January: Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident demonstration. **

Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway The Erfurt–Leipzig/Halle high-speed railway is a -long high-speed line in Germany between Erfurt and Leipzig and Halle. It is listed in Germany's Federal Transport Plan (''Bundesverkehrswegeplan'') as " German Unity Rail Project no 8.2" ('' ...

opened. * 2017 ** July: City hosts the

2017 World Fencing Championships The 2017 World Fencing Championships was held at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany from 19 to 26 July 2017. During the championships there was a demonstration of wheelchair fencing. Russian Ksenia Ovsyannikova was Head of the Promotion C ...

. ** December: City co-hosts the

2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World C ...

. * 2018 - Leipzig wins the European Cities of Future prize in the category of "Best Large City for Human Capital & Lifestyle" * 2019 - Leipzig is European City of the Year

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