The New York Times listed Leipzig on position 10 under ?The 31 Places to Go in 2010“ as the only German city in its edition of January 10th 2010.

?Where Do You Want to Go?

In 2010, Leipzig, a small industrial city in the former East Germany with an illustrious past, will be marking the 325th anniversary of the birth of its former resident Johann Sebastian Bach and the 200th birthday of Robert Schumann with concerts, festivals and a reopened Bach Museum (www.bach-leipzig.de).But the city’s cultural high note is likely to be the Neo Rauch retrospective opening in April at the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts (www.mdbk.de), a show devoted to the father of the New Leipzig School of artists, a scene that for the past decade has been the toast of the contemporary art world. The art cognoscenti will also make their way to the Spinnerei (www.spinnerei.de), a former cotton mill that is home to 11 galleries.“

To get to know which events are taking place in Leipzig while you are here, please have a look at the online version of the city magazine Kreuzer. There you will also find a gastronomic guide of Leipzig under ?Leipzig Tag und Nacht“.

www.kreuzer-leipzig.de

You can already check out everything about the Baumwollspinnerei, the historic cotton mill and art district, at:

http://www.spinnerei.de/

Following you will find a few of the most interesting sights of Leipzig:

Museum der bildenden Kuenste Leipzig (Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig)

The Leipzig Art Association founded the Museum of Fine Arts in 1837. Thanks to endowments and generous individuals, over the years it become one of the oldest and most significant civic art collections. In December 2004 the museum moved to its new building with its collection of famous artworks such as works from Max Klinger, Caspar David Friedrich und Lucas Cranach.

www.mdbk.de

Galerie fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst Leipzig

The Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig opened in 1998 und belongs to the leading institutions of contemporary art in Europe.

www.gfzk.de

Grassimuseum

The Grassimuseum domiciled the Museum for Ethnology Leipzig, the Museum of Applied Arts and the Museum for Musical Instruments of the Leipzig University.

The Grassimuseum was build from 1925 – 1929 from the Leipzig based architects Carl William Zweck and Hans Voigt in the accentuated, simple and geometric style of Art Deco. The Museum of Applied Arts was reopened in 2007 after an extensive renovation and displays one of the most important European collections of crafts and design.

www.grassimuseum.de

Thomaskirche

The building was built in 1212 as a monastery church and was the first building in the Romanic style in Leipzig. Its most famous cantor was J.S. Bach, who worked at St. Thomas`s Church between 1723 and 1750.

www.thomaskirche.org