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Leipzig Details – Guided tours in English
Dear visitor, we would like to welcome you to Leipzig - the trade fair metropolis. Leipzig lies in eastern Germany, in the state of Saxony.
City of music and culture
Famous individuals, for example, Johann Sebastian Bach, Goethe, Mendelssohn, Schiller and Schumann left their mark on the city. Their presence turned Leipzig into one of Germany's cultural strongholds. Furthermore, Leipzig's international reputation as a music-city is closely intertwined with the Gewandhaus Orchestra.
City of Art Nouveau
The beauty of Leipzig's city centre often surprises the visitor. Within just a few years, the city's Renaissance and Art Nouveau buildings were restored to their former splendour.
Leipzig – the City of the Peaceful Revolution of 1989
Leipzig was the starting point for the events that led to the Peaceful Revolution of 1989. You can visit the original locations, St Nicholas's Church and the headquarters of the secret police (Stasi).
Groups of visitors are welcome to choose a time that suits them best when booking our guided tours. Please, send an e-mail stating the tour which interests you, the time you would prefer and the number of people in your group. We shall be pleased to provide you with a price quotation.
 Guided tour around the historic city centre, including a visit to the Bach Museum
In 1723 Johann Sebastian Bach left the court of Duke Leopold of Anhalt-Koethen (whilst there, he composed the Brandenburg Concertos) to move to Leipzig where he took up the post of cantor at St Thomas's Church. The tour will make you familiar with the most important aspects of Bach, his major works, St John‘s and St Matthew‘s Passion as well as his Leipzig surroundings. A visit to the Bach Museum provides an insight into the life of this great composer. The musical journey also informs you about the cultural centres, the Gewandhaus and the Opera. Riccardo Chailly, director of the Gewandhaus Orchestra continue the magnificent musical tradition.
Note: Walking tour / 2 hours / maximum 25 people per group / Price: 100 EUR0 + 7 EURO p.P. entrance fee to the St. Thomas Church and Bach-Museum
Available languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, French, Polish, Czech and other.
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 Sightseeing tour by bus
A guided tour by bus is ideal for those seeking an overall impression of the city. The tour takes you to the Leipzig Trade Fair Centre, the German Library, the exquisite Gohlis Palace, Schiller's House and around the Waldstrassenviertal, a 19th century residential area where nearly all the houses are listed buildings. This suburb is flanked by one of the largest city parks, the Rosental. We shall also visit the former Supreme Court, the Monument to the Battle of Nations and the Russian Church. The tour is enhanced by fascinating and entertaining anecdotes from Leipzig's past and present.
Note: Sightseeing tour by bus / 2 hours / Price 270 EURO incl. bus hire (excl. bus 100 EURO)
Available languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, French, Polish, Czech and other.
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 Walking Tour around historic city centre
The city's colourful past and lively present can be glimpsed everywhere. Take a stroll through the city centre - there's plenty to explore! Visit the market place with the Old Town Hall, St. Thomas‘s Church, St. Nicholas‘s Church and the Mädler Passage with its legendary restaurant, Auerbachs Keller. Each place will help you discover more about the diverse traditions, personalities and history of Leipzig.
Note: Walking tour / 2 hours / maximum 25 people per group / Price: 100 EURO
Available languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, French, Polish, Czech and other.
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 Johann Sebastian Bach – Visit-Tour of the Bach-Museum Leipzig
The permanent exhibition in the Bach Museum is devoted to the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach's stay in Leipzig. Bach's 27 years as cantor at St Thomas's School and as the city's director of music influenced Leipzig's musical life. St Thomas's Church, which became a focal point during the early days of the reformation, has a world-renowned choir, the Thomanerchor, founded in the 13th century. Bach was once the director of this choir.
Note: 1 hour / maximum 25 people per group / Price: 60 EURO + 6 EURO p.P. entrance fee to the Bach-Museum
Available languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, French, Polish, Czech and other.
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 Guided visit at the Leipzig Fine Arts Museum
In 1837 the Leipzig Arts Association decided to found an art collection: the result was the Leipzig Fine Arts Museum. A guided visit to this museum will acquaint you with 500 years of European art.
The new building in the city -centre, with its spacious and light-flooded architecture, allows the visitor a relaxed tour through four storeys of art focusing on different epochs, artists and themes.
Note: 1,5 hour / maximum 25 people per group / Price: 90 EURO + 4/3 EURO p.P. entrance fee to the museum
Available languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, French, Polish, Czech and other.
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 Guided tour around the Museum of Musical Instruments
The Grassi Museum is home to Germany’s largest collection of musical instruments. The story began in 1886 when a Dutch music publisher, Paul de Wit, opened a museum at 16, Thomaskirchhof, to house his collection of historical musical instruments. The visitors to de Wit’s museum not only saw the instruments on display but also heard them being played.The present exhibition - The search for the perfect sound - offers an insight into the varied world of musical instruments and their performance practices. The exhibition traces the history and technical development of these instruments from the Renaissance to the present. The tour is not only pleasing to the eye but also to the ear, as visitors are invited to create their own ‘perfect sound’ on replicas of the museum’s exhibits.
Note: 1,5 hour / maximum 25 people per group / Price: 90 EURO + 4 EURO p.P. entrance fee to the museum
Available languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, French, Polish, Czech and other.
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 Jewish Life in Leipzig - the past to the present.
Leipzig once had a large Jewish community. Around 18,000 of its inhabitants shared this faith. They played a part in the economic and cultural life of the city. Their influence encompassed Brühl, home to the fur trade, to the activities of the suffragette, Henriette Goldschmidt. The commemorative plaques that lie embedded in the pavements before some Leipzig houses relate their fate. From 1933 Jews were marginalised, persecuted and murdered. These crimes were also committed in Leipzig: thousands of the city's Jewish population were killed. This tour combines the history of Leipzig with that of its Jewish populace.
Note: Walking tour / 2 hours / maximum 25 people per group / Price: 100 EURO
Available languages: English, Hebrew
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 Stadsrondrit door Leipzig per bus (NL)
Deze rondrit brengt u naar de belangrijkste bezienswaardigheden van Leipzig, o.a. naar het Gohliser Schlösschen en het boerenhuisje waar Schiller in 1785 de zomermaanden doorbracht. U komt door het Waldstraßenviertel met zijn prachtige woonhuizen uit de negentiende eeuw en het Zentralstadion, waar in 2006 de wereldkampioenschappen voetbal werden gehouden. Verder komen we langs het vroegere Reichsgericht, waar tegenwoordig het Bundesverwaltungsgericht zetelt. Op Augustusplatz zien we het Gewandhaus, het concertgebouw van Leipzig, het operagebouw en de universiteit. Bij het Völkerschlachtdenkmal maken we een korte stop.
Prijs: 100 EUR / 2 Std. / met de eigen Bus
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 The VideoBustour - A journey through time
On the VideoBustour you can visit Leipzig's past and present. The bus is fitted with state-of-the-art audio and video equipment. Throughout the tour, our guide, well versed in the city’s history, presents Leipzig’s story. Experience a journey through time. Leipzig as it once was, a medieval trading centre, to its development as the 'Little Paris' on the Pleisse. A city of contrasts, where, in 1813, the devastating Battle of Nations was fought and where, in 1989, the Peaceful Revolution began.
Note: Video-Bus-Sightseeing-Tour / 2 hours / max. 50 people per group / Price 850 EURO
Available languages: English
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 Videobus-Tour: Monday: Revolution!
Monday: Revolution! Leipzig and a moment of world history. On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall fell! What happened in Berlin – and moved the world – began in Leipzig.
Who were the people that brought a dictatorship to its knees with a peaceful protest? What were the causes of the end of the first ‘workers’ and farmers’ state on German soil’ – what was it in fact? A breathtaking voyage of discovery in images takes you through the history of Leipzig from 1945 till 1990 and shows everyday life in a city in the GDR. Military parades and state-celebrated trade fairs, crumbling apartment buildings and environmental catastrophes brushed under the carpet, world-renowned music and popular culture: at the original locations of historic events we follow in the footsteps of the demonstrators on their way to the Peaceful Revolution of 1989.
Note: Video-Bus-Sightseeing-Tour / 2 hours / max. 50 people per group / Price 850 EURO
Available languages: English
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