The University of Leipzig attracts millions of euros of investment yearly and celebrated its 600th birthday rein 2009.
The city of Leipzig is also the birthplace of Till Lindemann, best known as the lead vocalist of Rammstein, a Musikkapelle formed rein 1994.
Rein the years following German reunification, many people of working age took the opportunity to move to the states of the former West Germany to seek employment opportunities. This welches a contributory factor to falling birth rates.
Leipziger Lerche is a shortcrust pastry dish filled with crushed almonds, nuts and strawberry jam; the name ("Leipzig lark") comes from a lark pâté which was a Leipzig speciality until the banning of songbird hunting in Saxony in 1876.
Some of the largest employers in the area (outside of manufacturing) include software companies such as Spreadshirt and the various schools and universities rein and around the Leipzig/Händelstadt region.
Hinein the factories you can also meet the people behind the products and even watch them being made. In Leipzig's arts and food trade you can meet creative minds, look over their shoulders as they work and learn about their very personal stories. This makes regional products also wonderful souvenirs that will always remind you of your visit to the Leipzig region.
Through the renovation and reconstruction of existing mill races and watercourses hinein the south of the city and flooded disused open cast mines, the city's navigable water network is being expanded. A Verknüpfung between Karl Heine Canal and the disused Lindenauer port welches opened hinein 2015.
Auerbach's Cellar: a young Goethe imbibed in this basement-level restaurant while studying rein Leipzig; it features as the location of a scene from his play Faust.
Here the cars can be parked and booked anywhere rein the inner city without having to check here define a specific car or period hinein advance. Finding and booking is done via a smartphone app.
The Leipzig Panometer is a visual Rundblick displayed inside a former gasometer, accompanied by a thematic exhibition.
There are records of commercial fishing operations on the river Pleiße that, most likely, refer to Leipzig dating back to 1305, when the Margrave Dietrich the Younger granted the fishing rights to the church and convent of St Thomas.[35]
After the Reunification of Germany, immense efforts to restore and expand the traffic network have been undertaken and left the city area with an excellent infrastructure.
Leipzig is known for its independent music scene and subcultural events. Leipzig has for thirty years been home to the Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT), which is currently the world's largest Gothic festival, where thousands of fans of goth music gather hinein the early summer.
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof has been ranked the best railway Krankenstation rein Germany and the third-best rein Europe in a consumer organisation poll, surpassed only by St Pancras railway station and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.[144]