According to preliminary figures from the German Weather Service, it is the hottest day ever recorded in Germany – and it could get even hotter. Also: Political parties in Saxony are planning to campaign against the possible closure of the VW plant in Zwickau. The LZ summarises the key events from the hottest day in […]
On Thursday, over 2,000 people demonstrated in support of preserving the Capa-Wäldchen – known as the ‘Capi’. Among them was the former Saxon Minister for the Environment and Deputy Minister-President, Wolfram Günther (Greens). A native of Leipzig, he has been concerned about the fate of the floodplain forest for decades. “It’s like my living room,” […]
If you’re from Leipzig and visit the Kolumba Museum in Cologne, you might well find a book by the Buchkinder Leipzig on display alongside a Warhol in one of the exhibitions. Yes, Kolumba collects the works of the Buchkinder and lists the association, under ‘Artists’, as ‘monographic focal points that particularly define Kolumba’. The works […]
The magistrate described it as a “serious collision”: Almost exactly one year after a night-time cycling accident in the Südvorstadt district, she sentenced a 62-year-old car driver on Friday to a hefty fine for allegedly leaving the scene of the accident without permission after colliding with a cyclist. On one key point, however, the facts […]
Leipzig’s environmental policy has always been rather weak in recent years. People were happy to rest on the back of the fine-sounding word ‘compensation’, even though this ‘replacement’ usually took place somewhere else – often even outside the city limits – and therefore did absolutely nothing to benefit biodiversity or climate protection within the city […]
An artistic and documentary video installation is being created at the Faculty of Computer Science and Media at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig) to mark the Monday demonstrations of 1989 and the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig. It aims to translate the thoughts, emotions and personal experiences of people from the era of […]
The scorching heat is putting a damper on many event ideas. LZ lists what has been cancelled. In Machern, the hockey club is defying the heat and a lack of funding: ground-breaking ceremony for the new hockey hall! Another new development is the Karl Bridge, which, after three years of construction, is replacing its predecessor. […]
The Bach Festival drew to a close on 21 June on a high note. Nearly 96,000 Bach fans from at least 56 countries celebrated a musical festival of the highest order. But for Bach enthusiasts, the festivities are far from over. On Saturday, 4 July at 3.00 pm, the Bach Organ Festival 2026 begins at […]
Historians are delighted by such finds: eyewitness accounts from a time when newspapers were still a rarity and did not really report in great detail on what was happening in the city. Take the Book Fair, for example, which twice a year turned Leipzig into a meeting place for booksellers and publishers. Everyone of any […]
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