Last night, a flat caught fire in the south-east of Leipzig; a man was found dead at the scene. Also: A late-night shop on Zweinaundorfer Straße was sealed off on suspicion of drug dealing, and a man was arrested. The LZ summarises the key events from Thursday, 13 August 2026, in Leipzig, Saxony and beyond. […]
The summer of the ‘50 Years of Grünau’ anniversary year is slowly drawing to a close. The Schönau Park Festival marks the traditional highlight of Grünau’s cultural summer. This year, the festival takes place from 21 to 23 August, and once again there are plenty of events in store for visitors. It all kicks off […]
I can still remember it very clearly: we were on holiday as a family in Westkapelle, the Netherlands, in August 1961. I was 11 years old at the time. My father had to cut short our holiday because he wanted to visit his mother on her 75th birthday. When he returned on 14 August 1961, […]
1839 saw the photographic big bang: the daguerreotype was introduced, revolutionising the world of imagery. This new technology soon reached Leipzig too, where it found a prominent representative in Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann, Europe’s very first professional female photographer, whose influence is still felt today. Drawing on her eventful life and her photographic roots, this exhibition explores […]
For almost 30 years, Germany too has been pursuing financial voodoo economics, loosely based on the trickle-down theory, which – without any statistical basis whatsoever – claims that the economy will flourish if taxes on the rich are cut. And some of the prosperity generated in this way would then ‘trickle down’ to those below. […]
To ensure students don’t go a bit mad in the campus library, some study areas will remain closed today. The community bus is back in action and is running its service in the south-west today. At the zoo, there’s another theatre performance for the little ones – and for anyone who’s kept their inner child […]
A roof truss fire in Connewitz kept the fire brigade busy for many hours on Tuesday; fighting the blaze proved to be a tough and difficult task. Considering what could have happened, the outcome was relatively mild: one woman required outpatient treatment for smoke inhalation. However, many residents have lost their homes – and two […]
It sounded as though Saxony’s government had finally got the message when the Ministry of Economic Affairs reported on 11 August: “It is getting increasingly hot in Saxony. Days with temperatures well above 30 degrees are on the rise, whilst at the same time water is becoming scarcer. Particularly in densely built-up towns and cities, […]
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