The taxi industry in Leipzig is also suffering from rising fuel prices. Since the last survey in 2022, the situation has deteriorated drastically. And so the proposal on fares in the Leipzig taxi industry, which came before the city council on 2 July, was long overdue. The minimum wage for taxi drivers, which has been […]
Several major summer roadworks are starting today across the city; whilst these will initially cause some inconvenience, they are set to improve the traffic situation in the long term. Leipzig’s public transport operator is discontinuing a night bus route. ZiMMT e.V. is helping people who are aware of sexual violence to take action rather than […]
This concern was only too understandable, given that during the last elections Leipzig seemed to be literally drowning in a deluge of election posters. Many poles were covered from top to bottom. Some parties covered entire streets with their posters. And many posters were already lying torn to shreds on the grass after just a […]
When is it time to take stock? To talk about one’s life and what really matters? What has truly given this life meaning? Actually, one might think, Richard Gauch would still have had plenty of time. Actually, he isn’t quite at the age for writing his memoirs yet. But he has led an exciting life, […]
No fewer than two football teams from the 2. Bundesliga were in Leipzig this weekend. Here, they played friendly matches against Leipzig’s Regionalliga sides. Despite ultimately losing, 1. FC Lok against Hertha BSC and BSG Chemie against 1. FC Magdeburg put in spirited performances. BSG Chemie Leipzig vs. 1. FC Magdeburg 1–4 (1–1) As with […]
Several fires kept the emergency services busy in Leipzig this weekend. Also: A tragic incident occurred at Lake Kulkwitz, in which a 38-year-old man died on Saturday evening. The LZ summarises the key events from the weekend of 11–12 July 2026 in Leipzig, Saxony and beyond. Fires at a DIY store and involving cars Several […]
Just a few years ago, the city council was still debating whether Leipzig should introduce a tourist accommodation tax or not. Now, everyone is pleased that the city can raise additional funds from it, which in turn benefit tourism. But who exactly? From the city’s point of view, the City Council’s Economic Committee has sufficient […]
Ultimately, it always comes down to acceptance. This is true of the energy transition too. All the more so when two districts of Leipzig – Hartmannsdorf and Knautnaundorf – are particularly affected within their local areas, as it is primarily here that Leipzig’s wind power capacity is being expanded. They then find themselves with significantly […]
It was to be expected that there would be a commotion over this agenda item at the council meeting on 2 July. Die-hard patriarchs simply cannot help but shout out and vociferously express their old-fashioned displeasure. They have internalised patriarchy. And so it did indeed get noisy in the city council when the motion ‘Proposal […]
A special milestone for the Leipzig Volunteer Pass: in June 2026, the 6,000th Leipzig Volunteer Pass was awarded. The anniversary pass was presented to Luise Popp, who has been volunteering as a coach at Roter Stern Leipzig for many years. The award recognises her long-standing commitment to girls’ football and voluntary work in Leipzig. The […]
It wasn’t just 20th-century science fiction that depicted the dawn of the 21st century as a technological miracle. Space would have been conquered long ago, and humanity would have set off for the stars. And we would all be living in gleaming cities with futuristic modes of transport and helpful robots. School textbooks painted similar […]
On 2 July, a question was also raised at the council meeting regarding the call that the Left Party group has been persistently raising since August 2025. And, in fact, Torsten Bonew, the councillor responsible for finance, had intended to provide a comprehensive answer to this question this July. However, since his department has been […]
At the council meeting on 2 July, there was a minor first. Until now, when it came to questions from the city council, it had generally been the political groups themselves who were given the floor and were able to use the time to put further oral questions to the relevant mayors regarding their original […]
A café in the city centre and a pizzeria in Lindenau were damaged in quick succession during the night by explosions caused by explosives. The police are investigating but are keeping tight-lipped about further details. We spoke to the owner of the pizzeria. A tram collided with a car on Südplatz this evening. And: The […]
On 1 January 2026, the dog licence regulations for Leipzig – which had been adopted in December – came into force. They had been the subject of heated debate, partly because the city had a keen interest in microchipping as many dogs registered in Leipzig as possible, so that tax collection could be carried out […]
Will the “Kino der Jugend” on Eisenbahnstraße now falter at the final hurdle due to German bureaucracy and a Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) who insists on sticking to deadlines, after a solution to the Gordian knot had seemed to be in sight this spring? For it was then that the […]
Violent explosions damaged two restaurants in the early hours of the morning; a teenager was injured whilst handling fireworks. The week of events leading up to this year’s Christopher Street Day gets underway at the New Town Hall. Blues-rock legend Beth Hart is performing at the Parkbühne this evening – and the city library is […]
Public transport users need patience. And as a rule, they are well practised in this, not just on hot days. This also applies when waiting for new tram routes and extensions to the tram network. After all, the City Council approved this back in 2020 and again in 2021 as part of the ‘Mobility Strategy […]
Perhaps this is just the right little town to spend a few days relaxing away from the stresses of the big city: Coburg. Famous for the ducal family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who once ruled here, whose offspring were once highly sought-after by European royal houses. Just think of the British royal family. For such […]
Point 32 in the reform package put forward by the CDU/CSU and SPD coalition is likely to herald the end of the Freedom of Information Act (IFG) in its current form. Once again, people’s access to information about government and administrative actions is set to be made more difficult. This will also have implications for […]
The debate over a ship railway between Lake Cospuden and Lake Zwenkau has taken a new turn: Whilst the Grüner Ring Leipzig is pressing ahead with the project – costing around 93 million euros – as a potential building block for the development of tourism in the Leipzig Neuseenland, all the major nature conservation organisations […]
The Left Party had got off to such an enthusiastic start with its ‘rent profiteering’ app. Over 6,000 suspected cases of completely exorbitant rents have already been recorded in Leipzig using the app. It would then, in theory, be straightforward to report these cases to the city council, which would establish the breach of tenancy […]
To protect against the next heatwave, the transport authority has unveiled an initial package of measures. A “Centre for Immigration and Internationals” is opening at the Otto-Schill-Straße Citizens’ Advice Bureau; the city office is offering free and anonymous counselling for people with mental health issues who are experiencing problems with their treatment. A guided tour […]
He appeared before the Regional Court on charges of serious offences committed on Eisenbahnstraße in Leipzig, but was deemed not criminally responsible due to schizophrenia: the criminal division of the court has now ruled that the young man is to be permanently admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Among other things, the 22-year-old is alleged to […]
In Germany, there is a long-standing tradition – both within society and in academic institutions, as well as, and above all, in certain sections of the media – of thinking they know better than everyone else. There are certain media outlets and figures who, in their usual manner, regard themselves as being ‘on the right […]
We are already living in the dystopias of the 1980s. Sometimes it takes someone to rub it in so bluntly, as the French political scientist Asma Mhala does in this book, which is not called ‘Cyberpunk’ for no reason. For what we are experiencing today – the transformation of the liberal Western world into a […]
The heat-related tram disruption is over! From tomorrow, LVB will be running all services on their normal routes again. But be warned: the summer network of diversion routes due to roadworks also has a few quirks of its own. Also: the police are searching for a bus thug who is still at large. And: BSG […]
The coalition’s reform package, presented with great fanfare, comprises a total of 34 points; one point in particular is the subject of much debate, and we have already written about it. In addition to the abolition of sick notes issued by telephone and the obligation to take sick leave from the first day of illness, […]
On 1 July, the City Council did not manage to get through all the items on the agenda. There were still some important items left, which then had to be carried over to the continuation of the meeting on 2 July. And once again, the discussion centred on the city’s financial difficulties – for which […]
How long will this heatwave actually remain in the memories of the people of Leipzig? On 1 July, it was still cool. Even the Leipzig City Council was delighted that the first LVB trams were running again at all, after the local transport company had been forced to suspend all services over the weekend of […]
A flat caught fire in Grünau during the night; the fire brigade managed to prevent the flames from spreading further. In the early afternoon, the 24th Radio Play Summer begins at the Richard-Wagner-Hain with the exciting story of ‘Taube Tilda’; the Neues Schauspiel theatre is hosting a football talk at its summer theatre – and […]
He had previously been admitted to a psychiatric ward after terrorising a family and causing the mother to lose most of her eyesight in a brutal attack: René M. must now be committed to a secure institution for an indefinite period, possibly for the rest of his life: The man, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, […]
At the council meeting on 1 July, zoo director Dr Jörg Junhold was also sitting on pins and needles amongst the audience. The issue at stake was whether he would be able to complete his life’s work – the ‘Zoo of the Future’ – by 2028 at the latest, when Leipzig Zoo celebrates its 150th […]
“Men are pigs,” Die Ärzte once sang. In the case of this novel, touted as a TikTok phenomenon, everyone gets a good roasting, regardless of gender. It’s a rancid roast, mind you, albeit rather prettily packaged in a cover with an elaborately designed texture. Let’s take it in order: a South American country, sometime in […]
Ever since Friedrich Merz appeared on camera on 2 July and announced: “We are abolishing sick notes issued over the phone and introducing the requirement to submit a certificate of incapacity for work from the first day of illness”, there have been many conflicting signals. There is talk of “sensible solutions” from Klingbeil and of […]
City council debates can simply be a nuisance. Especially when they are underpinned by false arguments and deal with the ‘affluence problems’ of a minority who simply cannot wait until they have their vehicle registration documents in hand. The phrase ‘affluence-related problems’ was used by Marco Zscherny, a city councillor for the BSW. And he’s […]
PhD students can apply for a job at the university library from today. There’ll be music with deep bass notes at the wine festival; in Liebertwolkwitz, a playground is being refurbished in line with the children’s wishes; and, for the first time this year, members of the public can also vote for the Leipzig Architecture […]
In fact, Leipzig City Council had already sent a clear signal back in March against the plans of Wolfram Weimer, Germany’s State Secretary for Culture, to simply scrap the fifth extension to the German National Library in Leipzig. Even though it is urgently needed to house the books of the next 30 years. Weimer’s announcement […]
Some wounds do not simply heal with time. Especially when it comes to one’s own deeply wounded self-image. This is an experience that many East Germans went through after 1990. That deep-seated disappointment is now also finding expression in election results. Not everyone, however, takes to the woods to eliminate the people who have brought […]
As of today, Monday, the flag of the “Mayors for Peace” network – which campaigns against the use of nuclear weapons – is flying outside the New Town Hall. The city of Leipzig has been a member of the alliance since 2005. Also: With the exception of two lines, all trams on Leipzig’s tracks are […]
Pupils from the Leibniz-Gymnasium on Nordplatz also took the opportunity on 1 July to attend the council meeting as guests. This was because the agenda for that day included an item that was of great interest to them: when would it finally be their school’s turn for refurbishment? The Left Party had tabled a question […]
Is it all over? Or can the state government’s decision still be overturned – so that, instead of replacing the Agra Bridge on the B2 with a new structure in the 100-year-old park, a tunnel or underpass is built? This was the subject of a BSW motion at the council meeting on 1 July. A […]
He happened to bump into his former lover in a trendy bar in Leipzig – and is alleged to have attacked him twice with a knife in a fit of rage over an alleged rape. The prosecution classified the incident as attempted murder in conjunction with grievous bodily harm. However, the 35-year-old defendant has now, […]
One is allowed to dream, after all. Even city councillors are allowed to dream – of a beautiful, peacefully situated villa in Machern, where one can not only sleep soundly but also hold party group retreats in a seclusion from city life that is otherwise hard to find in Leipzig. And so it came as […]
The little giraffe calf eyes its surroundings somewhat warily at Leipzig Zoo (LZ presents the best photos in a gallery). There’s also plenty to marvel at in terms of all the construction work starting today in Leipzig – which brings with it some less pleasant road closures. At the Bach Monument, the summer concerts for […]
Who, in fact, has manoeuvred the city into such a quandary that there is suddenly a heated public debate not only about whether the small wood that has grown up on Capastraße over the last 30 years may be cleared to provide RB Leipzig with new training grounds? It is a question that remains entirely […]
It was not only Left Party city councillor Susanne Scheidereiter who was deeply disappointed when, at the council meeting on 1 July, the latest motion to reduce the city’s impervious surface area was rejected by the council majority. The Greens’ parliamentary group, too, had repeatedly failed with its motions in recent years, even though the […]
Yes, it’s true: the trams in Leipzig are running again! The nightmare of black joint sealant is over. Out of relief and gratitude, the LVB has announced a seven-day thank-you campaign for the coming week. The Gewandhaus Orchestra also said thank you: it brought the season to a close with the traditional ‘Klassik airleben’. Although […]
Leipzig’s street trees, particularly those planted in recent years, are suffering from the drought; the heatwave of the last few weeks in particular has taken its toll on them once again. The ‘Leipzig gießt’ initiative has been running since 2020, with the aim of saving the street trees. The “Leipzig gießt” app has been available […]
On Friday 3 July, there was finally a noticeable improvement in LVB’s tram services. For the first time, routes extending beyond the city centre ring were able to resume operation. The resumption of tram services following the record-breaking heat damage to the LVB’s track network is continuing to make progress, according to the LVB. After […]
There is a certain irony in the fact that two city councillors – one from the BSW and one from the AfD – have jointly tabled a motion with the misleading title ‘Pilot project: Voluntary driving licence exchange’. The title is misleading because, as you know, old driving licences – the grey and pink ones, […]
Leipzig did indeed purchase the former goods shed at Connewitz S-Bahn station in 2024. However, the city is not alone on the site of the former goods yard. The discount retailer ALDI has acquired its own plot of land there from Deutsche Bahn, on which it plans to build a new ALDI supermarket. However, the […]
That really was something else, and even Leipzig’s city administration rarely manages to take three years to respond to a motion from the city council with its own position. This is exactly what happened with a motion tabled by the Green Party group in April 2023: ‘Enabling temporary and mobile urban green spaces’. After all, […]
More and more households in Leipzig are struggling not only to find an affordable flat, but also – once they have one – to pay their rent. This is made clear even by the 2025 Citizens’ Survey, in which the issue of rent and housing was overwhelmingly identified as the number one problem facing Leipzig’s […]
A town thrives on optimism, on the feeling that things are moving forward and life goes on. But what if the town is financially strangled? Then the town council’s ability to even draft and pass meaningful motions begins to dwindle. Even when – as in the case of the Forced Labour Memorial – the aim […]
The 50th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone for the Leipzig-Grünau housing estate is being marked in Leipzig with various exhibitions and other events. On 1 June, for example, a ceremony took place on the square in front of the PEP in Grünau-Mitte, the KOMM-Haus is hosting the exhibition ‘When Grünau was still […]
To mark his 90th birthday, the Leipzig Museum of Local History is staging an exhibition entitled ‘Commercial Art and Posters’, showcasing works by the Leipzig-based artist Jochen Fiedler on the second floor of the Old Town Hall from 1 July to 6 September 2026. The artist has selected his own works from recent years, which […]
Torsten Bonew, the city’s finance councillor, had to bring this item forward as a matter of urgency at the council meeting on 1 July, as it got right to the heart of the matter – the financial situation of the City of Leipzig. It is catastrophic. The 2025/2026 budget has already made this abundantly clear. […]
Following the suspension of S-Bahn services due to construction work, people’s understanding is giving way to growing anger. Will the holidays bring some relief to the public transport system? For schoolchildren, the holidays begin today with discounted entry to the outdoor swimming pools. In Rosental, the popular ‘Klassik airleben’ festival gets underway, with the Gewandhaus […]
The expansion of renewable energy is a key component of climate policy. Although wind energy generally enjoys broad support, people living near wind turbines experience the consequences of the energy transition first-hand. A new study by researchers at the University of Leipzig now shows that, under certain circumstances, the visibility of wind turbines can reduce […]
Football cup fever is slowly building up again in Saxony – the draw for the first two rounds has been made. The black-red federal government has put together a comprehensive package of reforms. In the music city of Leipzig, the festival strategy has been refined. And 311 bright Saxon school pupils have achieved a perfect […]
One could plagiarise a sentence by Friedrich Merz – with a slight tweak. It would then read: “No working population before us has ever had to endure anything like this.” Of course, this only applies to the period after 1950 and to the territory of the former Federal Republic. Such mistrust of the hard-working people […]
Now that the major heatwave has, for the time being, come to an end, is it really necessary to talk about New Year’s Eve and the fireworks? Yes, it is necessary! It will be just as necessary to talk about heat protection in early January 2027. If issues are only raised when they are pressing, […]
Georg-Schumann-Straße is a project that has spanned decades for the city and the LVB. In fact, this main route in north-west Leipzig should have been fully upgraded for modern tram operations long ago. Yet the plans have been repeatedly postponed due to a lack of funding, even though time is running out. In 2027, the […]
The city council discussed the ‘Bimmel’ lockdown yesterday. As the agenda was rather full, the councillors will have to return to the matter today. The state parliament is debating motions on wolf legislation. From today, a new exhibition in the town centre will shed light on the development and life of and in Grünau. And […]
With the planned boat route between Lake Cospuden and Lake Zwenkau, the Leipzig Neuseenland region could be facing its next major nature conservation debate. Plans for the Harth Canal have been shelved for cost reasons; a feasibility study now favours a boat railway. Yes, you read that correctly: in future, a railway is to transport […]
For a long time, they were a local attraction: Carmen Zander’s tigers in Dölzig, near Leipzig. Since 2022, she had been using the former winter quarters from the days when she still went on touring engagements. For just as long, animal rights activists, the authorities, the trainer and supporters of the small circus-like facility had […]
In case readers are unfamiliar with the term ‘pigeon chess’, here is one of the usual explanations: “Arguing with ignorant people is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how well you play chess, the pigeon will knock over all the pieces, poo on the board and strut about as if it had won.” […]
In the 2025 financial year, the Leipziger Messe Group recorded more than 1.05 million visitors from 72 countries. The exhibition company announced this on Tuesday, 30 June. The high demand underlines the appeal of its events portfolio and the importance of face-to-face interactions. With 193 events, 10,925 exhibitors and consolidated turnover of 109.1 million euros, […]
The start of July brings with it a number of changes: the citizen’s income is becoming basic income support, and from today refugees no longer need a treatment voucher but will be issued with a standard health card. The City Council is holding its final session before the summer recess – and is also addressing […]
Stuck tracks, stuck bogies – repair work following the heatwave debacle continued in full swing at LVB today. Numerous volunteers lent a hand – and there were two genuine success stories to report. In the “Antifa-Ost trial”, Lina E. refused to give evidence and was remanded in custody for contempt of court. And: Leipzig intends […]
It always ends up being a complete fiasco. Yet some investigators in Saxony do not seem to be capable of learning their lesson when it comes to the ‘Centre for Political Beauty’ (ZPS), which repeatedly draws attention to right-wing extremism in the state through high-profile actions. These actions not only annoy the right-wing individuals and […]
The first severe heatwave of 2026 has swept across Europe, leaving in its wake many thousands of deaths, countless tonnes of spoiled fruit, parched fields and record-breaking temperatures both on land and at sea. It has even brought tram services in Leipzig to a standstill, a development we were able to read about in the […]
The all-consuming question: when will Leipzig’s trams be running again? After three days of hard work, at least one line is once again running half its route. But when will the others follow … Two important deadlines are coming to an end today for students at the University and HTWK. Contributing to a new code […]
Following the final performance of Handel’s *Giulio Cesare in Egitto*, the Leipzig Opera held a ceremonial farewell for its artistic director, Tobias Wolff, on Saturday 27 June. This was followed by a reception at the Musikalische Komödie on 28 June. As the season draws to a close, the Leipzig Opera can look back on a […]
Water, water, water. In Passau, almost every path leads to the water – to the Danube, the Inn or the Ilz. Sometimes the water simply flows into the city of its own accord, flooding the picturesque streets of the old town. In several places, the highest water levels from past floods are marked on the […]
At last, all the hard work is paying off. Following the heatwave-related breakdown, Leipzig Transport (LVB) is resuming services on an initial section of the network. With immediate effect, Line 1 is operating a shuttle service, reconnecting the west of Leipzig with the city centre. The tram is running on its regular route from the […]
The premiere at the Cineplex took place to a full house (as reported by the LZ), and the second screening was also a resounding success: to mark the 50th anniversary of the neighbourhood, Birk Poßecker’s documentary portrays the people and their lives in and around Leipzig’s Grünau new-build estate. Due to the high level of […]
If the current federal government gets its way with its pension plans, it will become even harder for many people who have actually reached retirement age to make ends meet. They are already having to get by on meagre pensions. But rather than having to beg the local authorities for help, more and more older […]
With the rain comes hope: LVB plans to put the first repaired sections of the tram network back into service later today. From today, the city is offering municipal land for private development; the Land Registry has corrected incorrectly measured boundaries – and today, on Augustusplatz, anyone can practise how to save lives using life-saving […]
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