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 […]
“A reassessment of the air traffic forecast and the supplementary statements is not necessary,” wrote the Saxony Regional Directorate on 4 June in a terse reply to a demand from the citizens’ initiative “Against the New Flight Path”, to reopen the planning approval procedure for the project “Expansion of Leipzig/Halle Airport, South Runway with Apron”, on […]
He was a star of 20th-century modern literature. He died in 1985 at the age of just 61: yet Italo Calvino’s novels and short stories are as vibrant as they were on the day they were first published. And not just those. Hanser Verlag is constantly unearthing new works and bringing them to lovers of […]
This record-breaking heat is too much even for Leipzig’s tram service, which is no stranger to strikes. The ‘Bimmel’ – as the tram is affectionately known because of its old departure signals – will have to remain in the depots on Monday as well. According to the latest information from the LVB, the planned start […]
Under the motto “Here, we don’t burn books. We do better than that: we bury writers”, Boualem Sansal, the Algerian-French author and winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, will be reading on Wednesday 1 July at 7.30 pm in the garden of the Literaturhaus Leipzig. The focus of the evening, organised […]
On Friday, 26 June, the day had finally arrived, after the completion date had been repeatedly postponed. Even the Department of Urban Development and Construction described it as a “test of patience for local residents and those living nearby”. But now the new Karlbrücke on Industriestraße between Schleußig and Plagwitz has been opened to bicycles, […]
Church buildings are a feature of many villages. They are known as landmarks, the centre of the village or points of reference. These places of worship hold great significance in terms of architecture, art history and regional history. This time, we are focusing on a church that narrowly escaped destruction due to the opencast lignite […]
Leipzig has been sweltering in temperatures above 30 degrees for a week now. The city has been getting hotter every day. On Saturday, 27 June, temperatures reached around 40 degrees Celsius. This was far too much for some of the technology installed in Leipzig: several supermarkets had to report a failure of their refrigeration systems […]
No, it’s not a broken-down bike riding through the panda enclosure – it’s the squeaking of the little fluffy cubs born a few days ago to their two-year-old mum, Kamala, which first alerted the keepers to the new arrivals (as reported by the LZ). Leipzig Zoo had been hoping for such an event for quite […]
At the start of this season, the stage in the Great Hall at the TDJW was teeming with activity. With her production of ‘Wimmelstadt,’ Sandra Strunz not only brought the entire acting ensemble together on stage to kick off the season, but also, along with them, a host of costumes and characters – all with […]
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 […]
There’s great excitement at Leipzig Zoo over this little cuddly wonder! For the past two weeks, a curious little nose has been peeking out now and then from the pouch of Erlinga, the female koala. First one little paw, then two. One eye, then the other. A little head – and then quickly back into […]
It’s THE crowd favourite at Leipzig Zoo! The baby of female koala Erlinga. Born initially the size of a gummy bear, in October it would occasionally peek out of the pouch on its mum’s belly, where it’s growing up. And it’s already starting to look quite koala-like… At the end of the month, it climbed […]
Warm light spills out from the living rooms onto the pavements. Snowflakes are dancing. The streets are deserted; the scent of incense candles wafts from cosy rooms. Presents lie beneath decorated fir trees. Little angels spin round and round, surrounded by Mary and Joseph, standing by a fretwork nativity scene. Candlelight casts the shadows of […]
Still no name – and not even a kilo in weight. But both are set to change! Monday 19 January 2026 is the deadline for submitting name suggestions for the star koala at Leipzig Zoo. And now Erlinga and her baby have even had some distinguished visitors. Alongside the familiar reporters from the ‘Elefant, Tiger […]
Life satisfaction among young girls in Leipzig has fallen significantly in recent years – more so than among their male peers. This appears to be the finding of a study by researchers at the University of Leipzig, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and Leuphana University Lüneburg, which has just been published in the […]
It’s not just the Kenyan savannah that’s incredibly hot. That’s where the Grévy’s zebras are found – the largest and, at the same time, the most endangered of the three existing zebra species. In Leipzig’s African savannah, the Kiwara Kopje, the sun also beats down mercilessly on shrubs, trees and wildlife. There are shady shelters, […]
A football giant is setting its sights on a small copse. A protest is being held today against this. New Stolpersteine, to be laid later today, commemorate victims of the Nazi dictatorship. And as an alternative to the popular weekly markets, there is once again one of the rare evening markets in the city centre […]
Standard, traditional electricity tariffs consist of two components: a fixed basic charge (the cost of the meter) stated in euros per year, and a fixed unit price, calculated in cents per kWh.In contrast to standard electricity tariffs, the price per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for dynamic electricity tariffs is variable; they do not have a fixed unit […]
Some things sound like something out of a film, but are, unfortunately, reality. It is thought that a bee was the cause of a serious accident involving a Saxon narrow-gauge railway. The 1. FC Lok regional league footballers, on the other hand, are aiming to stay on track for success in the coming season. And: […]
There was no ‘Strack-Zimmermann moment’ at the CDU Leipzig nomination meeting on 23 June. The candidate for the 2027 mayoral election was to be chosen at the Alte Handelsbörse. As announced on 2 June, the district executive committee had proposed Michael Weickert, the parliamentary group leader on Leipzig City Council, and the general meeting endorsed […]
Leipzig’s environmental organisations have called for a demonstration at the Kleinmessegelände on Thursday 25 June. They intend to protest there against the planned sale – and consequently the clearing – of the small, 5.7-hectare woodland on Capastraße, which the city intends to use to provide the RB Leipzig football club with space for new training […]
There are a number of hurdles to overcome when it comes to neighbourhood electricity distribution, as electricity cannot simply be distributed from a small-scale generator with a PV system to a small consumer next door via a simple cable running through the property. – Under the amended Energy Industry Act (EnWG), the energy generated must […]
A difficult day. The new police bill has sparked more than just debate. The state parliament is set to vote on it today in a final reading. There’ll be plenty of drama on the go from today at a street theatre festival. The HTWK is discussing today why rain is such an important topic – […]
To make cycling safer and more appealing, Nonnenstraße in Plagwitz will be converted into a cycle route during the week starting Monday 29 June, the Department of Urban Development and Construction has announced. Over a stretch of around one kilometre, between Erich-Zeigner-Allee and Karl-Heine-Straße, it will be signposted and marked accordingly. It will therefore be […]
The defendant’s failure to appear, suspicions of forging a medical certificate, a warrant for his arrest during the hearing – the trial of ENT specialist Gero Strauß has so far been full of twists and surprises, without even having really got into full swing. On Tuesday, Strauß, who stands accused of fraud, appeared once again […]
The Chancellor is in favour – the Left is up in arms. The proposed recommendations on pension reform have divided opinion. A drug and banknote detection dog has escaped from the police in Saxony. The search for the animal is underway. And: the highest Saxon honour has also been awarded to two Leipzig residents. The […]
The defendant’s failure to appear, suspicions of forged medical certificates, a warrant for his arrest during the hearing – the trial of ENT specialist Gero Strauß has so far been full of twists and surprises, without even having really got into full swing. On Tuesday, Strauß, who stands accused of fraud, returned to the Regional […]
The Leipzig CDU is today nominating its candidate for the mayoral election. At the Regional Court, all eyes are on the door through which celebrity doctor Gero Strauß is due to walk. What if he backs out again? The HTWK is opening two exhibitions on the history of queer lifestyles and the influence of plastic […]
In the context of the economic downturn in Germany, the argument that electricity prices in Germany are too high is frequently put forward. In April 2026, the SPD and CDU/CSU coalition introduced a subsidised industrial electricity tariff for industry and large-scale electricity consumers, limited to the three-year period up to 2028. However, there are over […]
Perhaps this is the worst possible time. But it comes as no surprise: Germany has been in an economic slump for six years. Money is running short everywhere. Local authorities are now groaning under the weight of massive financial strain. But the downturn is not leaving associations and clubs unscathed either. Leipzig’s environmental organisations are […]
Last Friday, 19 June, insects were blown off the pages of books several times over in the garden of the Literaturhaus at the Haus des Buches. The air smelled of summer in the city, of sweat, perfume and the bratwurst stall. Every now and then, a tram rattled past in the distance or children bellowed. […]
Don’t be misled by the book’s title: this is not a love story that Frankfurt-based chemist Matthias Rischer has presented here. At most, there is a very gentle, faint hint of one on the sidelines. Nor is it a coming-of-age story. Rather, it is a story that sketches out something that could well be upon […]
A 65-year-old man has been on trial at Leipzig Regional Court since Monday on a series of serious allegations: the prosecution accuses the defendant of serious sexual abuse of his own granddaughter, of whom he is also alleged to have taken pornographic images and possibly even offered the child to third parties. Shortly after the […]
It is certainly not every day that Leipzig’s Finance Councillor, Torsten Bonew (CDU), takes to the streets in protest. Yet, for today’s nationwide day of action by local authorities, he too had come to the market square carrying a protest banner. It’s all about money – or rather, the lack of it. “Leipzig is right […]
A long-established Leipzig-based publishing house turns 80 on 1 July: eight decades have passed since the then ‘Verlag für die Frau’ was founded on 1 July 1946 in Leipzig, the city of books, and within a few years became the largest fashion and self-help publisher in the GDR. An institution that remains deeply rooted in […]
There’s a demonstration today. Today, someone who doesn’t usually take to the streets is demonstrating: the city of Leipzig itself. Just like hundreds of other local authorities across Germany, which are being brought to their knees by the mandatory tasks imposed by the federal government and are sliding ever deeper into debt. ‘Local authorities at […]
A demonstration against the new Saxon Police Act came to an unexpectedly abrupt end. However, the police themselves were not involved this time. Leipzig is celebrating its 17th Jewish Week. The official launch took place today at the New Town Hall. Many more opening ceremonies also took place in Dessau. The 28th Anhalt Meeting featured […]
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