Leipzig
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| Lokasi Leipzig di Jerman | |
| Negara | Jerman |
| Negeri | Saxony |
| Kawasan pentadbiran | Leipzig |
| Daerah | urban district |
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| Jumlah penduduk | 502,000 Tiada (2006) |
| Kawasan | 297.60 km² |
| Kepadatan penduduk | 1,677 /km² |
| Ketinggian | 113 m |
| Koordinat | 51°20′ N 12°23′ E |
| Kod pos | 04003-04357 |
| Kod kawasan | 0341 |
| Kod plat nombor | L |
| Datuk Bandar | Burkhard Jung (SPD) |
| Laman web | leipzig.de |
Leipzig? [ˈlaɪ̯pʦɪç] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) merupakan bandaraya terbesar di negeri (Bundesland) dari Saxony di Jerman. Nama ini diambil daripada perkataan Slav (lihat Bahasa Sorbian) Lipsk
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(= "settlement where the linden trees stand"). It is situated at the confluence of the Rivers Pleiße, White Elster and Parthe. Leipzig has a population of 502,000.
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[Sunting] Sejarah
First documented in 1015, and endowed with city and market privileges in 1165, the city of Leipzig has fundamentally shaped the history of Saxony and of Germany. Leipzig has always been known as a place of commerce. The Leipzig Trade Fair, which began in the middle ages, became an event of international importance; especially as a point of contact to the East-European economic bloc (Comecon) of which East Germany was a member.
The foundation of the University of Leipzig in 1409 initiated the city's development into a center of German law and the publishing industry, and towards being a location of the Reichsgericht (Supreme Court), and the German National Library (founded in 1912). Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Leipzig from 1723 to 1750, at the St. Thomas Lutheran church, and Richard Wagner, the composer, was born in Leipzig in 1813. Later in the same year, the Leipzig region was the arena of the Battle of the Nations. In 1913 a monument, the Völkerschlachtdenkmal, celebrating the hundred year anniversary of this event was finished.
The importance of the Trade Fair and the University to the creation of a vibrant urban life and city politics from the Reformation through the Nineteenth Century cannot be underestimated. Leipzig became a center of the German and Saxon liberal movements.
Having been a terminal of the first German long distance railroad (1839, to Dresden, the capital of Saxony), Leipzig became a hub of Central-European railroad traffic, with a renowned station building, now the largest terminal station (by area) in Europe. Leipzig expanded rapidly towards one million inhabitants. Huge Gründerzeit areas were built, which survived, for the greater part, the War and after war demolitions. Nowadays these areas are unique in modern Germany. The decline of the number of inhabitants however remain a threat to these precious rich decorated remains of once Imperial Germany. Source: Press
The first German labour party, the General German Workers' Association (in German Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein, ADAV) was founded in Leipzig on 23 May 1863 by Ferdinand Lassalle; about 600 workers from across Germany travelled to it using the new railway line.
Nobel Prize laureate Werner Heisenberg worked as a physics professor at Leipzig University from 1927 to 1942.
On November 9, 1938, on a night now known as Kristallnacht, Nazis in Leipzig destroyed Jewish synagogues and establishments in Leipzig as they did all over Germany. An U.S. official in Leipzig described what he saw of the atrocities. "Having demolished dwellings and hurled most of the moveable effects to the streets," he wrote, "the insatiably sadistic perpetrators threw many of the trembling inmates into a small stream that flows through the zoological park, commanding horrified spectators to spit at them, defile them with mud and jeer at their plight."
The city was heavily damaged by Allied bombing during World War II.
American troops of the 69th Infantry Division captured the city on April 20 1945, Adolf Hitler's 56th and final birthday. The U.S. later ceded the city to the Red Army, and it became one of the major cities of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
In 1989, after prayers for peace at the Nikolai Church (established in 1983 as part of the peace-movement), the Monday demonstrations started as the most prominent mass protest against the East German regime. Leipzig was also the German candidate for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but didn't make it into the final list of bidders.
Leipzig was the venue for the FIFA 2006 World Cup draw, and will host four of the First Round Group matches and one 1/8 Final Match.
[Sunting] Petikan
Mein Leipzig lob' ich mir! Es ist ein klein Paris und bildet seine Leute. (I praise my Leipzig! It is a small Paris and educates its people.) - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Faust
[Sunting] Bangunan
- City-Hochhaus Leipzig
City-Hochhaus Leipzig, built for the university in 1972, is the tallest building in the city - Städtisches Kaufhaus (English: Municipal Store - name is misleading, world's first sample fair building, today home to offices, retail and restaurants)
- Völkerschlachtdenkmal (English: Battle Of The Nations Monument)
- Gewandhaus (English: Cloth Hall or garb-house - name is misleading, as today's third Gewandhaus is home to the Gewandhaus orchestra, also see history of Städtisches Kaufhaus)
[Sunting] Twinning
Leipzig is twinned with:
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia since 2004
- Birmingham, England (Birmingham's Partner City page) since 1992
- Bologna, Italy since 1962, renewed in 1997
- Brno, Republik Czech since 1973, renewed in 1999
- Frankfurt am Main, Jerman since 1990
- Hanover, Jerman since 1987
- Houston, Texas, Amerika Syarikat since 1993
- Kiev, Ukraine since 1961, renewed in 1992
- Kraków, Poland since 1973, renewed in 1995
- Lyon, Perancis since 1981
- Nanjing, China since 1988
- Thessaloniki, Greece since 1984
- Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2003
[Sunting] Pemandangan
Besides the Völkerschlachtdenkmal mentioned above, among Leipzig's noteworthy institutions there are also the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the opera house, Oper Leipzig, and the Leipzig Zoo, which houses the world's largest facilities for primates. Additionally, Leipzig has an international trade fair ground in the north of the city with the world's largest levitated glass hall. (Leipzig Trade Fair) Further you can find the Nicolaikirche (Church of St. Nicolai or Nicholas), which was a starting point of peaceful demonstrations for the reunification of Germany.
[Sunting] Acara
- Wave Gotik Treffen at Pentecost
- Bachfest (Festival about Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Stadtfest (city festival)
- Christmas market since 1767
- Honky Tonk (live music festival in over 100 pubs)
[Sunting] Lihat juga
- List of mayors of Leipzig
[Sunting] Rujukan
[Sunting] Pautan Luar
Leipzig dari Wikitravel
- The city's official website: http://www.leipzig.de/int/en/
- Gallery of Leipzig photos: http://www.leipzig-picture.com/
- Leipzig links in the Open Directory Project (DMOZ): http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/Germany/States/Saxony/Localities/Leipzig/
