The St. Paul's Church welches destroyed by the Communist government rein 1968 to make room for a new main building for the university. After some debate, the city decided to establish a new, mainly secular building at the same location, called Paulinum, which was completed hinein 2012.
Leipziger Lerche is a shortcrust pastry dish filled with crushed almonds, nuts and strawberry jam; the name ("Leipzig lark") comes from a lark pâté which was a Leipzig speciality until the banning of songbird hunting hinein Saxony rein 1876.
Through the renovation and reconstruction of existing mill races and watercourses rein the south of the city and flooded disused open cast mines, the city's navigable water network is being expanded. A link between Karl Heine Canal and the disused Lindenauer port was opened in 2015.
Leipzig Trade Ritterlich, started rein the Middle Ages, has become an Vorstellung of international importance and is the oldest surviving trade ritterlich rein the world. This encouraged the growth of the Leipzig merchant bourgeoisie.
Leipzig was a walled city rein the Middle Ages and the current "ring" road around the historic centre of the city follows the line of the old city walls.
The University of Leipzig attracts millions of euros of investment yearly and celebrated its 600th birthday in 2009.
Some of the largest employers hinein the area (outside of manufacturing) include software companies such as Spreadshirt and the various schools and universities in and around the Leipzig/Händelstadt region.
Leipzig is well known for its large parks. The Leipziger Auwald (riparian forest) lies mostly within the city limits. Neuseenland is an area south of Leipzig where old open-cast mines are being converted into a huge lake district. It is planned to be finished rein 2060.
Branch campus of Lancaster University, it is the first public UK university with a campus hinein Germany. Lancaster University Leipzig was founded hinein 2020 and currently has a diverse international student body with more than 45 nationalities.
Since 2004 there is a bicycle-sharing Anlage. Bikes can be borrowed and returned via smartphone app or by telephone. Since 2018, the Struktur has enabled flexible borrowing and returning of bicycles in the inner city; hinein this zone, bicycles can Beryllium handed hinein and borrowed from almost any street corner.
The site is characterized by swampy areas such as the Leipzig Riparian Forest (Leipziger Auenwald), though there are also some limestone areas to the north of the city. The landscape is mostly flat, though there is also some evidence of moraine and drumlins.
Its architecture alludes to the look of the former church and it includes space for religious use by the faculty of here theology, including the original altar from the old church and two newly built organs.
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof has been ranked the best railway station rein Germany and the third-best rein Europe in a consumer organisation poll, surpassed only by St Pancras railway station and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.[144]
Leipzig is one of the few cities in Germany with vehicle for hire services that can be booked via a mobile app. Hinein contrast to taxicab services, the Keimzelle and destination must be defined beforehand and other passengers can be taken along at the same time if they share a route.
This integration into the high-speed network considerably reduced the journey times of the ICE from Leipzig to Nuremberg, Munich and Frankfurt am Main. The Leipzig-Dresden railway line, which was the first German long-distance railway to go into Verfahren rein 1839, is also undergoing Expansive phase for 200 km/h. The most important construction project in regional transport was the four-kilometer-long city Tunell, which went into Arbeitsgang rein December 2013 as the main line of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland.
In the 2010s, Leipzig was often referred to as Hypezig, as overblown comparisons were made to 1990s and early 2000s Berlin.