The ZENTRALSTADION LEIPZIG was designed especially for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Championship in Germany and offers seats for 45,000 spectators. As one of a total of 12 stadiums, it will be the venue for four first round matches and a round of sixteen match during this great sporting event.
The new centrepiece of the ZENTRALSTADION LEIPZIG links modernity and tradition in a unique way. In 1956 the stadium was opened after a construction time of only 15 months. With 100,000 seats it was the biggest stadium in Germany and world-famous as the “Stadium of the one hundred thousand”.
In 1997 the city of Leipzig decided to build a new dedicated football stadium, inside the walls of the old stadium. Visitors reach the roofed seating of the lower ranks and both of the upper ranks on the long sides via bridges which link the new stadium to the old stadium wall.
In the heart of Leipzig, nestled behind the Gewandhaus Concert Hall and City Skyscraper, you find the Moritzbastei, the only remaining part of the ancient city fortifications. The Moritzbastei was commissioned by Elector Moritz of Saxony in the 16th century and later named after him. It has survived 400 tumultuous years and it was used in many different ways, only to end as part of the rubble of the Second World War.
In 1974 students began to work on the Moritzbastei, freeing it of the debris it was filled with and turning it into a students’ club, which opened in 1982. For almost 10 years the club had been a students’ club, but in 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Moritzbastei opened its doors to all visitors interested in culture. Since 1993 the “MB”, as locals lovingly call the building, has been run by the “Moritzbastei Foundation” as a non-profit organisation without external financial support.
Annually around 300,000 guests visit the impressive vaults to attend one of the 600 events which take place here. The MB has something for everyone, from rock and jazz concerts through readings and play performances to exhibitions and discussions. And those people who are simply looking for a cosy place to enjoy a glass of wine or a snack will be charmed by the atmosphere in the Café Barbakane or one of the comfortable bars.
- www.fotogalerie-leipzig.de
- www.moritzbastei.de
- www.moritzbastei.de
The Leipzig Opera traces its establishment to the year 1693, making it the third oldest opera venue in Europe after La Fenice (Venice, Italy) and the Hamburg State Opera (Hamburg, Germany). The Leipzig Opera does not have its own opera orchestra, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra performs as the orchestra for the opera. This relationship dates back to 1766.
The Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) is one of the five federal supreme courts of Germany. It is the federal court of appeals for generally all cases of administartive laws, mainly disputes between citizens and the state. It hears appeals from the Oberverwaltungsgerichte, or Superior Administrative Courts, which, in turn, are the courts of appeals for decisions of the Verwaltungsgerichte (Administrative Courts).
