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	Encyclopedia: Leipzig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leipzig's population's historical peak was around 750,000 before the second world war; the figure for 2002 was around 500,000.
		Richard Wagner, the composer, was born in Leipzig in 1813.
		The University of Leipzig is one of the oldest universities in Europe.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Leipzig (2572 words)

	URBS PANDENS
		Together with the city of Halle (population around 270.000), Leipzig (population around 500.000) is the heart of an extended industrialised region in Central Europe, which is characterised by a relatively high population density (see a satellite image of the the region).
		The environmental situation in the region is still shaped by the industrialisation politics of the first half of the last century, in particular the opencast mining.
		In the second half of the 19th century in the course of industrialisation Leipzig was able to further improve its position amongst the leading German cities, becoming the fourth city of today's Germany as to the number of inhabitants.
	www.pik-potsdam.de /urbs/leipzig.htm (983 words)

	Leipzig - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany.
		Leipzig's population, which peaked at 750,000 before the second world war, has diminished to just about 500,000 by 2002.
		In 1813, the Leipzig region was the arena of the Battle of the Nations.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Leipzig (432 words)

	Leipzig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leipzig is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony.
		The Leipzig Trade Fair became an event of international importance; especially as a point of contact to the east-european economic bloc (Comecon) of which East Germany (with Leipzig) was a member.
		Among Leipzig's noteworthy institutions are also the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Leipzig Zoo, which houses the world's largest facilities for primates.
	usapedia.com /l/leipzig.html (295 words)

	Research Report 2003 > FOREWORD
		A hallmark of the Universität Leipzig is its diversity.
		BIO CITY LEIPZIG, which celebrated its official opening in May 2003, provides a new location for close cooperations between economy and science, and is represented by the Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), a central institution of the Universität Leipzig.
		Leipzig Forum for Computer- and Robot-assisted Surgery on 17 July 2003 showcased the advances of a revolutionary development in medicine: surgery with the help of information and communications technology, mechatronics, and robotics.
	www.uni-leipzig.de /forschb/03/eVorwort.htm (849 words)

	Eidson, John - Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
		The Southern Region of Leipzig includes the area between Leipzig in the north, Zeitz in the southwest, and Geithain in the southeast.
		The Südraum Leipzig, or Southern Region of Leipzig, corresponds roughly to the contemporary rural county called the Landkreis Leipziger Land.
		The Southern Region of Leipzig is a fertile and remarkably flat landscape.
	www.eth.mpg.de /people/eidson/project.html (2106 words)

	EUROPA - Regional Policy Inforegio
		Leipzig is situated in the Free State of Saxony in Eastern Germany.
		Leipzig has historically been a publishing centre, and is now developing into a major media centre.
		The city of Leipzig offers a variety of cultural events and activities, most notably the Neues Gewandhaus concert hall, the Leipzig Opera House, theatres, variety halls, art galleries and museums, including the Museum of City History, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Museum for the Study of Nature.
	europa.eu.int /comm/regional_policy/urban2/urban/audit/results/leipzig.htm (441 words)

	Leipzig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leipzig - Whinging about the weather or the broken photocopier are sackable offences at a German company that has banned moaning.
		Leipzig, (Sorbian/Lusatian Lipsk, Polish Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony.
		Having been a terminal of the first German long distance railroad (1838, to Dresden, the capital city of Saxony), Leipzig became a hub of central-european railroad traffic, with a renowned station building, now the largest passenger train station in Europe.
	www.wikiverse.org /leipzig (488 words)

	Germany Info: Business & Technology: What's New?
		After two and a half years of construction, the facility, which includes a customer center, test track and an off-road track, has raised the hopes of many in the community that the area’s beleaguered economy is on the road to recovery.
		Leipzig, known for its international trade fairs, was chosen by Porsche over 16 competing locations in Germany and elsewhere.
		By choosing Leipzig, he said, Porsche had sent an unmistakable signal: The new plant was proof that manufacturing technically advanced, high-quality products in Germany is a commercially attractive proposition.
	www.germany-info.org /relaunch/business/new/bus_porsche_cayenne.html (510 words)

	Leipzig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Leipzig from 1723 to 1750, at the St.
		The decline of the number of inhabitants however remain a threat to these precious rich decorated remains of once Imperial 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 event that led to democratisation and later on to the German reunification.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leipzig (781 words)

	shrinkingcities : Halle / Leipzig
		Insecurity due to social conditions in the Halle / Leipzig region (including Weißenfels, a Baroque town, and Bitterfeld and Wolfen, small towns dependent on the chemicals industry) led to a situation in which the birth-rate today is only half of what it was before the end of the GDR.
		Moreover, the first elements of a globally-oriented economy are growing up on Leipzig's northern fringe, in the shape of the airport, motorway, freight transport centre, the new Trade Fair complex and the new BMW car plant, designed by Zaha Hadid.
		In spite of enormous problems, not least in its eastern districts and the Grünau estate, Leipzig is seen as a winner of German unification.
	www.shrinkingcities.com /halle_leipzig.0.html?&L=1 (1161 words)

	InternationalReports.net : Eastern Germany
		The Leipzig Brühl, where the predominantly Jewish fur traders and furriers had their stores and shops, was famous all over the world.
		Leipzig is only about 4 - 6 hours by truck away from this network, ensuring that components from other plants can be delivered just in time.
		About 100 German and foreign banks, as well as regional bank Sachsen LB and the Central Bank of Saxony and Thuringia are all operating in Leipzig, making the city the leading financial center of central Germany for the major German banks.
	www.internationalreports.net /europe/easterngermany/2001/leipzigattracts.html (1234 words)

	2003 Men's Volleyball European Championships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leipzig is said to be the commercial centre of Eastern Germany.
		Leipzig as a city of sports looks back on a proud tradition and already in the 19th century was regarded as the "gymnastics city of Germany": Here was the origin of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn and the gymnastics movement.
		The most popular club of the city might be the women's handball team of the HC Leipzig, which was German champion in the year 2002 for the third time after the reunification and is famous for its exemplary way of looking after the upcoming players and has numerous national players.
	www.volleyball2003.de /orte/index.php?lang=en&Ort_ID=2 (1033 words)

	RESCUE - REGENERATION OF EUROPEAN SITES IN CITIES AND URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
		Framed by the rivers Ruhr to the south and Rhine to the west, the region stretches over 116 km from east to west and 67 km from north to south.
		Over the past 150 years the region experienced a lot of changes: From a rural area with only 250,000 inhabitants in 1840 to a densely built up conglomeration.
		The term Southern District of Leipzig (Südraum Leipzig) stands for a geographical, residential and economic area straddling the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
	www.rescue-europe.com /html/germany.html (1123 words)

	InternationalReports.net : Eastern Germany
		The Leipzig-Halle region was also recognized as a good place to invest public dollars to support private startup biotech companies.
		A major factor in the rapid development of biotech startups in the Leipzig region has been public support for the creation of “incubator” space.
		Other new processes that are being developed by companies in the region include: Cell cultivation systems for patient specific cellular cancer therapy systems for the production of monoclonal antibodies; research into the establishment of hybridomas (generating hybrid cells that can produce single types of antibody molecules).
	www.internationalreports.net /europe/easterngermany/2001/leipzigarea.html (649 words)

	Saxony Online Research :: Information about Saxony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the early Middle Ages the term Saxony referred to a different region, occupying today's states of Lower Saxony and Bremen (state) and the northern (Westphalia) part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
		The portions in the east of Saxony are the southern parts of the historical region of Lusatia (Lausitz) and are called Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz); the minority of the Sorbs live in the region, which is bilingual today.
		After 1918 Saxony was a state in the Weimar Republic and was the scene of Gustav Stresemann 's overthrow of the KPD/SPD led government in 1923, during the Nazi Germany and under Soviet occupation.
	in-northcarolina.com /search/Saxony.html (1362 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Further attractions for inhabitants and visitors to the city are the new sports arena, the area of the new trade fair, the modernised railway station with its numerous shopping facilities, the festival ground with its big open-air concerts or the legendary Honky-Tonk pub festival, which has remained unequalled in spite of many imitators.
		Leipzig students cannot imagine life without haunts like "NaTo," "Anker," and many more.
		For all those who like it green: the Clara-Zetkin-Park and the Rosental (rose valley) are situated just a few minutes' walk from the historical city centre, and are ideal for jogging, cycling or simply relaxing.
	www.smwk.de /en/bw/studieren/1201.htm (362 words)

	LEIPZIG FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Leipzig_Trade_Fair 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 the publishing industry, and towards being a location of the German National Library (founded in 1912).
		Among Leipzig's noteworthy institutions are also the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the opera house, Oper_Leipzig, and the Leipzig Zoo, which houses the world's largest facilities for primates.
	www.bellabuds.com /Leipzig (699 words)

	Kongressdienstleister (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) is one of Germany's largest public transport companies and it operates tram and bus routes in Leipzig.
		LEIPZIG CARD is a ticket with special discounts for business travellers, tourists or Leipzig citizens.
		Leipzig is a city with an unmistakeable flair.
	www.gcb.de /pages_new_en/stadt_28_e.htm (562 words)

	Leizpig 98 Scenery Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leipzig - Halle 98 will be my next Scenery.
		The Leipzig - Halle region is an area in former east Germany, better known as the middlegerman industry area.
		Ok, the two main cities of the area are Leipzig, with about 520.000 inhabitants and Halle where about 307.000 people live.
	www.dazeflight.de /myscen/leipzig_98_1.htm (183 words)

	Guide to Bach Tour - Leipzig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Particularly active in perpetuatlng interest in Bach and his works are the Bach Archives, the Bach Museum and Thomanerchor (St Thomas's Church Choir), one of the oldest and most famous boys' choirs in Germany.
		Leipzig is also the German candidate for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
		The Leipzig Town Council acquires performing parts of chorale cantata cycle from Anna Magdalena Bach for the use of the Thomaskantor
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Tour/Leipzig.htm (737 words)

	BMWNation.com > News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Federal Chancellor emphasised that "BMW's major investment in Leipzig is impressive proof of the attractiveness of the new Federal States in the international competitive environment, the high level of qualification of the staff and the quality of the infrastructure in East Germany."
		The decision to choose Leipzig for the new plant was made possible because constructive cooperation with employee representatives lead to the production of the "BMW Formula for Work".
		Other factors that influenced the company's decision were the possibility of subsidies to balance out the existing structural and costs disadvantages, the existing or planned infrastructure for traffic, supply and connections and the possibility that the plant will be able to make use of the tried and tested supplier structure in southern and central Germany.
	www.bmwnation.com /news/2002/020507_b.html (549 words)

	engineering
		Halle and Leipzig are surrounded by a nearly closed ring of motorways.
		Moreover, several lakes in the north and south of Leipzig were created during the process of recultivation of former surface mines.
		In Leipzig, there are intentions to built a new port and to finish the channel connection to the Saale river.
	www.landadelssitze.de /baudenkmale/sprachen/englischtext2.htm (1048 words)

	Leipzig News Service - Radio In Leipzig
		Leipzig has quite a number of public, commercial and non-commercial radio stations.
		It operates one regional and four non-regional stations in the 3 state area it is assigned to.
		Commercial radio in the Leipzig region is all about rating oriented, statewide music.
	wwwstud.uni-leipzig.de /~soz93ewa/leradio.html (444 words)

	Marketing Leipzig GmbH .:. Leipziger Freiheit - Press - Releases
		A novelty in city marketing: the Leipzig Case” is a charming ambassador for the city and the economic region of Leipzig
		Leipzig has come up with yet another creative idea that is sure to cause a stir in promoting the city: This Wednesday Marketing Leipzig GmbH, together with their partners, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) and the Chamber of Trade (HWK) will present the new Leipzig Case“.
		Leipzigers and their guests along with fans of the city all over the world can now choose from a host of items to clearly demonstrate where their affections lie.
	www.leipziger-freiheit.de /en/presse/mitteilungen (468 words)

	German President and Diplomatic Corps Visit Porsche Leipzig - GermanCarFans.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The German President has chosen Leipzig for his summer tour, since the commercial and cultural metropolis of Saxony is applying to host the Olympic Games in 2012.
		Georg Milbradt and by the Mayor of Leipzig, Wolfgang Tiefensee, also viewed North Leipzig with the new trade fairground and the Porsche factory, which concluded the tour.
		Regarding Leipzig’s application to host the Olympics, the Porsche Board of Management was certain that the city also has the chance of winning in competition with the major capital cities in the world.
	www.germancarfans.com /print.cfm/ID/2030902.002 (466 words)

	Dregeno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Erzgebirge region is located in the eastern part of Germany not far from Dresden at the Czech border.
		It was about 400 years ago when silver mining subsided in that region, and the silver miners turned to toy-making in order to make a living.
		Using this rout the toy-makers from the Erzgebirge mostly sent their products to Leipzig, a trading place for European goods for more than a thousand years.
	ww2.choicemall.com /nutcrackerplus (544 words)

	Leipzig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany.
		In 1913 a monument, the Völkerschlachtdenkmal, celebrating this event was finished.
		Leipzig is twinned with Birmingham, England and Houston, Texas.
	www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=Leipzig (676 words)

	Leipzig International School - Directory of International Schools and English Schools in Germany.
		Leipzig International School - Directory of International Schools and English Schools in Germany.
		The Leipzig International School was founded in September 1992 to serve the needs of the international community of the Leipzig region.
		The school is centrally located in the city adjacent to a beautiful park containing a woodland area and a river The school is also well served by public transport.
	germany.english-schools.org /leipzig-international-school.htm (457 words)

	battle of nations in leipzig and other leipzig related information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Memorial to the Battle of the Nations, Leipzig [ edit ] The aftermath Total casualties are uncertain, estimates range from 80,000 to 110...
		Page 1 of 1 Battle of Leipzig also called Battle of the Nations (Oct. 16—19, 1813), decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and...
		To see over 500 Napoleonic military prints click here Leipzig 1813, the Battle of the Nations by Peter Hofschroer Leipzig, the greatest clash of arms before the First World War, was...
	www.nethorde.com /leipzig/battle-of-nations-in-leipzig.html (394 words)

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