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The Old Town Hall, one of the most beautiful buildings of the German Renaissance, houses the City History Museum, one of Germany's largest cultural history museums with a particularly rich collection.

Auerbachs Keller restaurant - made famous by Goethe and his Faust cycle.

Bach Museum/Bach Archives - fascinating insights into the era of Johann Sebastian Bach.Bach's Leipzig responsibility was primarily the education of several hundred boys in the St. Thomas School. But, because these boys were also choristers in the various churches of Leipzig, Bach was also responsible for the music in the town's four churches: St. Nicolas, St. Thomas, St. Matthew (the "New") and St. Peters. Bach himself was personally responsible to direct the music at St. Thomas and St. Nicolas. On the average he had about 55 boys in the Thomas school choir, who alternated singing at the two churches, one cantata every two weeks. Bach also supervised a prefect who directed second-string choirs at the other two churches. While not obligated to fulfill this function, Bach was able to pick up some extra income writing and performing music for special occasions such as weddings and funerals. In an average week Bach would perform nearly every day. Needless to say, these performances were usually poorly rehearsed (sometimes not at all) and often fell apart.

Church of St. Thomas -J.S. Bach's burial place. The great composer also worked here.

Church of St. Nikolai -Site of the Peace Prayer Services that marked the beginning of the peaceful revolution for the reunification of Germany in 1989.

Mendelssohn House - home of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, who also died here.

Battle of the Nations monument with viewing platform, commemorating the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig in 1813.