Leipzig

Leipzig, a vivid and attractive city is located in the Free State of Saxony. It is among those cities in Germany with the richest and most venerable history. Leipzig, described by the world renowned poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as a "miniature Paris", is nowadays one of the leading cities in central Germany. The city, punctuated with accents of Art Nouveau and turn of the century architecture, is ambitiously working to reinstate itself as a cosmopolitan and academic center, looking back to a 800-year-old tradition of trade fairs and a 600-year-old university. Leipzig's international reputation as a city of music is closely associated with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the St. Thomas Boys choir, Johann Sebastian Bach and other great composers as Richard Wagner, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Robert Schumann. We are quite convinced that your visit to Leipzig will be memorable one.

Leipzig has much to offer. Find out what's unique and characteristic about Leipzig.

Take a photographic walk to the most interesting places around the city.

All symposium sessions will be held at the Westin Leipzig. The hotel is located in the center of Leipzig within walking distance to many sight seeing sites, restaurants and local attractions.

Weather

The weather in early August is usually convenient. For the last 10 years, statistics says that the average daily maximum temperature between 22°C and 29°C. At night it cooled down to temperatures between 13°C and 17°C. Within one week, on average, there were 2 days with rain.
( Well, this is statistics ...)

Useful links

The official web site of the City of Leipzig (german) (english)
Leipzig Tourist Service (german) (english)

Altes Rathaus

Neues Rathaus

Bach