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Population (31 Dec 2004):

• Total: 498,491
• Density: 1,675 residents/square kilometre (4,340 per square mile)

Climate:
Leipzig is situated in a continentally influenced low-lying area in the north-western part of Saxony in eastern Germany. The annual mean temperature is 9–11° degrees Celsius.

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Opening hours:

• Shops: normally Monday–Friday 9am–8pm and Saturday 9am–4pm
• Main post office: normally Monday–Friday 9am–8pm and Saturday 9am–3pm
• Banks: normally Monday–Thursday 9:30am–6pm and Friday 9:30am–4pm (self-service areas are accessible 24 hours)

Tip:
Tipping of 5–10% in restaurants and bars as well as for taxi-drivers and hairdressers is common practice.

Currency:
The currency used in Germany is the euro (€). There are numerous ATMs where money can be withdrawn using a credit or EC card as well as banks where currency can be exchanged.

Credit cards:
Credit cards are accepted in hotels and big department stores but only some restaurants and very few shops.

Telephone area code:

• Within Germany: 0341
• From abroad: 0049 341

Main sights

Main sights
Leipzig Musuem of Fine Arts	City of Bach	St Thomas's Boys Choir
The Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts is one of Germany’s most important collections. The museum was re-opened in December 2004 after moving into a brand new building. Its current home was designed as a glass cube offering as much as light as required and allowing visitors to stay in touch with the city.	Johann Sebastian Bach was Leipzig's director of music and the cantor of St. Thomas`s Church from 1723 until his death in 1750. His legacy is nurtured by institutions such as the Bach Archive, St. Thomas`s Boys Choir and the Gewandhaus Orchestra.	St. Thomas's Boys Choir emerged over 800 years ago from the church services conducted at the former Augustinian monastery; nowadays it is rightly famous both in Germany and abroad.
Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Gewandhaus concert hall	Leipzig Opera House	Goethe and Auerbachs Keller
The Gewandhaus Orchestra, the oldest civic concert orchestra in Europe, has personified Leipzig for over 250 years and is now world-famous.	Dating back more than 300 years, the Leipzig Opera company is the second oldest opera in Germany. Devoted to the heritage of Richard Wagner, it often hosts pemières and other productions attracting Europe-wide attention.	Goethe, the father of German literature, studied in Leipzig between 1765 and 1768. A visitor to the Auerbachs Keller restaurant, he immort-alised it by entitling a scene in his play Faust "Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig".
Old City Hall	Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum	Leipzig Central Station
One of the most beautiful German Renaissance town halls, it was built in just nine months in 1556/57.	The oldest preserved café and restaurant in Europe to have been run continuously nowadays also contains a museum documenting the Saxons' proverbial love of coffee, their 'national drink'.	One of the largest European railway terminuses - now also housing an ultramodern shopping centre.
Mendelssohn House	Leipzig - cradle of the 1989 Peaceful Revolution	Monument to the Battle of the Nations
Mendelssohn House is the only residence of composer Felix Mendelssohn still in existence. It is also the place where he died. Nowadays it is a museum containing exhibits such as his original furniture.	Leipzig is where the Peaceful Revolution in 1989 began. The demonstrations started on the square in front of St. Nicholas's Church, and then proceeded to Augustusplatz and the central ring road. Also worth visiting is the Stasi Museum.	The largest memorial in Europe and featuring a viewing platform at a height of 91m, it was erected to commemorate the 1813 Battle of Leipzig.

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Oct. 20, 2006
Press release (german)

The European Commission represented by Charles Kessler will give a presentation on the 7^th EU Framework Programme. This special lecture is fixed for Tuesday, Oct 24, 2006 at 12.25 pm.

We are pleased to announce that the Medical Association of Saxony certificates the conference with
18 continuing education points.

Visit the Glass Laboratory of
VITA 34
VITA 34 – Europe’s leading umbilical cord blood bank – cordially invites you to visit their Glass Laboratory. The stem cell laboratory is located in the BIO CITY, so you can make the visit anytime during the Get-together. Please see the registration desk to sign in.

Affiliated Events

3rd World Congress on Regenerative Medicine
October 17-19 2007, Leipzig, Germany
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