Leipzig

Former district headquarters for State Security now housing a memorial museum documenting the surveillance methods and operational history of the East German secret police.

Monument commemorating the 1813 defeat of Napoleon by a coalition of European powers, featuring a massive stone structure and crypt with numerous colossal statues.

Research institute and museum housed in an 18th-century merchant’s home, containing the central collection of documents, manuscripts, and original scores by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Museum in a contemporary glass-clad cube containing a collection of European art from the Late Middle Ages to the present, featuring significant works by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Caspar David Friedrich.

Lutheran church where Johann Sebastian Bach served as cantor for twenty-seven years and is currently interred, originally established as a monastery in the 12th century.

Church originally established in the 12th century, serving as the central location for the 1989 Monday Demonstrations that preceded the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Building complex containing three separate museums and a 1920s Art Deco interior, originally established in the 19th century to house ethnography, applied arts, and musical instrument collections.

Renaissance administrative building commissioned by Hieronymus Lotter in the 16th century, featuring an asymmetrical tower and one of Germany’s longest preserved ballroom halls.