Leipzig

Country

German Empire

Coordinates

51.3406, 12.3747

History

• Leipzig (–1356)
• Leipzig (1356–1806), Electorate of Saxony
• Leipzig (1806–1867), Kingdom of Saxony
• Leipzig (1867–1871), North German Confederation
• Leipzig (1871–1918), German Empire
• Leipzig (1918–1933), Weimar Republic
• Leipzig (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Leipzig (1945–1949), Soviet occupation zone of Germany
• Leipzig (1949–1990), German Democratic Republic
• Leipzig (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Heinrich von Morungen (1200–1222), died in Leipzig
• Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (1530–1597), died in Leipzig
• Andreas Düben (1558–1625), died in Leipzig
• Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630), died in Leipzig
• Tobias Michael (1592–1657), died in Leipzig
• Andreas Düben (1597–1662), was born in Leipzig
• Sebastian Knüpfer (1633–1676), died in Leipzig
• Johann Schelle (1648–1701), died in Leipzig
• Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722), died in Leipzig
• Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau (1663–1712), was born in Leipzig
• David Kellner (1670–1748), died in Leipzig
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), died in Leipzig
• Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754), was born in Leipzig
• Carl Gotthelf Gerlach (1704–1761), died in Leipzig
• Johann Gottfried Donati (1706–1782), was born in Leipzig
• Johann Adolph Scheibe (1708–1776), was born in Leipzig
• Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762), died in Leipzig
• Johann Friedrich Doles (1715–1797), died in Leipzig
• Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724–1763), was born in Leipzig
• Johann Adam Hiller (1728–1804), died in Leipzig
• Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795), was born in Leipzig
• Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), was born in Leipzig
• Johann Friedrich Doles the younger (1746–1796), died in Leipzig
• Friedrich Adam Hiller (1767–1812), was born in Leipzig
• Christian Theodor Weinlig (1780–1842), died in Leipzig
• Moritz Hauptmann (1792–1868), died in Leipzig
• Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870), died in Leipzig
• Theodor Amadeus Müller (1798–1846), was born in Leipzig
• Ernst Richter (1808–1879), died in Leipzig
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), died in Leipzig
• Ludwig Schuncke (1810–1834), died in Leipzig
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883), was born in Leipzig
• Ferdinand Praeger (1815–1891), was born in Leipzig
• Clara Schumann (1819–1896), was born in Leipzig
• Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819–1898), died in Leipzig
• Wilhelm Rust (1822–1892), died in Leipzig
• Carl Reinecke (1824–1910), died in Leipzig
• Benjamin Robert Papperitz (1826–1903), died in Leipzig
• Franz von Holstein (1826–1878), died in Leipzig
• Engelbert Röntgen (1829–1897), died in Leipzig
• Salomon Jadassohn (1831–1902), died in Leipzig
• Felix Otto Dessoff (1835–1892), was born in Leipzig
• Julius Weissenborn (1837–1888), died in Leipzig
• Carl Tausig (1841–1871), died in Leipzig
• Richard Hofmann (1844–1918), died in Leipzig
• Gustav Schreck (1849–1918), died in Leipzig
• Hans Sitt (1850–1922), died in Leipzig
• Paul Homeyer (1853–1908), died in Leipzig
• Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), was born in Leipzig
• Julius Klengel (1859–1933), was born and died in Leipzig
• Stephan Krehl (1864–1924), was born and died in Leipzig
• Ferdinand Küchler (1867–1937), died in Leipzig
• Walther Lampe (1872–1964), was born in Leipzig
• Max Reger (1873–1916), died in Leipzig
• Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933), died in Leipzig
• Johanna Beyer (1888–1944), was born in Leipzig
• Hans Bottermund (1892–1949), was born in Leipzig
• Günther Ramin (1898–1956), died in Leipzig
• Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), was born in Leipzig
• Erhard Mauersberger (1903–1982), died in Leipzig
• Helmut Walcha (1907–1991), was born in Leipzig
• Wolfgang Fortner (1907–1987), was born in Leipzig
• Herman Berlinski (1910–2001), was born in Leipzig
• Hans-Hubert Schönzeler (1925–1997), was born in Leipzig