Leipzig

Country

German Democratic Republic

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)
• Leipzig (1918–1919), Weimar Republic
• Leipzig (1919–1945), German Reich
• Leipzig (1945–1949), Soviet occupation zone of Germany
• Leipzig (1949–1990), German Democratic Republic
• Leipzig (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (1530–1597), died in Leipzig
• Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630), 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
• David Kellner (1670–1748), died in Leipzig
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), died in Leipzig
• Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754), was born in Leipzig
• Johann Gottfried Donati (1706–1782), was born in Leipzig
• Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762), died in Leipzig
• Johann Friedrich Doles (1715–1797), died 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
• Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870), 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
• Carl Reinecke (1824–1910), died in Leipzig
• Salomon Jadassohn (1831–1902), died in Leipzig
• Julius Weissenborn (1837–1888), died in Leipzig
• Richard Hofmann (1844–1918), died in Leipzig
• Hans Sitt (1850–1922), died in Leipzig
• Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), was born in Leipzig
• Ferdinand Küchler (1867–1937), died 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
• 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
• Heinrich von Morungen (?–1222), died in Leipzig