Leipzig entdecken

The Old Town Hall was built in 1556-57 under mayor Hieronymus Lotter on the east side of Leipzig's Markt square and is considered one of Germany's most important Renaissance civic buildings. It served as the seat of the city council until 1905, when administration moved to the New Town Hall. It now houses the Leipzig City History Museum.

The Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig traces its roots to an art association founded in 1837 and first opened to the public in 1858. Its current glass-cube building on the former Sachsenplatz opened in 2004 and shows works from the late Middle Ages to today, including paintings by Cranach, Friedrich and Beckmann.

The Museum in der Runden Ecke occupies the former Leipzig district headquarters of the East German Ministry for State Security. Its permanent exhibition, Stasi - Macht und Banalität, documents the agency's structure and surveillance methods through original offices, equipment and files. The building was a focal point of the 1989 revolution.