- Leipzig (Wikipedia)
Leipzig (/ˈlaɪpsɪɡ, -sɪx/ LYPE-sig, -sikh, German: [ˈlaɪptsɪç]; Upper Saxon: Leibz’sch), with a population of 624,689 inhabitants as of 2022, is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony, the second most populous city in the area of the former East Germany after (East) Berlin, and Germany’s eighth most populous. Leipzig/Halle Airport is situated in Schkeuditz, between Leipzig and Halle (Saale). The name of the city and those of many of its districts are of Slavic origin.
- Several well-known composers lived and worked in Leipzig, including Johann Sebastian Bach (1723 to 1750) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1835 to 1847).
- Introduction: A Musico-Logical Offering