Leipzig

[ lahyp-sig, -sik; German lahyp-tsik ]

noun

1. a city in E central Germany.

Leipzig

/ ˈlaiptsɪç; ˈlaɪpsɪɡ /

noun

1. a city in E central Germany, in Saxony: famous fairs, begun about 1170; publishing and music centre; university (1409); scene of a decisive defeat for Napoleon Bonaparte in 1813. Pop: 497 531 (2003 est)

Leipzig

1. City in east-central Germany ; a manufacturing, commercial, and transportation hub.

Notes

Leipzig was the capital of Germany's book and music publishing industries until the city was badly damaged in World War II .

Since the Reformation , Leipzig has been a leading cultural center of Germany, home to philosophical, literary, and musical giants, such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Friedrich von Schiller , Johann Sebastian Bach , Felix Mendelssohn , Robert Schumann, and Richard Wagner .

Example Sentences

He became a guest professor of literature at the University of Leipzig in Germany in 2008.

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But after the defeat at Leipzig King Joachim asked and obtained leave to return to his own dominions.

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At Leipzig he held back so long that the French army very nearly escaped.

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This original Russian edition was followed almost immediately by a German translation, published in Leipzig by the same firm.

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His business extended rapidly, and in 1818 Brockhaus removed to Leipzig, where he established a large printing-house.

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But although the two musicians did not meet at Marienbad, they saw each other at Leipzig.

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