Leipzig

Leipzig, cried Leipsic in Inglis an aw, haes a population o close tae 601,000, makkin it the maistmuckle city in the federal state o Saxony, Germany an in the new states o Germany. In the 17t yeirhunner, Leipzig wis ane o the muckle European city-centres o lairnin an cultur in fields sic as muisic, astronomy an optics. Efter Warld War II, Leipzig became a muckle urban centre athin the Communist German Democratic Republic.

Leipzig later pleyed a significant role in the faw o communism in Eastren Germany, throu events taken place in an aroond St. Nikolai Kirk. Syne the Reunification o Germany, Leipzig haed mony chynges, sic as the restoration o historical biggins an the development o a modren transport infrastructure. In 2006, Leipzig hostit gemmes in the Warld Cup.

 Internaitional relations 
Leipzig is twinned wi:
 Addis Ababa, Ethiopie, syne 2004
 Birmingham, UK, syne 1992
 Bologna, Italy, syne 1962, renewed in 1997
 Brno, Czech Republic, syne 1973, renewed in 1999
 Frankfurt, Germany, syne 1990
 Hanover, Germany, syne 1987
 Houston, Unitit States, since 1993
 Kiev, Ukraine, syne 1961, renewed in 1992
 Lyon, Fraunce, syne 1981</
 Nanjing, Cheenae, syne 1988
 Plovdiv, Bulgarie, syne 1975, renewed in 2007
 Thessaloniki, Greece, syne 1984
 Travnik, Bosnie an Herzegovinae, syne 2003
 Herzliya, Israel, syne 2010

 Pairtnerships 
  Kraków, Poland, syne 1973, renewed in 1995

 References 


Category:Ceeties in Saxony