Leipzig 2013 – Sparrow

Leipzig 2013


Folder: Germany
Pictures taken in Leipzig, Germany.

Leipzig 2013 – Sparrow

13 Jun 2013 3 184
Very common in Leipzig, unlike Holland where the Sparrow seems to have disappeared.

Leipzig 2013 – Ur-Krostitzer beer

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The man is king Gustav II Adolf of Sweden. He stopped in Krostitz in Saxony during the Thirty Years War and was handed a glass of beer from the brewery. As thanks the king gave a golden ring.

Leipzig 2013 – Old Trade Exchange

Leipzig 2013 – Galeria Kaufhof

Leipzig 2013 – Mercurius

Leipzig 2013 – Specks Hof

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The oldest surviving passage in Leipzig. It is named after Maximilian Speck von Sternburg, who bought the building in 1815 and who's family kept it until 1908.

Leipzig 2013 – Specks Hof

Leipzig 2013 – Specks Hof

Leipzig 2013 – Specks Hof

Leipzig 2013 – Cycling

Leipzig 2013 – Former gas light

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Now equipped with led lamps.

Leipzig 2013 – New building on the spot of the old…

13 Jun 2013 3 191
The church was demolished by the GDR authorities and replaced by a modern building. That building was demolished too and replaced by this.

Leipzig 2013 – Manhole cover of Moritz Walther of…

Leipzig 2013 – City-Hochhaus

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Dates from 1972. There is a restaurant at 110 meters high.

Leipzig 2013 – Tram 2111 on the Friedrich-Ebert-St…

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with two trams on tow.

Leipzig 2013 – Tram 2154 towed by 2111 on the Frie…

Leipzig 2013 – Nur mit Genehmigung!

Leipzig 2013 – Stötteritz

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Tram 1108 ready to depart for Stötteritz.

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