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1 Lipzig Guid fo visiting scintists

2 Tabl of Contnts Wlcom to Lipzig Th Max Planck Institut fo Evolutionay Anthopology Dpatmnt of Human Evolution / Abtilung fü Humanvolution Lipzig City Map Impotant Placs Lisu Tim in Lipzig Rcommndations/Sightsing Infomation Lipzig Panomt th wold s lagst 360 Exhibition: AMAZONIEN (AMAZONIA) Accompanying xhibition Musums in Lipzig Musum Rund Eck ( Round Con ) Gassimusum Th Lipzig Musum of Fin Ats Zitgschichtlichs Foum Lipzig Ägyptischs Musum d Univsität Lipzig Placs of Intst Zoo Lipzig Lipzig Mädl Passag Univsity of Lipzig A shot histoy Opa Hous Gwandhaus BachAchiv Lipzig at th Univsity of Lipzig Buildings of Intst Völkschlachtdnkmal (Monumnt to th Battl of th Nations) Lipzig s Cntal Railway Station A two in on building: in histoy and in psnc THE CITY TUNNEL UNDERWAY, BUT NOT YET FULLY ACCEPTED Intsting Facts Thomaskich / St Thomas Chuch and th Thomancho Nikolaikich Lipzig / St Nicholas' Chuch Oth Chuchs Rstauants, Cafés, Bas Lipzig Rstauants, Cafés, Bas Oth usful lisu tim links fom th intnt

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4 Min Lipzig lob ich mi! Es ist in klin Pais und bildt sin Lut (I pais my Lipzig! It is a small Pais and ducats its popl) Fosch, a univsity studnt in Goth s Faust, Pat On Ich komm nach Lipzig, an dn Ot, wo man di ganz Wlt im Klinn shn kann (I com to Lipzig, th plac on can s th whol wold in on) Gotthold Ephaim Lssing Das angnhm PlisAthn, Bhält dn Ruhm vo alln, Auch alln zu gfalln, Dnn s ist wundschön (Th plasuabl PlisAthn, ans its fam abov all, appaling to vy on, too, fo it is mightily bautous) Johann Sigismund Scholz Exta Lipsiam viv st misim viv Außhalb Lipzigs lbn, hißt in cht bämlichs Lbn fühn Bndikt Capzov d Jüng (Living outsid Lipzig mans living misably) Bndict Capzov th Young In Jna und Hall wa di Rohhit aufs höchst gstign 4

5 [ ] Daggn konnt in Lipzig in Studnt kaum ands als galant sin, sobald mit ichn, wohl und gnau gsitttn Einwohnn in inigm Bzug sthn wollt Goth, Dichtung und Wahhit, schsts Buch Ach wi bnid ich imm Lipzig um sin Musik! Claa Schumann, Bifwchsl Ich wa ganz bnommn und möcht bhauptn, d, sowit Achitktu und Stadtbild in Btacht kommn, nichts wid in minm Lbn inn so goßn, ja, komisch zu sagn, inn so bauschndn Einduck auf mich gmacht hat wi dis in sin Kunstbdutung nu mäßig inzuschätznd Wg vom Post Univsitätsplatz bis zu Hain Thodo Fontan: Von Zwanzig bis Dißig Lipzig [ ], dis gwiß wlthaltign Stadt Thomas Mann: Dokto Faustus, Kapitl XXI 5 und

6 MaxPlanckInstitut fü volutionä Anthopologi Max Planck Institut fo Evolutionay Anthopology MPI fü volutionä Anthopologi, Dutsch Platz 6, Lipzig Max Planck Institut fo Evolutionay Anthopology, Dpatmnt of Human Evolution Min Lipzig lob' ich mi! Es ist in klin Pais und bildt sin Lut (I pais my Lipzig! It is a small Pais and ducats its popl) (Fosch, a univsity studnt in Goth's Faust, Pat On a tibut to Lipzig as an ambitious and advancd city) 6

7 Lipzig, Novmb 2010 Da visiting Scintist, Wlcom to Lipzig! W hop that you had a nic tip and that you hav aivd safly Lipzig is a city with numous famous placs and sits, including St Thomas Chuch, th Völkschlachtdnkmal (Monumnt of th Battl of th Nations), Aubachs Kll, th Bundsvwaltungsgicht (Gmany s fdal adminiativ cout), and th Chuch of St Nicholas, which was th stating point of pacful Monday dmonations that finally ld to Gman Runification Futhmo, Lipzig's intnational tad fai has a long tadition and you may also discov th numous bautiful passagways though houss and buildings in th city cnt, which w novatd accoding to ach s histoical dsign Of ths, th Mädl Passag is on of th finst and most visitd acads in th wold Whil discoving Lipzig, you will follow in th footstps of many famous popl, such as Nobl Piz lauats Wn Hisnbg, Gustav Ludwig Htz, Wilhlm Ostwald, and Thodo Mommsn, psychologist Wilhlm Wundt, famous wits such as Gotthold Ephaim Lssing, Johann Wolfgang Goth, and Eich Kästn, philosophs such as Gottfid Libniz, Enst Bloch, and Fidich Nitzsch, socialist and cofound Kal Libkncht, compos Richad Wagn, and, last but not last, th cunt Gman Chancllo, Angla Mkl, who studid physics at th Univsity of Lipzig Includd in this wlcom packag, you will find a gat vaity of infomation about th city of Lipzig, including som intsting placs you might wish to discov in you lisu tim! Duing you stay in Lipzig, plas do not hsitat to ask us any qustions you might hav o fo any hlp you might nd Finally, w would lik to wish you a vy succssful and njoyabl stay in Lipzig, and hop that you will sha Goth s famous xpssion aft you visit to Lipzig! With bst wishs, Th Dpatmnt of Human Evolution 7

8 Th Max Planck Institut fo Evolutionay Anthopology Wlcom to th Max Planck Institut fo Evolutionay Anthopology W wish you a plasant and succssful stay Max Planck Institut fo Evolutionay Anthopology Dutsch Platz LEIPZIG Gmany Phon: Fax: info@vampgd URL: wwwvampgd Intnal URL: infovampgd About th Institut Th Max Planck Institut fo Evolutionay Anthopology was foundd in 1997 Th Institut s aim is to invstigat th histoy of humankind with th hlp of compaativ analyss of diffnt gns, cultus, cognitiv abilitis, languags and social systms of past and psnt human populations as wll as thos of pimats closly latd to human bings Th collaboation of th vaious dpatmnts at on institut is dsignd to lad to nw insights into histoy, vaity and abilitis of th human spcis Th Institut units scintists with vaious sach intsts who a concnd with human volution sn also fom an intdisciplinay pspctiv At psnt, th Institut compiss fiv dpatmnts and th junio scintist goups Üb das Institut Das MaxPlanckInstitut fü volutionä Anthopologi wud 1997 ggündt Es hat sich zum Zil gstzt, di Gschicht d Mnschhit mithilf vglichnd Analysn d Vschidnhit von Gnn, Kultun, kognitivn Fähigkitn, Spachn und sozialn Systmn vgangn und ggnwätig mnschlich Populationn sowi Guppn dm Mnschn nah vwandt Pimatn zu untsuchn Di Zusammnfühung dis Foschungsichtungn an inm Institut soll zu nun Einsichtn in di Gschicht, di Vilfalt, di Anpassungn und di Fähigkitn d mnschlichn Spzis fühn Das Institut vint Wissnschaftl vschidn Disziplinn, di sich von inm intdisziplinän Ansatz h mit d Evolution ds Mnschn bschäftign Zuzit abitn am Institut fünf Abtilungn und di Nachwuchsguppn 8

9 Dpatmnt of Human Evolution / Abtilung fü Humanvolution Th Dpatmnt of Human Evolution was foundd in 2004 as pat of th Max Planck Institut fo Evolutionay Anthopology of Lipzig (MPI EVA) It is ld by Pof JJ Hublin, and pimaily studis fossil hominins, aiming to conuct thi biology, bhavio and cultual volution Hominins a an xtmly succssful goup of spcis that hav xpandd acoss th nti plant and hav succdd in coping with vitually all cogogaphical nichs What maks this pocss uniqu is th incasing impotanc of cultu in th adaptiv atgy of th spcis and, vn mo so, th incasd intaction btwn cultu and biology Th main goups of spcialists a psntd in th dpatmnt: Palaoanthopologists, who study fossil matial, Achaological Scintists, who undtak biochmical analyss of th fossils, and Palaolithic Achaologists, who study th adaptiv atgis of hominins to thi nvionmnt though th xcavation of ky sits Th dpatmnt is involvd in many intnational collaboations and mploys 70 scintists, studnts and tchnicians It is pat of th Intnational MaxPlack Rsach school, Th Lipzig School of Human Oigins, a gaduat pogam involving oth dpatmnts of th MPIEVA and th Univsity of Lipzig Di Abtilung fü Humanvolution als wit Foschungsabtilung ds MaxPlanckInstituts fü Evolutionä Anthopologi (MPI EVA) wud im Jah 2004s ggündt Unt d Litung von Pof JanJacqus Hublin wdn hi in Lini fossil Hominin mit dm Zil untsucht, dn Biologi, Vhaltn und kultull Evolution nachzuvollzihn Hominin sind in außodntlich folgich Gupp von mhn Spzis, di sich auf d ganzn Ed ausgbitt habn und paktisch jd ökologischgogaphisch Nisch bstzt habn Di zunhmnd Bdutung von Kultu als Til d Adaptationsatgi, und mh noch das vstäkt Zusammnspil von Kultu und Biologi machn disn Pozss inzigatig Di Abtilung abitt intdisziplinä mit Exptn aus di vschidnn Fachgbitn: Paläoanthopologn foschn fossils Matial, Achäomt fühn biochmisch Analysn von Fossilin duch, Achäologn foschn di Anpassungsatgin von Homininn an ih Umwlt mit Hilf von Ausgabungn an Schlüsslfundstlln Di Abtilung fü Humanvolution abitt mit zahlichn intnationaln Foschungsinichtungn und Institutionn zusammn und bschäftigt dzit ca 70 Wissnschaftl, Nachwuchswissnschaftl und nichtwissnschaftlich Mitabit Zudm btiligt sich di Foschungsabtilung am Intnationaln Doktoandnpogamm: Th Lipzig School of Human Oigins, an dm auch and Abtilungn ds MPI EVA und di Univsität Lipzig tilnhmn 9

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d ß ta tzs Tö Libm t s t 2 Thomaskich Univsität Lipzig Völkschlachtdnkmal Wildpak Zitgschichtlichs Foum Zoologisch Gatn Zum Aabischn Coff Bau TOURIST INFORMATION Lipzig Infomation Mstab 1 : km ntspicht 4,5 cm Tl / LE I PZ IG 10 annh m b Ra Mühl K al OthopädKlinik Faunklinik Mi tti S ta Gali f Zitgnössisch Kunst Gwandhaus zu Lipzig Gohlis Schlößchn Gassimusum Haus ds Buchs Haus Dilindn Hochschul fü Gafik und Buchkunst Lipzig Jugndhbg Lipzig Klinmss Kystallpalast Vaité Kunsthall d Spakass 1 ndoff4 Hof 5 Posadowskyanlagn Nch au Möbiusplatz Ostst 3 4 AFankLips 5 ius Platz R id Kindklinik Stö n linik ik n T An d S t au ick Zw Agyptischs Musum (Intim) Alt Handlsbös Alt Johannisfidhof Antiknmusum BachMusum im BachAchiv Lipzig Bayisch Bahnhof Blantis Vgnügungspak Botanisch Gatn Bundsvwaltungsgicht Di Dutsch Bibliothk, Dutsch Büchi Luth Wg au ch c k t ß gs a S to inf ff sdo 4 P f Mu MARIENBRUNN st in Eckst S tünz S t i na und 2 Ost sstift Schim Stadttilpak Alt Eilnbug Bahnhof Ostplatz G as s 1 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11 Lisu Tim in Lipzig Rcommndations/ Sightsing Infomation 11

12 Cunt Evnts/ Exhibitions Richad Wagn Di Mising von Nünbg ("Th Masings of Numbg", Opa) Novmb 06th, 2010,, 05:00 pm Oglstund Michal Schönhit Gwandhaus Oganist Oglstund Michal Schönhit ("Hou of ogan music") Michal Schönhit Novmb 6th, 2010, 05:00 pm, Goß Saal, Gwandhaus zu Lipzig Gog Böhm Päludium und Fug dmoll Gog Böhm Patita sopa "Ach wi nichtig, ach wi flüchtig" Hugo Distl Patita "Wacht auf, uft uns di Stimm" op 8/2 Johanns Wyauch Patita "Ich wiß in liblich Englspil" Johann Sbastian Bach Patita sopa "O Gott, du fomm Gott" BWV 767 Johann Sbastian Bach Päludium und Fug cmoll BWV 546 Tickts: 6 plus advanc sal f TicktHotlin: Ocha of th Univsity of th Music & That "Flix Mndlsohn Batholdy" Lipzig Novmb 6th, 2010, 08:00 pm, Goß Saal, Gwandhaus zu Lipzig "Lipzig Komponistn" (Lipzig Composs) Günth Raphal Suit "Jabonah" op 66 Cal Rinck Conct pic fo piano and ocha op 33 PausFlix Mndlssohn Batholdy Symphony No 3 in A mino op 56 MWV N 18 (Known as th "Scottish" Symphony) Tickts: 10 plus advanc sal f TicktHotlin:

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14 Lipzig Panomt th wold s lagst 360 Exhibition: AMAZONIEN (AMAZONIA) Th wold s lagst 360 panoama of th AMAZONIA topical ain fost, paintd by Asisi, can b sn at th Lipzig Panomt Thanks to this visual xpdition, on can plung into a thick ain fost at th lag Amazon Riv On a scal of 1:1, with a total lngth of ca 106 mts and hight of 30 mts, AMAZONIA vals th complxity and bauty of th mot Bazilian ain fost Simulating a claing in th fost, th 6mt high platfom allows you to hav a complt 360 viw of th ain fost With th hlp of binoculas, on can discov a catpilla on a laf, indignous popl fom th Amazonas gion, paots in t cowns, bautiful flows, o a sloth hanging fom a t banch At fist glanc, on only ss vgtation It is only whn you look mo closly that th cological systm of th ain fost vals its diffnt facts Asisi s AMAZONIA maks its visitos fl as if thy a litally in a ain fost and by doing so, snsitizs you to th opulnt and spcisich landscaps so common in such fosts Th 360 panoamic pictu is accompanid by lights that simulat daylight, which a movd to simulat th vy dak topical night in th ain fost In addition, th a sound ffcts that a typical of th ain fost as wll as spcial music that was composd fo this painting by Eic Babak Hommag to Humboldt Fo th ddicatd paint, Alxand von Humboldt landscap at was th idal inumnt to undstand natu with all snss Humboldt aimd to idntify th colations in natu and to illuat thm in a comphnsibl way And h was convincd of th fact that th bigg a painting was, th mo intnsivly it would hlp to val this Thfo, Yadga Asisi s AMAZONIA is ddicatd to th Gman natualist on th occasion of th 150th annivsay of his dath and as a tibut to Humboldt s wish to hav a panoamic pictu of natu in its wild opulnc and ichnss of livs Accompanying xhibition Th is an accompanying xhibition to lan mo about th floa and fauna of th ain fost, such as th lgnd of th oscoloud iv dolphins, th way th ain fost s wat cycl functions, how inscts can camouflag thmslvs, th spcial simulation of a ain fost t in its oiginal hight of 25 mts o th modl of a topical mosquito on a scal of 60:1 Th blossoms of th Anamophos tansf th spctato into an insct, visiting th insid of a hug topical flow and a vido installation allows you to obsv th migation of ants though th jungl Finally, th a sval audio psntations that tll famous lgnds and stois of Amazonia This accompanying xhibition is bilingual (Gman and English) 14

15 Rcommndations and hlpful infomation It is commndd that you plan to spnd at last 2 hous at th xhibit, in od to lan mo about th 360 panoamic pojct AMAZONIA without ush o xcitmnt Last ntanc possibl: 1 hou bfo daily closu of xhibition Th platfom of th xhibition tow can only b accssd by stais; th is no lvato availabl Taking photogaphs is not allowd in th Panomt, th accompanying xhibition, o th foy Pts a not allowd in th Panomt Opning Hous: Tusday though Fiday: 09:00 am until 07:00 pm Satuday, Sunday, and Holidays: 10:00 am until 08:00 pm Asisi Panomt Lipzig RichadLhmann Lipzig, Dutschland T +49(0) F +49(0) Concpt, Atistic Dicto: Yadga Asisi Music: Eic Babak Panomt/Amazonin/Panoamapojkt Cuatos: D Ditma Sattl, D Nico Blüthgn, officlipzig@asisipanomtd Pof D Stfan Pomski, Nadin Hwth, AnaMaia BnkoIsppon Achitctu of xhibition: Mathias Thil Musums in Lipzig Musum Rund Eck ( Round Con ) Th building wh th Stasi had its hadquats fo th diict of Lipzig fo 40 yas now houss th Rund Eck Mmoial Musum Rund Eck (Round Con) fs to th oundd shap of th con wh th main ntanc to th building is locatd Right in th fom offics of th Stasi mploys, visitos can now lan about th function, mthods, and histoy of th Stasi Th Citizns Committ has tid to psv th oiginal nvionmnt to giv visitos an authntic impssion of th atmosph in th Rund Eck up to 1989 Linolum floos, bownishyllow wallpap, folding gills at th doos and windows, xposd cabl ducts, and old adiatos a still found thoughout th nti musum H, histoy is visibl and palpabl Opning hous: Monday though Sunday, 10:00 am until 06:00 pm Public guidd tous of th Musum (min 5 popl) daily at 03:00 pm 15

16 Gassimusum Th Gassi musum at Johannisplatz was conuctd btwn 1925 and 1929 and houss th lag musums of national put Divs pogams, th complx of buildings with its spasly applid At Dco dcoations and its inn couts, as wll as th paklik Alt Johannisfidhof cat a uniqu cultual attaction as wll as a plac of snity and laxation in th hat of th city Th Gassi accomodats th lag musums of national ank: Th Musum of Applid Ats, th Musum of Ethnogaphy, and th Univsity of Lipzig s Musum of Musical Inumnts All th not only look back at an vntful histoy, but a qually chaactisd by fistclass collctions that infom visitos about th divsity of ou wold Th nam Gassi Musum oiginats back to Fanz Dominic Gassi a Lipzig mchant with Italian oots, who lft mo than two million Maks to th city of Lipzig aft his dath in 1880 His lgacy was usd to implmnt a numb of conuction pojcts in th city, induding th Mndbunnn and th old Gassi Musum Th latt was locatd at today s WilhlmLuschnSqua and usd to accommodat th Musum of Ethnogaphy and th Musum of Applid Ats bfo it was tund into th City Libay Th conuction of th nw Gassi Musum was financd by th sal pocds of th old musum, and took plac fom 1925 until 1929 Th building complx today offs a total spac of appox 27,000 m² In od to mphasis th musum s significanc it was includd in th socalld Blaubuch (a list of th most impotant cultual institutions in fom East Gmany) in 2002, and has bcom a mmb of th Konfnz National Kultuinichtungn (KNK) in od to stablish btt coopation and coodination with oth notabl cultual cnts Evy ya (sinc 1997), on th last wknd of Octob, an xtaodinay vnt calld th Gassimss is oganisd by th Musum of Applid Ats Foundd in 1920 as a sals fai, its pioity lis in pomoting high quality, ath than masspoducd, objcts, such as could b found at th Mumss in Lipzig Th Gassimss attacts thousands of visitos ya aft ya and has dvlopd into a notabl, intnational foum of contmpoay applid ats and poduct dsign (Lipzig Zitgist, ISSUE 14, Jan/Fb 2010) GRASSI Musum fü Völkkund zu Lipzig Staatlich Ethnogaphisch Sammlungn Sachsn Johannisplatz 511, Lipzig Phon: +49(0)341/ Fax: +49(0)341/ mvlgassimusum@sssmwksachsnd wwwmvlgassimusumd Opning hous: DiSo 1018 Uh Entanc fs vay dpnding on which musum and what typ of xhibition you would lik to visit Admission chags fo th whol Gassi, i, fo all th musums and thi pmannt and spcial xhibitions, a as follows: 16

17 Th Lipzig Musum of Fin Ats Th nw musum building is on th fom Sachsnplatz in th nothn pat of Lipzig s city cnt, and was concivd as a glass cub, with lightfilld intio hallways intcptd by tacs and atiums Th building was built btwn (with a fstiv opning on 4 Dcmb 2004), and was dsignd by th Blin achitcts Hufnagl, Pütz and Raflian and povids (a a total of 11,000 m² of xhibition spac Rosnkanz Kubus VIII Castn Nicolai bis 2 Mai 2010 Im RosnkanzKubus VIII wid di aktull Schnkung von Dit und Si Rosnkanz an das Musum d bildndn Künst vogstllt Di Abit ota von Castn Nicolai ist in Installation, in dn Zntum in otindn Edlstahlzylind stht, dssn Obfläch gavit und pfoit ist Duch di Öffnungn dingt von innn glißnd hlls Licht, das dn Raum mit inm flackndn Lichttppich ausklidt Max Schwimm zum 50 Todstag 4 Fbua bis 18 Apil 2010 D vo allm als Zichn und Illuato bkannt Lipzig Max Schwimm ( ) gilt als in d bdutndstn Künstlpsönlichkitn Sachsns im 20 Jahhundt Di Kabinttausstllung, in Koopation ds Musums d bildndn Künst mit dn Lipzig Städtischn Bibliothkn, gibt inn Einblick in bkannt wi wnig bkannt Facttn sins umfangichn Œuvs Nbn malischn Hauptwkn und Abitn, di in unmittlbam Zusammnhang zu sin Tätigkit als Buchilluato sthn, sind auch in Auswahl sin libvoll gstalttn Bif sowi fi Aquall, Gouachn und Handzichnungn zu shn Rosnkanz Kubus VII Robt Thin bis 2 Mai 2010 D sibt RosnkanzKubus im Musum d bildndn Künst zigt Wk von Robt Thin aus d Sammlung von Dit und Si Rosnkanz In dn fühn 1990 Jahn wud Thin vo allm duch übdimnsionit Skulptun und Installationn bkannt, di Ggnständ aus dm häuslichn Umfld wi Tisch, Stühl od Tllstapl dastlln Im RosnkanzKubus VII wdn jüng, wi auch ält Abitn aus ganz untschidlichn Matialin gzigt Musum d bildndn Künst Lipzig Kathainn 10, Lipzig Tlfon: wwwmdbkd Opning hous: Tusday and Thusday until Satuday 10:00 am until 06:00 pm Wdnsday 12:00 until 08:00 pm Monday closd Holidays 10:00 am until 06:00 pm 17

18 Zitgschichtlichs Foum Lipzig This modn Musum in th city cnt of Lipzig is a mind of th opposition, sistanc, and civil couag against th backgound of Gman division duing GDR tims It is an xhibition and documntay and infomation cnt that shows th committd disput with Gman contmpoay histoy fom th nd of th Scond Wold Wa until now Tmpoay xhibitions: Auf dn Spun d Digdags Est Ekundungn (On th Tacs of th Digdags Fist Discovy) 17 Mäz bis 16 Mai 2010 Päsntation im Foy Dinstag Fitag: 9:00 18:00 Uh Samstag/Sonntag: 10:00 18:00 Uh Eintitt fi Gimmaisch 6, Lipzig Phon: (03 41) , Fax: (03 41) Opning hous: Tu Fi 9:00 am until 8:00 pm, Sat, Sun 10:00 am until 6:00 pm F Entanc Ägyptischs Musum d Univsität Lipzig Addss Intim location fom Dcmb 2002: Bug Lipzig Contact Opning Hous Tusday Satuday: 100 pm 500 pm Sunday: 1000 am 100 pm Focal Points Impotant collction (mdium siz) of cultu and histoy in Ancint Egypt Ealy dynastic ston vssls (1st half of 3d millnium BC) Pivat and oyal at of th Ancint Empi (2nd half of 3d millnium BC) Nubic potty and at (1st half of 2nd millnium BC) About 9,000 oiginal objcts Pmannt Exhibition Chonological xhibition Compiss about 600 oiginal diffnt objcts (lifs, at, coffins, tc) Handcaftd top quality poducts and mass objcts fo daily usag in th Nil county duing th pdynastic piod (4th millnnium BC) until Egypt s Chistian Piod (1st millnnium AC) Wbpag 18

19 Placs of Intst Zoo Lipzig Th stps fowad, no stps back Th zoo of th futu lads you all aound th glob and ncompasss 160 million yas of gological histoy Compad to that, th tim you will spnd laning about this histoy will b quit shot Th zoo novations, which bgan in 1999, should b finishd by 2014, and a budgtd to cost aound 90 million Euos Howv, no ntpis has as much staying pow as volution, vn whn it s un conomically Thfo, th zoo and th city of Lipzig hav dividd th pojct into th phass Phas on was compltd in 2005 and has alady bn financially covd Aft that, thy will chck (within two mo phass) whth o not th zoo has attactd mo visitos and thfo impovd its conomic basis If this is th cas, th zoo of th futu can b compltd Th Zoo of th futu Right though th tun of th millnium, th Lipzig Zoo has bn tuning ov a nw pag Th zoo of th futu is bcoming ality Gadually, a nw wold, in which th animal kingdom is sn as it tuly is, is bing catd Lipzig Zoo taks its sponsibility to all animals vy siously and wants to convinc its visitos to potct this wold At th sam tim, ach Lipzig Zoo visito should b bought up clos to th animal kingdom Th zoo of th futu lts you obsv th animals in thi natual habitats and you can xpinc thi wold with all of you snss You visit to Lipzig Zoo will tun into a uniqu and unfogttabl advntu Som of ths natual animal habitats a alady compltd Within th nxt fw yas, whol continnts and habitats will b built fo all to xpinc Go on a tim id and discov th whol zoo of th futu now! Phass of dvlopmnt Pongoland and th Lion Savannah Makasi Simba (pat of th futu Continnt Afica) hav bn finishd sinc 2001 Phas 1 until 2004: Compltion of th Continnt Afica Phas 2 until 2008: Compltion of th Continnt Asia Phas 3 until 2014: Compltion of th phistoic wold Gondwanaland and th Continnt South Amica Zoo Lipzig Opning hous: 09:00 am until 07:00 pm Infomation fo visitos: Tl 0341 / (Safaibüo) safaibuo@zoolipzigd Contact: Pfaffndof Lipzig 19

20 Lipzig Mädl Passag Th Mädl Passag was built fom 1912 to 1914 by th manufactu Anton Mädl as a fai hous, and was lovingly stod in th aly 90s In th Passag is a bll mad by Missn poclain (plays vy hou) and also th famous Aubachs Kll, wh th young Goth fquntd th pub and was inspid to wit Faust Mädl Passag is on of Gmany s most bautiful histoic shopping acads Fancy shops and lgant bas a typical h today Univsity of Lipzig A shot histoy Th univsity was modlld on th Univsity of Pagu, fom which th Gmanspaking faculty mmbs withdw to Lipzig aft th Jan Hus cisis and th Dc of Kutná Hoa Th Alma mat Lipsinsis opnd in 1409, aft it had bn officially ndosd by Pop Alxand V in his Bull of Acknowldgmnt on Sptmb 9th of that ya Its fist cto was Johann von Münbg On of its buildings was th Augustum By th nd of Wold Wa II, 60% of th univsity's buildings and 70% of its books had bn doyd Th univsity opnd on Fbuay 5, 1946, but it was affctd by th unifomity imposd on social institutions in th GDR In 1948, th fly lctd studnt council mmbs w disbandd and placd by FDJ mmbs Th chaiman of th Studnt Council, Wolfgang Natonk, and oth mmbs w astd and impisond But th univsity was also th nuclus of sistanc Thus bgan th Blt goup with flys fo f lctions Th had of th goup, Hbt Blt, paid fo his commitmnt to dmocacy with his lif and was xcutd in 1951 in Moscow In 1953, th Univsity was namd "KalMaxUnivsity Lipzig" by th nw uls In 1968, th patly damagd Augustum, including Johannum and Albtinum and th intact St Paul's Chuch, w doyd to mak way fo th dvlopmnt of th univsity This was compltd btwn 1973 and 1978 Th dominant univsity building was th Univsity Tow (now th CityHochhaus Lipzig), which was mant to smbl an opn book In 1991, th univsity s nam was stod to its oiginal nam Univsity of Lipzig (Alma mat lipsinsis) Th conuction of th Univsity Libay, which was havily damagd duing th wa and baly scud in th GDR, was compltd in 2002 With th sal of th Univsity Tow to a pivat own, th univsity was focd to spad som of its facultis out ov sval locations in th city Futhmo, it dsignd its histoical cnt at Augustusplatz This was highly contovsial In 2002, Bht Bonzio civd th scond piz in th achitctual comptition Th juy did not awad a fist piz A lobby goup with patial suppot fom th povincial govnmnt calld fo th building of St Paul's Chuch and Augustum This causd th majoity of th studnts and th population of Lipzig to fom a sistanc against th univsity ladship Ths disputs ld to a scandal in aly 2003, duing which th Rcto Volk Bigl, and th poctos signd in potst against th govnmnt This was futh focd aft sv tnsions had built up bcaus of th Saxon univsity taty on th futu funding of high ducation As a compomis, thy could ag on th implmntation of a scond comptition, which only covd th Augustusplatz font of th univsity On Mach 24, 2004, a juy chos th dsign by Dutch achitct Eick van Egaat, which was wll civd by almost all sids H calls th out fom of th St Paul's Chuch and Augustum, and abactd th oiginal building complx Th novations bgan in th summ of 2005 In 2009, th Univsity of Lipzig clbats its 600th annivsay with ov 300 scintific 20