Located in the center of Leipzig, the modern, visitor-focused Museum commemorates the opposition, resistance and moral courage shown in the GDR against the background of German division. The exhibition, documentation and information center offers a forum for active participation in addressing contemporary German history from the end of the Second World War to the present.

The Forum of Contemporary History Leipzig invites you to a special guided tour on Thursday, 3 December 2009.

Adress:

Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig
Grimmaische Str. 6
04109 Leipzig

Date: 03.12.2009
Beginning: 6 p.m.
Length: 90min
Admission free
Maximum number of paricipants: 100 persons

Please use the registration form to register for the guided tour until 1 November 09.

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Auberbachs Keller is the best known and second oldest restaurant in Leipzig. It was described in Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s play Faust 1 as the first place Mephistopheles takes Faust on their travels. Located below the Mädlerpassage, a shopping arcade, the restaurant has been attracting visitors since 1530. The restaurant owes much of its fame to Goethe, who frequented Auerbach's Cellar as a student and called it his favourite wine bar. According to legend, Heinrich Faust once rode a wine barrel from the cellar to the street at Auerbachs cellar, something he could have accomplished only with the help of the Devil. This legend is most likely what led Goethe to add the scene in Auerbachs Keller to his play Faust I.

In the evening, we will round off the day with a dinner in Auerbachs Keller.

An adequate number of tables has been reserved for you and is available from 7.30 p.m.

Please note that the costs for dinner will not be covered and have to be paid by the participants themselves.

Adress:

Auerbachs Keller
Grimmaische Str. 2-4
04109 Leipzig

Date: 03.12.2009

Beginning: 19:30 Uhr

Please use the registration form to register for the dinner until 1 November 2009.

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The Leipzig Opera traces its establishment to the year 1693, making it the third oldest opera venue in Europe after La Fenice (Venice, Italy) and the Hamburg State Opera (Hamburg, Germany).
Intendant) and Ulf Schirmer the chief musicial director. Peter Konwitschny was announced as director-in-chief for the season 2008/09.

"Strawinsky Projekt III"

The Cage | Duo Concertant | Le Chant du Rossignol | Le Sacre du Printemps

There can’t be a Strawinsky Project without the Sacre! This evening is the third and last performance within the Strawinsky- cycle. After „the Firebird“ (1910) and „Petruschka“ (1911) followed „Le Sacre du Printemps“ in 1913 which caused the biggest scandal in the music-history of the 20th century.

Adress:

Oper Leipzig
Augustusplatz 12
04109 Leipzig

Date: 03.12.2009
Beginning: 19:30 Uhr
Length: 120 min
Price: 14 - 42 Euro

Ticket reservation:0341 / 1261-261 or online.

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Saxony and the rise of modern sciences

With around 700 rare objects, the anniversary exhibition highlights Universität Leipzig in the Age of Enlightenment – an era of great innovation, in which research and new insights changed the world.

“Knowledge” was a key word for the 18th century. A great number of new disciplines were created and the rise of natural sciences began. The changes this brought to European intellectual history still characterise our societies today.

Unique exhibits, such as paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, scientific instruments, collections of historic specimens, clothes and documents, illustrate how important foundations of modern society are due to the Age of Enlightenment. Saxony, and Universität Leipzig in particular, were at the centre of this development, shaping the history of science in Germany and Europe with lasting effect.

On Friday, 4 December 2009, the Stadtgeschichtliche Museum Leipzig invites our congress participants to a special guided tour:

Adress:

Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
Altes Rathaus
Markt 1
04019 Leipzig

Date: 04.12.2009
Beginning: 6 p.m.
Length: 60 - 90 min
No admission
maximum number of participants: 25 Persons

Please use the registration form to register for the guided tour until 1 November 2009, the latest.

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In 24 Tagen um die Welt– ein weihnachtliches Abenteuer

Genießen Sie im stilvollen Ambiente eines Art- Deco- Spiegelpalastes ein exklusives Vier- Gänge- Menü. Kreiert von Meisterköchen, aufgetischt von Artisten, Sängern, Schauspielern, Musikern, Comedians, Kellnern & Serviermädchen.

Herbert Cremefelds Crew reist um die Welt. Zu den Sümpfen des Amazonas, zu den Pyramiden am Nil, in die wilden Stierkampfarenen Spaniens, in die kühlen Iglus der Eskimos, zum heißen Karneval in Rio …Reisen Sie mit an einem Abend voller
internationalem Charme, exotischer Überraschungen und kulinarischer Extravaganzen.

Veranstaltungsort:
Spiegelpalast in der
Kongresshalle
Pfaffendorfer Str. 31

04105 Leipzig

Datum: 04.12.2009
Beginn: 20 Uhr bis 23.30 Uhr
Kosten: 87 Euro pro Person (inkl. 4-Gang-Menü)

max. Teilnehmerzahl:
40 Personen

Kartenbestellung unter
03 41 / 1 40 66-0 oder online.

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|Peter I. Tschaikowski|

|Ballett in two acts| Libretto on Marius Petita nach E.T.A. Hoffmann und Alexandre Dumas

The Nutcracker is a fairy tale- ballet in two acts, three scenes, composed in 1892. Alexandre Dumas père’s adaptation of the story " The Nutcracker and the Mouse King“ " by E.T.A. Hoffmann was set to music by Tchaikovsky. In Western countries, The Nutcracker has become perhaps the most popular of all ballets, performed primarily around Christmas time.

Adress:
Oper Leipzig
Augustusplatz 12
04109 Leipzig

Date: 04.12.2009
Beginning: 19:30 Uhr
Length: 120 min
Price: 17 - 61 Euro

Ticket reservation: 0341 / 1261-261 or online.

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