Cultural programme

As usual also this year the European Summer University offers you several possibillities to visit museums, join us for exhibitions and discover hidden places of the city with the guided tours.

24.07.2019
Albertina Library (Bibliotheca Albertina)

The Albertina Library (named at the time for the reigning Saxon king, Albert) was built between 1887 and 1891. It was an extremely modern library for the time, with lifts for book carts, fireproof iron doors and the division throughout the entire building between public areas and library offices.
On April 6, 1945, the building was two-thirds destroyed during a bombing attack. Restoration plans were made in 1956, but the necessary funds were not made available until February 1990, when the East German Parliament released 46 million marks. Building reconstruction took place from 1992 to 2002.
Today, the Albertina Library is one of seventeen branches of the University of Leipzig library system, and serves as the university's central liberal arts library and archive (source: Albertina).

25.07.2019
Zeitgeschichtliches Forum

The permanent exhibition tries to visualise the division and unity, dictatorship and resistance or opposition in the soviet occupation zone and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) (source: Haus der Demokratie).

Guided tour through Leipzig’s Old Town

With this walk through Leipzig’s Old Town, you get to know the city’s history. It includes many sights within the city centre: the Market Place and the Old City Hall, the Barfußgässchen and the Coffebaum, the Mädlerpassage with Auerbachs Keller, St. Nicholas Church and St. Thomas Church.

28.07.2019
Lake Cospuden

The excursion to the Lake Cospuden already became kind of a tradition for the ESU-participants. The lake (a former open cast mine) was flooded in 2000 and offers a vast variety of relaxation possibilities like cafés, restaurants or boat rentals. But it is also possible to just lay back and enjoy the beach and/or the water.
The lake can be reached by bus and bike (through the Wildpark, a free of charge zoo for local animals such as deers, raccoons and many others).
Don't forget your swimsuit!

30.07.2019
The Stasi Records Archive

The Stasi Records Archive in Leipzig is responsible for the safekeeping, utilization and accessibility of all records of the Ministry for State Security (1950 - 1990) from the former district Leipzig (source: Stasi Archive).

Egyptian Museum

The university’s Egyptian museum is located at Augustusplatz. It presents found pieces from the 5.000 years of Egyptian history in the Kroch-Hochhaus, a building built 1927/28 in the late Art Deco style (source: Egyptian Museum).