Sights & Attractions in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia

Worth Noting

Name	Category	Location

Albertinum The Albertinum is named after Saxony's King Albert, who between...	Museums / Galleries	Dresden

Altmarkt Although dominated by the nearby, unappealing, Kulturpalast (Palace...	Squares	Dresden

Augustusbrücke This bridge, which spans the river in front of the Katholische...	Bridges / Tunnels	Dresden

Bach-Museum im Bach-Archiv Leipzig The Bach family home, the old Bosehaus, stands opposite the Thomaskirche...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden This unique (even in a country with a national tendency for excessive...	Museums / Galleries	Dresden


Hauptbahnhof With 26 platforms, Leipzig's main train station is Europe's largest...	Transportation Sites	Leipzig

Johanneum At one time the royal stables, this 16th-century building now...	Museums / Galleries	Dresden

Katholische Hofkirche The largest church in Saxony is also known as the Cathedral of...	Religious Sites	Dresden

Kreuzkirche Soaring high above the Altmarkt, the richly decorated tower of...	Religious Sites	Dresden

Leipziger Universitätsturm Towering over Leipzig's city center is this 470-foot-high structure...	Architectural Sites	Leipzig

Mendelssohn Haus The only surviving residence of the composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Museum in der Runden Ecke This building once served as the headquarters of the city's secret...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Museum zum Arabischen Kaffeebaum This museum and café-restaurant tells the fascinating...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig

Neues Gewandhaus In the shadow of the Leipziger Universitätsturm is the glass-and-concrete...	Arts / Performance Venues	Leipzig

Opernhaus Leipzig's stage for operas was the first postwar theater to be...	Arts / Performance Venues	Leipzig

Panometer Dresden You can step back in time and get a sense of how Dresden looked...	Castles / Palaces	Dresden

Pfund's Molkerei This decorative 19th-century shop has been a Dresden institution...	Stores / Malls	Dresden

Stadtmuseum Dresden im Landhaus The city's small but fascinating municipal museum tells the ups...	Museums / Galleries	Dresden

Völkerschlachtdenkmal On the city's outskirts, Prussian, Austrian, Russian, and Swedish...	Memorials / Monuments	Leipzig

Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig This is an excellent museum of postwar German history. It focuses...	Museums / Galleries	Leipzig
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