Unesco initiatives (Leipzig)

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In Leipzig there are currently several initiatives that have made it their task to declare one facet of Leipzig's culture a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

Founding period

Leipzig has a large number of preserved buildings, ensembles and special cultural monuments of historicism and the Wilhelminian era , such as the splendid commercial and trade fair buildings and the passages in the center, which are unique in Europe , the Waldstrasse district or the music district . This epoch shaped the architecture in Leipzig the most.

So in the sense of world heritage efforts z. B. in the Waldstraßenviertel in a Wilhelminian style museum, bourgeois life at the turn of the century around 1900 can be shown. Traditional crafts and other professions such as sculptors, glassblowers, potters and retailers are to be relocated to Neustädter Markt. This initiative is supported by the Office for Urban Renewal and Housing Promotion of the City of Leipzig.

Collotype

The Leipzig Museum of Printing is one of four existing worldwide light pressure repairers with four functioning light presses. In 2008 the idea arose to place this very rare procedure under the protection of Unesco as a “masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of mankind” . The Federal Minister of Transport and Federal Commissioner for the New States, Wolfgang Tiefensee , campaigned for collotype at the Leipzig Book Fair 2008 and promised federal funding.

Music city

Probably the most promising and at the same time most extensive initiative is that of the music city Leipzig. It deals with the musical tradition of Leipzig. This initiative is supported by the city of Leipzig, the University of Leipzig and the Notenspur association. At the moment a group of students from the University of Cottbus is working on this topic, they are supposed to prepare a feasibility study. The students' first assessment was that Leipzig had the chance to be accepted, but this had to be done on the initiative of the citizens, as this would be typical of Leipzig. Unesco Germany encouraged the city to continue this work and to apply for a title.

Note track

Part of the Leipzig music track at station 18 at the Leipzig Bach Archive

The Notenspur is a 5.1 km long walk that leads through downtown Leipzig. It consists of 23 stations, each of which is on average 225 m from the next. Markings embedded in the pavement help you find your way. For each station, audio files are freely available on the Internet, which explain the stations, an explanation for children and contain associated music examples. Pieces of music by the respective musician should also be played at the stations. Particular attention is paid to the time of Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy . Above all, you can visit the composers' houses in Leipzig, which you can usually see from the inside.

Stations: New Gewandhaus - Mendelssohn House - Grieg meeting place - former Peters Music Library - Museum of Musical Instruments - Alter Johannisfriedhof - Schumann House - Graphic Quarter including music publishers - Richard Wagner bust - Leipzig Opera - Old Nikolaischule - Nikolaikirche - Old Town Hall - Museum of Fine Arts - Café Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum - Hotel de Saxe - St. Thomas Church - Bach Archive - Location of the birthplace of Clara Wieck - Location of the Old Conservatory - Location of the first Gewandhaus - Paulinum - Leipzig University Music - Cube of the MDR ensembles

Note wheel

The Leipziger Notenrad is a cycle path that aims to combine the scenic aspects (floodplain landscape, distinctive river systems) with the cultural attractions of Leipzig and the surrounding area. It is divided into 2 loops, western and eastern, both of which are roughly the same length. In total, it has a length of 36.6 km. Many stations from the walks are taken up.

Stages: Old Bach Monument and St. Thomas Church - location of the second Gewandhaus - University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" - Franz Schubert stele in Clara Zetkin Park - Kleinzschocher Manor - Richard Wagner Grove and Klinger Grove - Schillerhaus - Gohliser Schlösschen - Zöllner Memorial - Gustav Mahler House - Blind Music Library of the Central Library for the Blind - Birthplace of Hanns Eisler - Schönefeld Memorial Church - Zweinaundorfer Park and Mölkau City Estate - Museum for Musical Instruments - New Gewandhaus

Sheet music

The sheet music is another walk that is about 5 km long. It has a similar structure to the music track, but has 15 stations and represents the time of the 19th and 20th. Most of the houses listed here cannot be viewed from the inside.

Stages: Location of the house where Richard Wagner was born - location of the old theater - location of the Marschner house - library for the blind - Gustav Mahler house - location of the Albert Lortzing house - Erwin Schulhoff house - former Blüthner piano factory - Forum Thomanum and Luther Church - Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater - Location of the second Gewandhaus - Location of the Ez Chaim Synagogue - Nikischplatz with Nikisch Stele - Old Synagogue - Mendelssohn Monument and St. Thomas Church

Bach Archive

In addition to the buildings, the aim is to include some Bach autographs in the world document heritage, which are located in the Bach archive .

literature

  • Werner Schneider: Leipzig note trail. Discoveries in the music city of Leipzig. in: Sächsische Heimatblätter 62 (2016) 1, pp. 37–43

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wolfgang Hocquél : The Leipzig Passages and Courtyards. Architecture of European standing. Sax-Verlag, Markkleeberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86729-087-6
  2. ↑ Leipzig collotype workshop ( Memento from June 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ LVZ of March 26, 2008 ( Memento of November 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 351 kB)
  4. ↑ Audio scenes Leipziger Notenspur ( Memento from January 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )