Leipzig History and a Quick Trip to the City of Weimar!

This week, I took a closer look at the history of Leipzig, climbed to the top of the Völkerschlachtdenkmal, and took the train to visit the neighboring city of Weimar!

Location: 
Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

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This week I visited the city museum at the "Altes Rathaus" - old town hall building - which is right in the center of the Marktplatz
The old town hall is now a museum exhibiting Leipzig's history from the Middle Ages into the present!
The "via regia" and the "via imperii" were two medieval trade routes that ran east/west and north/south during the Holy Roman Empire, and they intersected in Leipzig - meaning the city was historically an epicenter for international trade!
An array of medieval currencies used in Leipzig during international trade fairs
I learned that foreign cloths were very commonly exchanged in Leipzig during the Middle Ages
A depiction of what the Leipzig city center could have looked like during an international trade fair
The only existing portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach, a very famous German composer and musician from the Baroque period
I had a vegetarian "Currywurst" for lunch after visiting the city museum!

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