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all started here. with a so-called monday demonstration. this sculpture the democracy belt is a reminder of those events. tens of thousands took to the streets the fall of the berlin wall followed and communist east germany was history. the city of lights each took its future into its own hands extensive renovation work building projects and large investments followed. thirty years after the peaceful revolution lights it has become a pretty exciting city everything seems possible here so it's just the right time for a trip into the city's past and present. we

visit one of the creative hot spots of light. we take a walk through a possibility with your at least. and we sure we've your video with holiday greetings from japan. st nicholas church is the symbol of the peaceful revolution of one nine hundred eighty nine. a church that has always been closer to the people but to those who were in power it dates back to the twelfth century and was donated by like citizens. in one nine hundred eighty s. this church was the only place where the people of light openly about the conditions in east germany. open for

everybody and that's the motto of st nicholas church starting in one thousand nine hundred two people were invited to peace prayers and then fall of one thousand nine hundred nine thousand. first they took part in discussions and then everybody went out into the streets to demonstrate against the east german regime. an exhibition in the church tells the story of the peace prayers east german citizens called for a dialogue but the regime refused to listen anger and frustration group that peace barriers played a major role in keeping the people calm the demonstrators carried their peaceful protest out of the church and into the city this pillar reminds us of that. if you want to know more about what was going on in life place your bets time or recommended tour of the places related to the peaceful revolution and where does it

start of course right here next to st nicholas church. the meeting point to st nicholas church. city guide karen choiceless shows tourists the focal points of the events of autumn nine hundred eighty nine she knows what she's talking about because she took part in them on the demonstrations. during the one nine hundred eighty s. the mandate prayers drew more and more people who no longer agreed with the social developments in this part of germany the communist east. in order to understand what happened back then the group heads for the form of contemporary history. it provides a comprehensive picture of the division and me unification of germany. the origins of the s.c.d. the ruling east german communist party. daily life and how the state owned

enterprises operated. the fall of the berlin wall in one thousand nine hundred nine opened the way to freedom it also meant the loss of a homeland earns an identity topics the foreign consciously focus upon. its being authors. this is why it isn't called a museum but a forum. we wish to initiate discussion about this it's a great deficit that we don't talk to each other instead everyone has their own cliches and prejudices. east and west have to talk to one another north and south rich and poor. this house is meant to serve as an example for that. is an open invitation to visitors here and engage in conversation. on things with political. on the monday demonstrations began in one thousand nine hundred nine nobody could

know this was the beginning of the end of the east german regime. filming the events was dangerous. current scheuer leads the way to a place where two activists fill in the legally. is that i forget that this reform church is the exact spot where the first foot each of our monday demonstration was shot. more. to fill a material was done secretly hunted to a western journalist. so now this journalist smuggled this little real from east to west in his underwear and he succeeded. and that is you know. the worst fears that the secret police are. stars he would discover everything. its headquarters were called the round corner. today it's a museum and a memorial. it provides

a chilling insight into how the stance the operated an old listening device used to eavesdrop on town hall style of a machine for opening letters. by witnesses guide people through the exhibition it's not a multimedia show or an interactive museum everything looks just like it did back then and that's the intention. of them and info on the non-coding to textbooks and research this exhibition shouldn't work at all we should have a single visitor especially young people would run away screaming but just the opposite is the case of. the star as he was responsible for monitoring and repressing the east german citizens on a coastal splats current showing recalls that the revolution was largely a peaceful one. in that sleekness have ever let so revolution without a single death we can be so happy and grateful we had the chance to experience it

so where else did anything like that take place and so what so now live. in memory of this a story corps some of eighty nine leipzig celebrates a light festival every year in october ninth and then once again augustus plots looks like it did back then. before the fall of communism is used to be great rundown and many houses were derelict bets hard to imagine today one man who witnessed and accompany this transformation is i now call me by. the muslims. what was life for in one thousand nine hundred nine especially the inner city area what did that do to the people as you can imagine the leipzig of the one nine hundred eighty s. as a city that had fallen into the depths of despair. after twenty to thirty years of

hardly any renovation many of the buildings were in a desolate state and that effect that the people. people had had close links to leipsic for many centuries so it was painful for them to see the city center in particular to case so badly. for a few and then my opinion this per condition of buildings was an important factor in triggering the first protests in the autumn of one thousand nine hundred nine that eventually led to the peaceful revolution. of this place is one of the most important ones chronicling the developments of

recent years and decades. brought along a little book that illustrates the transformation of this very same corner building . this one here exactly this is part of what we call the tri fuel him which was heavily damaged during the second world war. period see the situation of the early ninety's after the war damage and forty years of east german rule had been stabilized to make it safe and in the one nine hundred ninety s. the entire complex was restored. in no other german city can you find so many fine buildings from the nineteenth century. has been a trade fair location since the middle ages. and makes a million the first breath of life see the trade for a privilege in forty ninety seven. to get gratitude back and centuries later with a brilliant idea the city became a leading trade for a location in the world. and annoying music

a brand new trade show was created here the sample fair until eight hundred ninety five when it was first held trade fairs the world over took the form of trading first of all the merchandise was brought to the fairgrounds and offered for sale with the industrial revolution conditions changed sellers looked around for a new kind of fare from then on the sample fare was the type that dominated the world's trade fairs only one sample product was presented buyers made a contract and it was delivered and this invention then conquered the world nine hundred seventeen the double m. trademark was copyrighted. but in top of. the double entry for a logo has become a trademark for like a seat. in the city center trade fair buildings were constructed during the nineteenth century the best known and most famous is the made. and the legislators went even further to develop the structure for the sample fairs known as fair palaces starting around one thousand nine hundred over two dozen of

them popped up around central leipsic many of them in the form of passages. in the bottom floors of the displays to disdain on the upper floors the actual fair spaces were conceived as one way layouts like an ikea one if you want yukio you know as all the visitors are brought up to one floor and the fair organizers have to make sure they don't get away. with it is what they have to go all the way around and once they're satisfied just like an ikea today they go on to the next floor of other stuff and so this one way layout became the model for the sample fair palaces of leipzig inner city thought about through the system as opposed to no shot from the. opposite the. if you could find the old trade exchange it is as beautiful as a palace and here you can also find an old acquaintance your. he

studied in life and he was thrilled with the life and elegance of cosmopolitan city . tokyo lies some nine thousand kilometers east of bet's where our weekly bureau video comes from. sent us holiday readings from japan thank you very much and here's your video.

now i am on my way to the hip block since district on my piece west side. until germany's reunification block fits within this history of the area. the fall of the wall that brought the end of industrial production here but the workshops remain they attract people with ideas who need the space and freedom to

experiment. the best and most famous example is the constant screaming mill within a short time it's taken over as the heart of the flight since art seems. to date flocks. it's a popular residential district it was a rough diamond that was disappearing more and more. the vest back was once a valve factory today it's an open location for anybody with a project to make it a reality from the bicycle repair shop to the theater group. creative people like on the but also for example stores lamps tables and chairs all

objects with an industrial past. and his designs make something new out of field. i was in this new and we make lamps from old industrial material. things we find like cogwheels fittings everything that has been left in abandoned workshops and stores and interesting things that appeal to us. and we use them to make lamps. picked. the principle of the vest back on upper floors you find studios and below there are cool shops with pretty cool outfits.

a spirit of optimism and creating something new together away from the mainstream that's what the west of life they stand for and that's what the back also stands for it's like a power station of art between conveyor belt and boilers you will find exciting art projects. a stage from mass and culture. in a former haitian power plant that until nine hundred ninety two supplied like six trams with electricity. that's the const kraftwerk now the center for contemporary art culture and design in leipzig. under the slogan combine old with new it provides artists with space for experiments.

a frequent guest is john franco young nuzzi of italy a world famous video artist. both of what's special about leipsic and this place in particular is its history you can sense it when you're in the city or the space you know the industrialization is still visible here in these halls that's inspired me a lot and so with my art i'd like to give something in return don't quote me on the war on what they thought i thought it was for but. his installation the giants of the renaissance for example shows the best known works by raphael michel angelo and leonardo da vinci digitalized animated and accompanied by music this form of presentation is known as immersion it's taking the art world by storm and fits in here perfectly. for

one leipzig is a changing city one and transformation in upheaval and that is what we focus on here. behind the granada. the building stood empty for nearly ten years then in twenty thirteen two private enthusiastic bullshit and gay. purpose. projects that combine art technology and science are becoming a trademark of the const craft fair. the aim is to get younger visitors in particular interested in the art world. the immersion installations remain a central element. of the changing exhibitions not only define the spaces they allow visitors to enter fascinating worlds the possibilities offered when

technology and art go hand in hand are impressive. the much. what secrets lie behind. find out in an immersive experience and explore the fascinating world cultural heritage sites d.w. world heritage sixty. lives it is a boom town it is the fastest growing city in germany with currently almost six hundred thousand inhabitants and international and young city most people here are between twenty and thirty years old.

that's also because of the university of new main building was inaugurated in two thousand and twelve. the ensemble includes the paulino the university church its reconstruction closes the wounded the cityscape because the east german leadership blew up its historic pretty sesar building in one nine hundred sixty eight. the university of life says it's the second always university in germany it was founded in fourteen zero nine new where the old are combined in a fascinating way beginner vs jeep is now a tourist attraction. since the fall of the berlin wall the people from my place can travel all over the world for example to south america by the way i like to go there too and now live here is going to show you a very special place over there the city of la paz in bolivia. dylan

hockley i mean here from the path taken the day off to show you the fab sights in my city. is that wasn't we're here in the old town on the plus some you find bolivia's political hot our parliament and right next door the presidential palace. and three thousand six hundred forty meters altitude is the highest seat of government in the world that it. is there like this is the kind you hang from the sixteenth century it's narrow and cobblestoned in the colonial style so much has been preserved from that era and you can find many museums here. notice also.

that this and i live in the pads and i'm used to the hilly streets but tourists run out of breath quickly because of the thin air so i'll let you know what to do about that later. it up you know first i'll show you the places san francisco with the basilica what's special about it is the baroque decoration on the church with indigenous elements in their mentors within a place you. can also call from here where in what they call the witches market there are all kinds of bizarre things here extracts and talismans. a lot but and this is what helps with altitude sickness coca leaves don't worry they have nothing to do with

witchcraft for many locals chew the leaves on make tea from them this is a centuries old remedy even the incas used to prevent altitude sickness. it's only now i'm going to take a ride since twenty fourteen we've had a cable car system some lines connect i pads with the neighboring city alto it lies at four thousand one hundred fifty meters per second time it's also did a. survey so there are a cable car brings me from a to b. safely and quickly. is on the whole this is the best view of the path back there is money money i hope you like my little two hour you're very welcome here when you want to be an

important. was. from up there from the cloud one bark you get a sensational view of the orchestra's plots. the but. and it's true i cannot imagine a better view. like this is a city on the move with a lot of positive energy it was really fun to discover it to trace its past a little bit and of course to dive into the present as well it's a really cool city bye bye see you next time somewhere else injured.

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