Ladies’ sauna in Moorish style
The centrepiece of Leipzig’s historic city baths was the ladies’ sauna in Moorish style, which is now a listed building. Magnificent columns and arches, filigree patterns with gold ornaments and decorative wall mosaics exuded an oriental flair from the Arabian Nights. The fountain with ornamental tiles in the centre of
Leipzig, my beloved hometown
What is “Heimat” (home)? I grew up in Leipzig, spent my childhood in this city and studied at the university here. Then I moved to Berlin, where I have now lived longer than I lived in Leipzig before. And yet Leipzig is still my hometown. It’s a great city: cosmopolitan,