Today my destination is like to see the former east german city where the peaceful revolution began in the autumn of 1989. All started here. With a socalled monday demonstration. This sculpture the democracy belt is a reminder of those events. Tens of thousands took to the street the fall of the berlin wall followed and communist east germany was history. The city of lights took its future into its own hands extensive renovation work huge building projects and large investments followed. 30 years after the peaceful revolution lights it has become a pretty exciting city everything seems possible here so its just the right time for a trip into the cities past and present. We visit one of the creative hotspots of lights. We take a walk through a possibility with your relief. And we show wave your video with holiday greetings from japan. St Nicholas Church is the symbol of the peaceful revolution of 1989. A church that has always been closer to the people than to those who were in power it dates back to the 12th century and was donated by like citizens. In 1988 this church was the only place where the people of life could speak openly about the conditions in east germany. Open for everybody thats the motto of st Nicholas Church starting in 1902 people were invited to peace prayers and then fall of 1909 thousands gathered here 1st 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 prayers 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 that your bedtime or recommended tour of the place is 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 989. 00 she knows what shes talking about because she took part in them on the demonstrations. During the 1980 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 the 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 1000 a. D. And open the way to freedom it also meant the loss of a home and earned identity topics the foreign consciously focus upon. Its being authors. This is why it isnt called a museum but a forum. We wish to initiate discussion about this its a great deficit that we dont 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 visit us here and engage in conversation with the met on terms with political. On the monday demonstrations began in 1909 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 2 activists fill in the legally. Is an effort here that this Reform Church is the exact spot where the 1st 4 teach of our monday demonstration was shot. More than. The fil a material was then secretly hunted to a western journalist. So now this journalist smuggled this little real from east to west in his underwear and he succeeded. In that is you know. The were fears that the secret police or stars he would discover everything. Its headquarters were called the round corner. Today its a museum and a memorial. It provides a chilling insight into how the stance he operated in old listening device used to eavesdrop on town hall style of a machine for opening letters. Eyewitnesses guide people through the exhibition its not a multimedia show or an Interactive Museum everything looks just like it didnt back down and thats the intention. And in fact on the not according to textbooks and research this exhibition shouldnt work at all we should have a single visitor especially young people would run away screaming but just the opposite is the case. As he was responsible for monitoring and repressing the east german citizens on a car and showing recalls that the revolution was largely a peaceful one. In a sleepless several its a 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. In memory of this a story corps some of 89 leipzig celebrates a Light Festival every year in october 9th and then once again the splats looks like it did back then. Before the fall of communism used to be great rundown and many houses were derelict bets hard to imagine today one man who witnessed and accompanied this transformation is high and i couldnt fight. The muslims what was life for in 1909 especially the inner city area what did that do to the people as you can imagine the leipzig of the 1980 s. As a city that had fallen into the depths of despair. After 20 to 30 years of hardly any renovation many of the buildings were in a desolate state and that affected people. People that 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 leipzig spilled it was an important factor in triggering the 1st protests in the autumn of 1909 that eventually led to the peaceful revolution it just cant be done enough. 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 thats exactly this is part of what we call the tri fuel him which was heavily damaged during the 2nd world war. Period see the situation of the early ninetys after the war damage and 40 years of east german rule the north had been stabilized to make it safe then in the 1990 s. The entire complex was restored. In no other german city can you find so many fine buildings from the 19th century life that has been a trade fair location since the middle ages. And makes a 1000000 the 1st breath of life see the trade for a privilege in 1497. Lights he took advantage of that and centuries later with a brilliant idea the city became the leading trade fair location in the world. And annoying most of the new trade show was created here the sample fair until late in 95 when it was 1st held trade fairs the world over took the form of trading 1st 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 and from then on the sample fair was the type that dominated the worlds trade for. Only one sample product was presented to buyers made a contract and it was delivered and this invention then conquered the world in 117 the double m. Trademark was copyrighted. But in. The double m. Trade for a law has become a treat mark for like c. In the city Center Street fair buildings were constructed during the 19th century the best known and most famous is the made love massage. And the legislators went even further to develop the structure for the sample fares known as fare palaces starting around 1900 over 2 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 heard about it you know as all the visitors are brought up to one floor and the fair organizers have to make sure they dont get away. With it would they have to go all the way around and once theyre satisfied just like an ikea today they go on to the next floor. Others offer some of this one way lay out became the model for the sample fair palaces of leipzig inner city thought about through the system as opposed to no shot from the outside. Opposite the media you could find your trade exchange it is as beautiful as a palace and here you can also find an old acquaintance your one voice. He studied in life and he was thrilled with a life in an elegant cosmopolitan city. Talk your life some 1000 kilometers east of bets where our Weekly Bureau video comes from. Send us holiday readings from japan thank you very much and heres your video. Now i am on my way to the hippie block his district on lifes east west side. Until germanys reunification block fits within this history of the area. The fall of the wall brought the end of Industrial Production here but the workshops remain they attract people with ideas who need the space in free didnt seek spearmint. The best and most famous example is the cotton Spinning Mill within a short time its taken over as the heart of the flights the start see. Today flocks. Its a popular Residential District it was a rough diamond because theres this disappearing more and more. The vest back was once a valve factory today its an open location for anybody with a project to make a reality from the bicycle repair shop to the theater group. Creative people like on the but also for example restores lamps tables and chairs all objects with an industrial past. And his designs make something new out of field. Than most because hes a war hero i was so i can honestly and let me tell you we make lamps from Old Industrial material. Things we find like cogwheels fittings everything that has been left in abandon the workshops and stores and interesting things that appeal to us. And we use them to make lamps. Lloyd noise mr pickton. The principal of the vestry ark on the 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 thats what the west stands for and thats what the back also stands for its like a power station of art between Conveyor Belt boilers you will find exciting art projects. A stage from mass and culture. In a former heat and power plant that until 992 supplied like 6 trams with electricity. Thats the coolest 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. Here both of whats special about leipsic and this place in particular is its history you can sense it when youre in the city or in the space. The industrialization is still visible here in these halls thats inspired me a lot and so with my art id like to give something in return. Quietly on the war on what they thought palace thought it was for both. 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 its 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. Back in the good order. The building stood empty for nearly 10 years then in 20132 private enthusiasms bullshit and. David and purpose. Projects that combine Art Technology and science are becoming a trademark of the const craft fair. Game is to get younger visitors in particular interested in the art world. The immersion installations remain a central element. To 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. Secrets lie behind the. Find out and immersive experience and explore fascinating world Cultural Heritage sites d w World Heritage 360. 00. Is a boom town it is the Fastest Growing city in germany with currently almost 600000 inhabitants and international and young city most people here are between 20 and 30 years old. Thats also all because of the university of new Main Building was inaugurated in 2012. The ensemble includes the paulino the University Church its reconstruction closes the womb to the cityscape because the east german leadership blew up its historic precess or building in 1968. The university of life issue is the 2nd always university in germany it was founded in 1409 new where the old are combined in a fascinating way begin the 1st jeep is now a tourist attraction. Since the fall of the berlin wall the people from life that can travel all over the world for example to south america by the way i like to go there to it now. Is going to show you a very special place over there the city of la paz in bolivia. Even last night i mean here from the path taken the day off to show you the fab sights in my city. Is the reason were here in the old town on the plus some you find bolivias political hot our parliament and right next door the president ial palace. At 3640 meters altitude is the highest seat of government in the world out of the room. Is that ok this is the car you hine from the 16th century its narrow and cobblestoned in the colonial style much has been preserved from that era and you can find many museums here for them i think what is most of. Us who live in the pans and im used to the hilly streets that tourists run out of breath quickly because of the thin air ill let you know what to do about that later. You know 1st ill show you the plaster San Francisco with the basilica whats special about it is the baroque decoration on the church with indigenous elements in the windows corp within a place you. Can also quote from here where and what they called the witches market there are all kinds of bizarre things here extracts and talismans one is that people with a look at and this is what helps with altitude sickness coca leaves dont worry they have nothing to do with witchcraft for many locals chew the leaves all mighty from them this is a centuries old remedy even the incas used it to prevent altitude sickness. Coming and now im going to take a ride since 2014 weve had a cable car system some lines connect the past with the neighboring city alto it lies at 4150 meters went on its also a. Result of a cable car brings me from a to b. Safely and quickly. Is the one who this is the best view of your path back there is money money i hope you liked my little 2 hour youre very welcome here. 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