Petersstrasse is one of the oldest streets in Leipzig's district of Mitte. For centuries it was a main and commercial street for the Leipzig trade fair with exhibition houses, inns and shops. In the second half of the 19th century, many of the old buildings on the street fell victim to the modernization of the city center. Today it is a heavily frequented pedestrian zone in a prime location with shopping centers, department stores, shops, restaurants and cinemas.
View of Petersstrasse in 2009
Petersstrasse during the Leipzig Trade Fair in the 1890s
Messehaus am Markt
Entrance of the Messehaus Arcade Gallery
Leipzig-Mitte is one of ten boroughs (Stadtbezirke) of Leipzig, located in the center of the city. It includes numerous architectural monuments. Most of them are located in the subdivision "Zentrum", which is sited inside the Inner City Ring Road and the Promenadenring:the Opera,
the Europahaus,
the Gewandhaus,
the City-Hochhaus at the Augustusplatz,
the Wintergartenhochhaus,
the St. Thomas Church,
the St. Nicholas Church,
the New Town Hall,
the Old Town Hall at the Markt square,
the Leipzig University.
View from the City-Hochhaus at the western parts of the district Mitte
Gatehouse of the former Zeitz Gate of 1856 at the town boundary in today's Karl-Liebknecht-Straße (2013)