Weekend in Leipzig and Wittenberg

During a six weeks stay in Berlin (December 2013 - Jan 2014) we often made use of the weekends to go somewhere interesting. So on the 10th of January it was to Leipzig where we visited the Monument to the Battle of the Nations (German: Völkerschlachtdenkmal) which is a monument to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations. Paid for mostly by donations and by the city of Leipzig, it was completed in 1913 for the 100th anniversary of the battle, at a cost of 6 million Goldmark. (In 1914 approx. 1.5 mil. US dollars).
The monument commemorates Napoleon's defeat at Leipzig, a crucial step towards the end of hostilities in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The monument later years, supposedly, was the inspiration for our own Voortrekker monument in Pretoria. (?)


Beautiful views from the top. . . .

A further most enjoyable event we attended was the staging of Bach's cantate, "Meine kleine Jesus ist verloren" in the St. Thomas church in Leipzig. The cantate portrays the 12 year old Jesus disappearing only later to be found in the temple where He was in discussion with the teachers (Luke 2:41-52).
When we walked out of the church, i could not help but feeling that Bach would have been proud of what they did with his music.
Now this is enough of Leipzig. Now on to Wittenberg.