A quarter of a century after the German reunification, Leipzig counts among the most dynamic and popular cities in Europe.

The East German commercial and cultural city will be commemorating several major anniversaries in 2015.

Under the motto “We are the city”, Leipzig celebrates the 1,000th anniversary of its documented first mentioning.

There are also the double 850th anniversaries of St Nicholas Church and Leipzig trade fairs, as well as the 100th birthday of the Leipzig Central Station.

On January 10 and 11, the Spinnerei, a former cotton mill, will be opening the new art year with its traditional winter gallery tour.

Leipzig’s Spinnerei, a former cotton mill, now hosts art galleries.

This is the 1,000th year since its first mention

From March 1 to May 25, Leipzig's Museum of Fine Arts will present the exhibition Paul Klee. Special Class ­– Not for Sale.

Klee is counted among the most important representatives of classical modern art.

City’s memorial to Wagner.

He used the designation ‘Special Class. Not for Sale’ to reserve more than 300 of his original works for his legacy collection, removing them from the market.

For the first time, more than 100 of these will be on display in Leipzig.

The anniversary year will display Leipzig's diversity with a total of three festival weeks connecting the city's history to the potential of the present and the future.

The highlight is Festival Week from May 31 to June 7, with the Lipsia’s Lions Street Theatre Festival and the Leipzig City Festival.

After the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth in 2013, Leipzig Opera will again host a Wagner Festival (May 22-31) to honour the city’s famous son.

Its focus will be on repertoire works, including Tannhäuser as a scenic concerto, and a symposium. The Gewandhaus Orchestra can be heard performing under blue sky on July 10 and 11 in the Leipzig Rosental during the popular open air concert Klassik Airleben.