We traveled to Leipzig by train for about three hours one way on my 21st birthday. We went there to see the War of Nations Monument and St. Thomas' church where Bach is buried. War of Nations Monument pictures are above on the left and right. The monument was built to honor a battle that was fought on the ground the monument stands on in the 1800's. The monument is the biggest one in Europe being even bigger than the Eiffel Tower.
cool to go in and see where Bach was actually buried. Bach was choirmaster at this Gothic church for 27 years. The great music Bach wrote during his Leipzig years commanded little attention in his lifetime, and when he died, he was given a simple grave, without a headstone. When the church was rebuilt he was give a grave in the middle of the church. 
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