Leipzig, the City of Music, city of the lives and work of preeminent composers of the 18th to
20th centuries, boasts an extraordinary wealth of sites of musical historical interest. Several
of the most significant of these locations do not lie in the city centre and, therefore, can
not so readily be investigated as part of a "musical" promenade. A good number of these sites
are also situated in particularly attractive surroundings, embedded in the river-laced outskirts
of the city. This twofold virtue can now be explored by Leipzig's guests and citizens alike, by
means of the Leipziger Notenrad (Leipzig Music Trek). In beginning at Thomaskirche
(St. Thomas's Church) and concluding at the Gewandhaus, the Notenrad forges an arch
between the two most illustrious summits of Leipzig's musical history.
The unusual fusion of music with this vicinity to nature creates a highly individual recreational
experience.
As a result of the planned integration of the Leipziger Notenrad with the cycle routes on
the Elster and Pleiße rivers, as well as its future connection to those on the
Mulde and the Saale, a captivating new attraction for interregional bicycle tourism
will be created.
The Leipziger Notenrad also contributes to the promotion of a diverse range of Leipzig's
treasures that are not yet the focus of the attention and tourist interest they deserve: the
Wilhelminian Quarter, the city's gardens and waterways, the flora-rich floodplains, country estates
and parks, stately homes and works of art in the public domain.
