place

Leipzig Prison

Buildings and structures in LeipzigDefunct prisons in GermanyExecution sites
Alfred Kästner Straße 47 Leipzig
Alfred Kästner Straße 47 Leipzig

Leipzig Prison (Strafvollzugseinrichtung Leipzig, later Justizvollzugsanstalt Leipzig) was a prison in Leipzig, Germany. Built together with an adjacent court building in 1906, it was used as a prison until 2003. During East German rule, a secret part of the prison was used as the central execution site of East Germany. Between 1960 and 1978, 18 Nazi war criminals were executed at Leipzig Prison. In 1981, Werner Teske was the final person executed here. The prison was used until 2003, the site is now used as an extension of the nearby court building, with the execution site remaining as a memorial site.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Leipzig Prison (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Leipzig Prison
Arndtstraße, Leipzig Südvorstadt (Süd)

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Leipzig PrisonContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 51.3226 ° E 12.3755 °
placeShow on map

Address

Zentrale Hinrichtungsstätte der DDR

Arndtstraße 48
04275 Leipzig, Südvorstadt (Süd)
Saxony, Germany
mapOpen on Google Maps

Alfred Kästner Straße 47 Leipzig
Alfred Kästner Straße 47 Leipzig
Share experience

Nearby Places

Propsteikirche, Leipzig
Propsteikirche, Leipzig

The Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis (German pronunciation: [pʁoːpsˈtaɪkɪʁçə zaŋkt tʁiniˈtaːtɪs], Provost Church of the Holy Trinity) in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, is a Catholic church in the city centre, opened in 2015. The parish is part of the deanery of Leipzig in the Diocese of Dresden-Meißen. The official name of the church is Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis Leipzig. It is the largest church built in the new states of Germany since reunification.This is the third church to have been named Trinitatiskirche in Leipzig. The first was built in the centre in 1847, but was destroyed in World War II. The East German government permitted a new building to be erected, but only in a suburb. An "unremarkable functional building" was designed by the Bauakademie der DDR (‘Building Academy of the German Democratic Republic’) and completed in 1982. It showed severe structural deficiencies after a few years, due to problems with the foundations. The latest church returned the parish to the city centre, close to the location of the first church.The architects Schulz und Schulz, who won a competition for the new building, were awarded a prize for the "Religious building of the year" at the World Architecture Festival 2016. The building complex is based on a triangle. In the east is the church, with an adjacent chapel and the sacristy. In the west are a large hall for the congregation and parish offices, with living quarters for priests and a guest apartment on an upper floor. A 50 m (164 ft) bell tower marks the western tip of the triangle.The church window to the north was designed by Falk Haberkorn from Leipzig. It contains texts from the Old Testament and the New Testament, showing different sections depending on the lighting and time of day. The windows were manufactured by the Derix company.