Volkerschlachtdenkmal

History was always written by the victors: This huge edifice was erected just before the First World War to comemorate the defeat of Napoleon at Leipzig on 18th Oct 1813.
Here in Saxony we were on Napoleon's side.

The Russian Church

Actually it was built to commemorate the many Russian soldiers who died at the Battle of Leipzig (18th Oct 1813) but now it's a favourite gathering place for the many "Russian Germans" who have comeback to the homeland of their German ancestors. They were encouraged to settle near the Volga River by Catherine the Great- and experienced hard times later under Stalin. In Russia the were the "Volga Germans"