Facts and Figures 2016

Education, Science and Culture
Leipzig in comparison with other Cities
Schools of general education and vocational schools (2015/16)
Type of schools
Primary schools
Secondary modern schools
Grammar schools
Special schools
Free Waldorf School
Second-chance Education
Vocational centres
Medical vocational school
Another vocational schools
Number
77
30
21
19
2
3
9
1
35
Pupils / Students
17,943
10,724
13,983
2,550
529
758
11,181
193
7,043
Colleges and universities (winter term 2015/2016)
Total number of students .................................................... 36,632
University Leipzig .............................................................27,014
Leipzig University of Applied Sciences .……...….............. 6,011
Leipzig University of Telecommunications ........…............ 1,228
University of Music and Theatre „F.M. Bartholdy“ ..…....... 1,019
HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management .....…....... 664
Academy of Visual Arts ........................................................ 577
College for design Leipzig .................................................... 119
Visitors in selected cultural institutions (2015)
Gewandhaus Concert Hall ................................ ........... 482,515
Leipzig Opera ................................................................ 174,287
Schauspiel Leipzig ........................................................ 107,115
St Thomas’s Boys Choir („Thomaner“; 2014) ….……... 102,150
Theater der Jungen Welt ................................................ 72,788
Cabaret „academixer” ..................................................... 68,695
Cabaret „Funzel” ……….................................................. 28,848
Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig (Museum of
Municipal History) ......………………….........………. 498,236
Monument to the Battle of the Nations .........………. 278,895
Forum of Contemporary History .......................….……. 203,994
Museum of Fine Arts ..................................................... 134,959
Museum in the "Round Corner" ………………..…..…… 124,171
GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts ......………….............. 70,744
GRASSI Museum of Ethnography (2014) ...................... 58,668
GRASSI Museum of Musical instruments ......…............. 30,201
Bach Archive Leipzig ...................................................... 46,094
Natural History Museum ..........…................................... 37,964
Museum in the Mendelssohn House ..........................… 33,079
Gallery of Contemporary Art ……………………….……. 21,569
Egyptian Museum ...............................................…...….. 16,006
Zoo Leipzig ................................................................. 1,660,293
Leipzig Municipal Library (2015)
Visitors ....................................................................... 1,097,319
Units lent .................................................................... 4,924,750
Media ............................................................................ 753,051
(31.12.2014)
source: Statistical offices of the federal states
City
Frankfurt a.M.
Stuttgart
Duesseldorf
Dortmund
Essen
Bremen
Leipzig
Dresden
Hanover
Nuremberg
Duisburg
Chemnitz
Halle/Saale
Magdeburg
Erfurt
Rostock
Area
sq.km
248.3
207.4
217.4
280.7
210.3
325.4
297.4
328.3
204.2
186.4
232.8
220.9
135.0
201.0
269.2
181.3
Inhabitants with primary residence
Total
Foreigners per sq.km
717,624
27.2 %
2,890
612,441
22.8 %
2,954
604,527
17.7 %
2,781
580,511
14.4 %
2,068
573,784
12.1 %
2,728
551,767
13.6 %
1,696
544,479
6.1 %
1,831
536,308
4.7 %
1,634
523,642
14.6 %
2,565
501,072
18.6 %
2,688
485,465
16.3 %
2,085
243,521
4.6 %
1,102
232,470
5.0 %
1,722
232,306
4.9 %
1,156
206,219
4.1 %
766
204,167
3.8 %
1,126
Twin Cities (2016)
Addis Abeba (Ethiopia)
Birmingham (United Kingdom)
Bologna (Italy)
Brno (Czech Republik)
Frankfurt a.M. (Germany)
Hanover (Germany)
Houston/Texas (USA)
Kyiv (Ukraine)
Krakow (Poland)
Lyon (France)
Nanjing (China)
Thessaloniki (Greece)
Travnik (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Herzliya (Israel)
City Council - political groups (31.12.2015)
fraktionslos (3)
70 Sitze
AFD (4)
GRÜNE
19
12
14
CDU
18
LINKE
SPD
Mayor: Burkhard Jung (SPD; since 2006)
Paulinum in the Campus Augustusplatz of the University of Leipzig
Detailed statistical information is available from:
Stadt Leipzig, Amt für Statistik und Wahlen
Post address:
D-04092 Leipzig
Office address:
Burgplatz 1, Stadthaus
Phone: +49.341.123.2847Fax: +49.341.123.2845
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://statistik.leipzig.de
Sources: Offices for statistics of the city of Leipzig and of Saxonia
Foto:
LTM – Andreas Schmidt
Facts and Figures
2016
Geographical situation (2016)
Population movements (2015)
The city of Leipzig is located in the southeast of North German
Lowland.
Births ..................................................................................... 6,622
Births per 1,000 inhabitants .............................................. 11.9
Guests ...................................................................... 1,535,955
guests from abroad .............................................. 209,252
Geographical location of city centre ......... 51°20’north / 12°22’east
Altitude of Market Square ........................... 112 m above sea level
Average Altitude ......................................... 123 m above sea level
Highest point ........................................................................ 178 m
Local time at 12 h Central European Time .................... 11:49:31 h
Deaths ...……......................................................................... 6,199
Deaths per 1,000 inhabitants ………………….................. 11.1
Overnight stays .. ..................................................... 2,829,824
guests from abroad ...............…........................... 424,975
Marriages .............................................................................. 1,853
Average stay in nights .…… …… …………….….........................1.8
Area and land use (2015)
Persons moving to Leipzig .................................................. 40,963
Total area ................................................................... 297.4 sq.km
Residential, industrial and commercial space ........... 26.7 %
Roads and traffic areas .............................................. 12.2 %
Recreational areas ..................................................... 17.3 %
Waters .......................................................................... 3.9 %
Divorces ..............................................................................…. 964
Persons leaving Leipzig ...................................................... 24,294
Persons moving within Leipzig ............................................ 54,159
Labour market
Guests
from abroad
Japan
USA
3
per cent
UK
other
Switzerland
8
13
8
9
8
7
Persons engaged in business (2014) ……….…............... 259,100
Population (31.12.2015)
Population with primary residence .................................... 567,846
Male ......................................................................... 279,052
Female ..................................................................... 288,794
Germans without Immigrant backgrounds ............... 497,858
Germans with immigrant backgrounds …………….… 23,959
Foreigners ................................................................. 46,029
EU countries ...................................................…. 34,6 %
Syrian ..........................................….…………….. 8.8 %
Russia .................................................................. 6.2 %
Poles .................................................................... 5.3 %
Age structure:
Under 6 years ..................................................... 6.2 %
6 - under 15 ......................................................... 6.9 %
15 - under 65 .....................….............................. 66.2 %
65 years and over ............................................... 20.7 %
Foreigners with primary residence
Tree of life 2015
90
80
70
60
50
40
Germans
20
10
0
7 000
19
Production industries .................................…............... 49,600
Distributive trade, transport and communications ........ 57,300
Other sectors .............................................................. 152,200
Employees with subject to social security contributions (2015)
Working place Leipzig ..........................…................... 248,952
Residence Leipzig ...................................................... 210,795
Commuter (2015)
People commuting into the city ..............….................. 93,787
People commuting out of the city ...........…................... 55,742
Unemployment (2015)
Unemployed persons total ........................................... 25,460
Male .............................................................…......... 14,356
Female ...........................................…....................... 11,104
Economy
Business notifications (2014)
Registrations .................................................................. 5,695
Deregistrations ............................................................... 4,974
Number of firms (2015)
Chamber of Industry and Commerce........................... 43,188
Chamber of Small Industries and Skilled Trades ..…..... 5,099
Manufactoring (2015; firms with at least 50 employees)
Local units ........................................................................... 66
Employees .................................................................... 18,700
Turnover ....................................................... 9,511.4 million €
Foreign turnover .................................…....... 5,528.6 million €
30
7 000
Tourism (2015)
Construction (2014; firms with at least 20 employees)
Local units .....................................................................…. 101
Employees ..................................................................... 5 299
Turnover .......................................................... 713,0 million €
3 4 4
other
Europeans
4
5
5
Austria
Netherlands
Spain
Poland
Italy
Czech
Republic Den- France
mark
Hotels ....................................................... 43 with 9,066 beds
Pensions .................................................. 30 with 715 beds
Hotels garnis ............................................ 25 with 3 700 beds
Trade fairs and Exhibitions (2015)
Leipziger Messe GmbH
Total (number: 36)
among other: Leipziger Buchmesse
Haus-Garten-Freizeit
Motorrad-Messe
Partner Pferd
Exhibitors
Visitors
11 150
about 1,1 Mill.
2,263
865
309
250
251,000
178,600
51,000
64,800
Traffic and Transport (2015)
Motorways and federal roads
A9, A14, A38, B2, B6, B87, B181, B184, B186
Roads in Leipzig - Length total ...…..…...…………...... 1,780.2 km
Motorways, federal and states roads ........................ 170.3 km
Public local transport - LVB
Network (tram and bus) ..........…........................... 1,313,9 km
Passengers (tram and bus) .……………….…...... 138.2 million
Motor vehicles total ...........................……………….......... 240,178
Leipzig-Halle Airport
Passengers ............................................................. 2,322,069
Starts and landings ...................................................... 65,061
Air freight ................................................................. 988,240 t