Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig

Exhibitions

Occupying an area of 320 m²

350 exhibits bring the events of the War of Liberation which culminated in the Völkerschlacht to life.

The main emphasis

of the exhibition lies on the events between 1806 and 1813 which took place here in Leipzig.

Both the course of the battle and the effects on the population are shown.
Visitors especially interested in Napoleon’s armed forces and his allies will find information on them as well.

Objects

Special attractions are the personal belongings of Marschall Poniatiowski, who drowned near Leipzig, a remarkable collection of uniforms, weapons, pieces of equipment, pictures, personal memorabilia, and the coat and boots of a Bashkir soldier

Diorama

Covering 15 m², it shows several thousand figures in a 1:72-scale reconstruction the Russian-Prussian joint attack of the village of Probstheida on 18 October 1813