SOCIAL PROGRAM

Thursday, December 1, 2011

MORITZBASTEI
We kindly invite you to the Social evening at the “Moritzbastei”. The “Moritzbastei”
is in the heart of Leipzig, nestled behind the Gewandhaus Concert
Hall and City Skyscraper. It is the only remaining part of the ancient
city fortifications. The ”Moritzbastei” was commissioned by Elector Moritz
of Saxony in the 16th century and later named after him. It has survived
400 tumultuous years and it was used in many different ways, only to end
as part of the rubble of the Second World War.
In 1974 students began to work on the “Moritzbastei”, freeing it of the debris
it was filled with and turning it into a students’ club, which opened in
1982.
For almost 10 years the club had been a students’ club, but in 1989, after
the fall of the Berlin Wall, the “Moritzbastei” opened its doors to all visitors
interested in culture.

MORITZBASTEI
Universitätsstraße 9, 04109 Leipzig