Leipzig, Germany?

Question

Hi. I'm going to Leipzig, Germany in July. I am pretty excited, as I have not been to Germany at all. Hehe. My concern is my cat. Is there a hotel there that accepts pets, or are pets generally allowed in any hotel? I mean, I cannot leave her home, as she has no one to be with her.

Also, what is there to know about Leipzig? What are their foods like? I love schnitzel for sure. I had veil schnitzel in Vienna, Austria. It was awesome. Any tips, suggestions, or recommendations would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks. Danke schon. :-).

Answer 1

I don't know about the cat problem, but I can tell you about Leipzig! (I went there 2 times a week for the month I was there last summer!) The food is AMAZING! But DONT leave until you've tried a Doner! (Its pronounced Durner) its this umm taco looking thing that has chicken? I think, in it and "salad" in it and a very good sauce.

The Nikoli (sp?) church is BEAUTIFUL! (if you take the DB in to the Leipzig hautbahnhauf then its straight down the street a few blocks (if I remember correctly) Also, in Saxony in general there are many charming villages and towns. (If you get the chance, go to Torgau. Its right on the Elbe river, and its the classic German town you would think of straight out of a story book.) If you want to travel easily for a day through Saxony, use the train and buy a "Sachsen Ticket" it will get you easily through Saxony from, if i remember correctly 9 AM to 9 PM. For about 20 or so Euro. You can go through the little towns and villages and see things without spending a fortune, and its only a day trip.

Of course, when I was there, I was with my friend who was from Torgau, (Which is like 30 minutes or so away by train) she led me through most of Saxony and some of Wittenburg and Berlin, and translated most of the way. However, people are very nice, and even if they dont speak english, they will try their best to communicate in anyway they can.

If you dont know German and someone asks you something on the street in German simply reply "Ich sprecke kaum Deutsch" or "I dont speak much German" and then "Ich sprecken Englische" or I speak English, and many times they will try another attempt of communication. (The spelling on those words are not precise I am sure, but ironically enough I left my translation book in Germany)

These are just some helpful hints from someone who was there just last summer (and cant wait to go again!)

Hope I was of some help. Sorry I dont know anything about the cat.

Answer 2

I just put a question in to Yahoo Q & A Germany; hopefully somebody answers if you can bring a pet with you in to a German hotel. However, if you only stay a few weeks in Germany, I would leave the cat here in a hotel.

People in Leipzig speak with a very heavy dialect. I assume you got use to heavy dialect from Vienna. It will take some time to be able to communicate well. If you go as a tourist, you want care so much I assume.

Food: Lots of potatoes and meet and sausages. You can't compare any food with the food here.

You can find lots of info on the internet.

http://www.leipzig.de/int/en/

http://www.leipzig-sachsen.de/leipzig/to...

Enjoy!

http://de.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

I question about the cat in hotels has already a few answers. One says you should call the hotel to find out; others say, if you have enough money, it should not be a problem ...

http://de.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

I posted a second question "What one should know about Leipzig" but there are no answers yet.

You can use some internet translator if your German is not good enough to understand the answers. The translators often don't make sense either but you can try.

http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/b...

Have fun!

Answer 3

I don't know about pets, but I can answer the second question.

Leipzig was established by the Slavs (first documented in 1015), who named it Lipsk (meaning "Settlement where the Linden [Lime in Britain] trees stand").  It became endowed with city and market privilages in 1165.  It is located roughly in the central region of the state of Saxony in Germany.  It was long well-known for its trade fairs (for book lovers, it has two fairs: one on Easter, the other on Michaelmas [29 September]).  It was the site of a famous battle of wits in 1519 between Andreas Bodentenstein von Karlstadt, Dr. Johann Eck, and a then still relatively obscure monk of the Order of the Augustinian Eremites and Dr. and Professor of Bilical Theology of the then 17-year-old University of Wittenberg, Martin Luther.  It has recently become known as the scene in 1989 of the "Peaceful Revolution" which initiated the eventual downfall of the East German (Soviet puppet) government.

On another front, it has also become a mecca for musicians.  Johann Sebastian Bach was Thomaskantor (Cantor of St. Thomas Church) there from 5 May 1723-28 July 1750.  The Nikolaikirche there (which has the largest concert organ) witnessed the premiers of the first, third, and fourth versions of Bach's St. John Passion BWV 245 and the final performance (version 3) of Bach's St. Matthew Passion BWV 244.  The Thomanerchor Leipzig has come to be viewed as one of the premiere vocal groups in the world.  In later years, the pianist-composer-conductor Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy led the world-famous Gewandhausorchester (Gewandhaus [literally "Cloth-House"] Orchestra, the oldest performing orchestra in the world) Leipzig from 1835-1843 and in the latter year established the first German Conservatoire of Music (now called the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre [Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"]). Robert Alexander Schumann lived here (at the insistance of Mendelssohn, who persuaded him to become a professor at the Conservatoire) with his new wife Clara, Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born and raised here (he was baptized at the Thomaskirche), and a young Edvard Hagerup Grieg studied at the Conservatoire (a museum of sorts can be found there at the site of his old publishers, C. F. Peters).  It was also here that Johann Friedrich, Freiherr von Schiller wrote the immortal poem "An die Freude" and where Johann Wolfgang von Goethe studied at the University of Leipzig and set a scene of his immortal play "Faust".  Most notably historically, it was here that in 1813 Napoleon I Bonaparte was defeated by a confederation of armies led by the British and Prussians (at a battle known as the Battle of the Nations) and was henceforth sent into exile in Elba.

P.S., Why did you put this question in the section for Lower Saxony?  Lower Saxony is near Hamburg, which is more north and west than Leipzig is.  Leipzig is in the state of Saxony.

Answer 4

I'm not from Leipzig, but from Germany.

As far as I know, hotels which accept cats are quite rare. You should ask when you make the reservation.

The common thing to do is to give it to an amimal shelter for the time you need to find an own place. Germans like cats, so these animal boarding houses may not be cheap but they take good care.

Should you go with the military, then you go to an American hotel. There would not be a problem, I believe.

Answer 5

There are several tings you should be more worried about than the notel:

1) how does your cat deal with travelling

2) how does your cat deal with being in a strange room (will she try to escape, etc.)

3) what are the airline/airport regulations concerning cats.

4) what are the German custom regulations concerning cats (required cetificates, shots, etc.)

5) what are the custom reguations in your home country (for your return journey) - will they allow the cat from Germany back in, or require German veterinarian documents, etc.