The Leipziger fair developed from a local fair and ranks among the oldest exhibition booth places of the world.

The city Leipzig was because of the crossing of the via Regia (from the Rhine country to Eastern Europe led) with the via Imperii (from Italy to the Baltic Sea). This situation favoured the trade, in particular the remote trade. 1190 was confirmed the east he and by the market count Otto von Meissen. In a periphery of a Saxonian mile (about 15.39 km) around the city Leipzig around could not be held a harmful market. In the year 1268 Mark count Dietrich von Landsberg issued the escort protection privilege, which for the development of the remote trade of eminent importance was. A third fair kept Leipzig held by cure prince Friedrich IITH with the New Year market lent, for the first time to New Year 1459. In the year 1497 emperor Maximilian I. raised the past fairs to realm fairs. The meant that in the periphery of 15 German miles (approximately 115 km) no other city had the right to likewise hold fairs. On the basis of this privilege Leipzig developed by preparation of own business connections after all directions in runs the centuries continuously to one of the most important commercial centres of Europe.

In the year 1895 the conversion from the being took place to world-wide first the sample fair. That world-wide first sample fair house was the urban department store, which in the north wing 1896 accommodated the first sample fair to the Michaelismesse. That 1904 followed numerous further fair houses, which coin/shape city center to today the picture of the Leipziger, completed urban department store. From now on the goods were not any longer locally sold directly, but by the presentation of samples trade agreements were closed, on their basis then the transport of the commodity in before agreed upon quantity and quality and to agreed upon conditions from the manufacturer to the customer without the detour over the commercial centre took place. The Logo of the Leipziger fair, for the first time for the autumn fair 1917 sketched by the Leipziger commercial artist Erich Gruner, with two placed on top of each other M, represents the term sample fair. In addition the fair male was a popular Werbefigur.

To the Second World War also the Leipziger fair came for the time being to succumbing. The slow new beginning in the postwar years had at the beginning of only the character of retail trade. To 8. May 1946 began the first Leipziger fair after the end of war, which was called by the organizers peace fair. One wanted to demonstrate normality and Leistungskraft. Also West German exhibitors were represented. In the following years the Leipziger fair developed gradually to the most important center in the east west trade.

After the end of the GDR also the special conditions were omitted, on which the Leipziger fair could unfold their outstanding position. Within relatively short time the Leipziger had to adapt fair to completely changed conditions. The past universal fairs (annual in the spring and autumn) were replaced now by trade fairs, a step, which western exhibition booth places had already carried out decades before. Only by this step and the opening of the modern new fairground, which was built after a master plan of the architect's office GMP and with spectacular centralresounds by Ian Ritchie and Henning Rambow shines, the Leipziger fair can exist in the hard competition with the locations Frankfurt/Main (Frankfurt fair), Duesseldorf, Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Hanover (Hanover Fair).

Statistics

• Catering trade: 4 restaurants, 4 Bistros, 10 lunch mechanisms and 2
• 5 connected resounding 20,500 square meters of surface
• Exhibition sites in the free one with 70,000 square meters of surface

Important meetings

• Leipziger book fair
• Car Mobil international
• Games Convention

Related links

• Leipziger fair GmbH
• Aerial photograph (2126x1535 of pixels)
• Livecam of the fair tower

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