The North
The Schillerhaus is a small, half-timbered farmhouse located in the district of Gohlis, and was home to the writer Friedrich Schiller in 1785. This is the place where Schiller wrote his legendary Ode to Joy as well as parts of Don Carlos. The house has now been turned into a museum. Gohliser Schlößchen, a magnificent baroque and rococo palace, is a great place to enjoy a touch of chamber music or to savour a bit of fine Saxon cuisine. The Brodyer Synagogue was founded in 1904 and was the only one of Leipzig's synagogues to survive the Nazi purges on Kristallnacht in 1938. It was reopened on 22 May 1993. Visitors can admire the lions, hyenas and Siberian tigers in Leipzig Zoo, one of Germany's oldest zoos (1877). Those who want to avoid paying the entrance fee could wander along the Rosenthal at the back of the zoo and take a look in through the large pane glass windows.