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Leipzig city history |
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7th-9th First Slavic settlement near the confluence of the rivers Elster and Parthe.
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1015 First mention of ''urbs Libzi'' in the Chronicle's of Bishop Thietmar von Merseburg.
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around 1165 Margrave Otto the Rich grants Leipzig its city charter and market rights.
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1212 Foundation of Augustinian Canons St Thomas.
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1409 Foundation of the University of Leipzig.
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1481 Marcus Brandis, a wandering printer from Delitzsch, prints the first book in Leipzig.
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1497 Emperor Maximilan I grants the town imperial trade fair rights. In 1507 he confirms the rights and grants the ''Stapelrecht'', handling rights forcing passing traders to offer their goods for sale in the town.
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