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Urban development - Economy |
Leipzig's transition into a service centre with a stable foundation in industry and trade is supported by an extensive infrastructural development and the enhancement of Leipzig's immaterial location factors. Based on the Urban Development Plan Industrial Spaces ("STEP Gewerbliche Bauflächen") the City of Leipzig provides an extensive supply of business space by means of an on-demand development of new industrial estates and an improvement of existing commercial spaces. Moreover, the city council focuses its activities aimed at the enhancement of the city's location image while extending its inter-communal cooperation in order to strengthen the whole economic region.
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Contact |
Stadt Leipzig,
Stadtplanungsamt, Stadtentwicklungsplanung
04092 Leipzig
Head of Department
Stefan Heinig
Phone: +49 341 123-4920
Fax: +49 341 123-4925
E-Mail:
stadtentwicklung[et]leipzig.de
For further informations:
www.leipzig.de/stadtentwicklung
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Employees of industrial sector since 1989 [+]
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General conditions of Economy and Infrastructure
Though associated with the image of a city of trade and trade fairs, in 1989 Leipzig was first and foremost an industrial city.
Since 1989, Leipzig's economy has been confronted by far-reaching changes, the repercussions of which are still visible in its structure and in the labour market: a massive loss of jobs in the secondary sector (80% by the mid-1990s) and an increase in unused inner-city spaces.
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BMW plant 2006, Photo: M. Klindtworth [-> BMW]
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The decisions by Porsche and BMW in favour of Leipzig as their new business location in 2000/2001 gave a fresh impetus to a positive reorientation of the city's economy. From 2005, the new BMW plant, which, with investments of approximately 1.3 billion Euros was one of the greatest single investments in all the states of the former East Germany, will be Leipzig's largest employer with 5,000 staff.
Several areas, such as suppliers, company-related services, but also the housing and labour markets, expect a fresh impetus from this development, which will also boost growth as a centre of business and trade. |
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Trimodal traffic centre Schkeuditzer Kreuz [-> GVZ]
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The extensive overhaul and development of the city's traffic infrastructure, including public transport, provided an important part of the foundation for the positive trends of recent years.
Leipzig’s northern region continues to be of central importance in the infrastructural development of the city. The existing concentration of an intercontinental airport, motorways, major interstate roads, regional and long-distance railway connections and the GVZ freight distribution centre has already benefited from complementary development.
In 2003, the most important inner-city traffic development project
of the next few years startet with the construction of the City Tunnel, Leipzig's first underground line.
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New Trade Fair Leipzig [+]
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There have been positive developments in the service industry and trade for which the New Leipzig Fair continues to provide the most important image. By being the TV broadcasting and administrative centre of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Leipzig ranks second (after Berlin!) among the most important media locations in the states of the former East Germany. Furthermore, it has been possible to develop successfully the areas of research and innovation, for example, with the establishment of BioCity Leipzig and Fraunhofer-Institut.
In 2004 and 2006, the Leipzig region was chosen by DHL und Amazon [DE] as the location for its new international hub in Europe resp. new fulfillment center.
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New recreational area - Südraum Leipzig [+]
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Moreover, the city's improved quality of housing and standard of living and the wide range of cultural, sports and recreational facilities have become additional important location factors.
Nevertheless, the current situation in the labour market continues to be a cause for concern. The unemployment rate remains high, as it has not been possible to compensate for the great loss of jobs, especially in the early 1990s by a matching creation of jobs in the service industry.
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Urban Development Plan Industrial Spaces
In 1996, the Urban Development Plan Industrial Spaces was developed with the aim of improving existing commercial spaces and gearing the development of new locations to requirements. Area IDs and the "business location information system" database (GEFIS) were introduced as marketing tools for business locations.
The current revision of the Urban Development Plan Industrial Spaces states that Leipzig possesses large supplies of high-quality industrial spaces which are quickly disposable. With the redrawing of communal administrative boundaries the rate of space that has been made available after 1990 increased to nearly 50 %. All in all Leipzig 2.250 ha of industrial space are available. In addition there are another 545 ha als middle- and longterm reserve ("development spaces"). |
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GVZ freight distribution centre/Porsche, traditional inner-city industrial space, new building of a Mail-order business (Amazon) on a brownfield.
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Instruments
The classic instruments of urban development and land use have lost their importance for the development of commercial sites. At the same time, cooperation between public and private players has become increasingly important. Therefore, Urban Development Plan Industrial Spaces controls the spatial focus and the location-related marketing of the Economic Development Office to foster such cooperation and, among other things, direct the flow of still in-dispensable subsidies. |
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Links (in German)
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