The historian Karl Grosse describes in this volume the history of the city of Leipzig from the introduction of the Reformation in the 15th century to the movements of 1830. He elaborates on the Reformation and Martin Luther, depicts the period of the Thirty Years' War, and impressively takes the reader through various historical events, struggles, and changes. This book is an unaltered reprint of the long out-of-print original edition of the second edition from 1898.