Those who stroll through Leipzig's beautiful city center or venture out to Rosental and Gohlis will encounter names such as Wagner, Klopstock, Lessing, Jean Paul, Nietzsche, Ernst Jünger, Erich Kästner, Uwe Johnson, Christa Wolf, Volker Braun, or Christoph Hein. Schiller wrote his "Ode to Joy" here and was celebrated in the city for the premiere of his "The Maid of Orleans," just like Albert Lortzing, who was an actor, singer, and conductor.