Editing Leipzig (section)

===21st century===
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Leipzig is an important economic centre in Germany. Since the 2010s, the city has been celebrated by the media as a hip urban centre with a very high quality of living.<ref name="Michael Fabricius-2015">{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_wirtschaft/article141518027/Leipzig-ist-die-Boom-Stadt-Deutschlands.html |title=Leipzig ist die Boom-Stadt Deutschlands |author=Michael Fabricius |date=27 May 2015 |work=DIE WELT |access-date=8 March 2017 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505055001/https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_wirtschaft/article141518027/Leipzig-ist-die-Boom-Stadt-Deutschlands.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/panorama/reise-leben/hypezig-leipzig-mutiert-zur-szenemetropole/8880718.html |title= "Hypezig": Leipzig mutiert zur Szenemetropole |publisher=Handelsblatt |date=3 October 2013 |language=de |access-date=21 September 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190921082255/https://www.handelsblatt.com/arts_und_style/lifestyle/hypezig-leipzig-mutiert-zur-szenemetropole/8880718.html?ticket=ST-5727629-F0tdWDY9E1ofoMNJ0NAc-ap2 |archive-date=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lvz.de/Mitteldeutschland/News/Ueber-18-000-neue-Jobs-in-Sachsen-Leipzig-boomt-am-meisten |title=Mehr Beschäftigte – Über 18 000 neue Jobs in Sachsen – Leipzig boomt am meisten – LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung |last=LVZ-Online |website=www.lvz.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409045712/http://www.lvz.de/Mitteldeutschland/News/Ueber-18-000-neue-Jobs-in-Sachsen-Leipzig-boomt-am-meisten |archive-date=9 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is often called "The new Berlin".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/leipzig-vs--berlin--natuerlich-ist-leipzig-das-bessere-berlin--6599924 |title=Leipzig vs. Berlin: "Natürlich ist Leipzig das bessere Berlin" |first=Marcel |last=Burkhardt |newspaper=Berliner Zeitung |access-date=26 June 2017 |archive-date=2 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602214855/http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/leipzig-vs--berlin--natuerlich-ist-leipzig-das-bessere-berlin--6599924 |url-status=live }}</ref> Leipzig is also Germany's fastest growing city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Prognose-zur-Bevoelkerung-Warum-Leipzig-frueher-als-gedacht-600.000-Einwohner-haben-wird |title=Wachstum – Prognose zur Bevölkerung: Warum Leipzig früher als gedacht 600.000 Einwohner haben wird – LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung |last=LVZ-Online |website=www.lvz.de |access-date=4 September 2016 |archive-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522101852/https://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Prognose-zur-Bevoelkerung-Warum-Leipzig-frueher-als-gedacht-600.000-Einwohner-haben-wird |url-status=dead }}</ref> Leipzig was the German candidate for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], but was unsuccessful. After ten years of construction, the [[Leipzig City Tunnel]] opened on 14 December 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/city-tunnel/city-tunnel-eroeffnet-33842252.bild.html |title=City-Tunnel eröffnet: Leipzig rast durch die Röhre |work=BILD.de |date=14 December 2013 |access-date=14 December 2013 |archive-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522101854/https://www.bild.de/regional/leipzig/city-tunnel/city-tunnel-eroeffnet-33842252.bild.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Leipzig forms the centrepiece of the [[S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland]] public transit system, which operates in the four German states of [[Saxony]], Saxony-Anhalt, [[Thuringia]] and [[Brandenburg]].