Road closures are required around the 47th Leipzig Marathon on Sunday, April 13. The entire running course will be closed between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and will be secured by helpers. The signage to secure the running course and the stopping restrictions will be set up from 5 a.m.
Details of the closure
The start and finish area for all participants will once again be located on the street "Am Sportforum" near the Arena Leipzig. This area will be closed to private traffic from 6:15 p.m. on the evening before, April 12, until 6 p.m. on April 14. The starting signal for the marathon participants will be given at 9:30 am and the half marathon runners will take to the course from 12:15 pm.
Course and schedule
The 21-kilometre course: Straße Am Sportforum -> Jahnallee -> Friedrich-Ebert-Straße -> Karl-Tauchnitz-Straße -> Martin-Luther-Ring -> Roßplatz -> Augustusplatz -> Grimmaischer Steinweg -> Prager Straße -> An der Tabaksmühle -> Zwickauer Straße -> Richard-Lehmann-Straße (with turning point at Aral petrol station) -> Zwickauer Straße -> Semmelweisstraße -> Straße 18. Oktober -> Deutscher Platz -> Straße des 18. Oktober (with turning point) -> Semmelweisstraße -> Kurt-Eisner-Straße -> August-Bebel-Straße (with turning point) -> Kurt-Eisner-Straße -> Schleußiger Weg -> Rödelstraße -> Antonienstraße -> Erich-Zeigner-Allee -> Karl-Heine-Straße -> Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße -> Marschnerstraße -> Straße Am Sportforum (finish). This route will be run twice by the runners. Participants in the half marathon will complete one lap of the marathon course.
10-kilometer run
The 10-kilometer run will take place on the 21-kilometer course from 13:15 to around 14:00. Deviating from this, the running route also runs via Harkortstraße and Wundtstraße out of town and then runs again from Schleußiger Weg on the above-mentioned route.
4-kilometer run
The 4-kilometer run (9:40 a.m.) leads via the street Am Sportforum -> Marschnerstraße -> Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße -> Klingerhain -> Palmengarten -> Palmenwehr -> Richard-Wagner-Hain -> Jahnallee -> to the street Am Sportforum (finish).
Traffic regulations and diversions
The organizer, the city and the police have intensively coordinated the traffic concept. Nevertheless, patience, attentiveness and understanding are required. There will be extensive traffic restrictions for all traffic on the entire marathon route. There will be traffic locks in the areas of Harkort-/Riemannstraße, Kurt-Eisner-/Arthur-Hoffmann-Straße, An den Tierkliniken/ Semmelweißstraße and Ost-/ Prager Straße.
A large-scale detour around the running route has been signposted. The detour, the route and further information can be found on the website www.leipzigmarathon.de/organisation. Information about the changes to the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe routes can be found at www.L.de.
Summary
The 47th Leipzig Marathon will lead to extensive road closures and traffic restrictions in the city. The affected areas are extensively signposted and detour are planned. Visitors and residents should pay attention to the signage and check the websites in advance for the latest changes.
