Nordplatz, square in Zentrum-Nord, Leipzig, Germany

Nordplatz is a rectangular square in Leipzig's northern suburb, measuring 75 by 35 metres without the surrounding streets. Right-angled footpaths divide it into sections around a central lawn bordered by silver lindens, with two apple trees at its southern end and horse chestnuts around the whole square. The Michaeliskirche, its 70-metre tower rising among the trees, stands on the northern third.

A development plan for the area north of Leipzig was drawn up in 1868, and a central square was laid out at the end of Nordstraße, completed in 1870. It was named Nordplatz in 1882 and landscaped from 1882 to 1885 by the city gardening department under Otto Wittenberg. The Michaeliskirche, built 1901–1904 to plans by Heinrich Rust and Alfred Müller, changed the square into its present form; the surrounding buildings went up between 1887 and 1922.

The name Nordplatz was assigned in 1882, when the square at the end of Nordstraße was laid out. The Apelstein No. 37 in the southwest corner commemorates the 1813 Battle of the Nations. The surrounding buildings date from Historicism and early Art Nouveau; No. 10 on the north side, built in 1899, is one of Leipzig's first Art Nouveau houses.

The square lies 1.3 km north of Leipzig's Markt; the Nordstraße running south from it lines up with the tower of the Old Town Hall. Eight streets meet the surrounding rectangle, and right-angled footpaths cross the lawn, so the Michaeliskirche on the northern third is visible from most approaches. The Apelstein No. 37 sits in the southwest corner.

In the southwest corner of the square stands Apelstein No. 37, one of the stone markers set up to commemorate the 1813 Battle of the Nations; the surrounding buildings survived the Second World War except for No. 7 on the west side, whose gap was closed by a new building.