Karl Heine

In 1854, Heine also expanded his estate in the Gemeinde Plagwitz district of Leipzig; in 1856, he began the construction of the first section of a navigable canal connecting the rivers White Elster and Saale, which today bears his name (Karl Heine Canal).

In 1874, he moved into his newly built villa in Neuschleußig (Karl-Heine-Villa, Könneritzstraße 1), where he resided until his death.

In 1876, a construction scheme was approved which encompassed merging Karl Heine's meadows and fields in the northern part of Schleußig (Neuschleußig) with Bernhard Hüffer's (1824–1904) estate and extensive undeveloped forest land.

On May 24, 1888, Heine founded the Westend-Baugesellschaft, a construction company, to continue his work in developing the Leipzig economy after his death.

(Erdmannstraße, 1891; Karl-Heine-Strasse, 1904; Karl-Heine-Platz, et al.) In 2003, a Leipzig vocational school adopted the name of Karl-Heine-Schule.