Leipzig - Mädler Passage
The Mädler Passage offers what few buildings can, by bringing to life so impressively the architectural and historical grandeur of the renowned exhibition hub and trading centre that is Leipzig City. The history of this most significant of arcades was mostly shaped by two forward-thinking Leipzig business men, Dr. Heinrich Stromer von Auerbach and Anton Mädler, who succeeded in making the arcade the world-famous attraction it is today. Both men moulded the building in their own way and in their own era.
In 1525, Stromer von Auerbach, rector of Leipzig University, opened a wine bar in the Waldheim-Hummelhain courtyard. And because the business was so successful, he decided, five years later, to build the stately “Auerbach’s Hof” (or “Auberbach’s Courtyard”) exhibition hall in the same place. The existing cellar vaults were maintained and further used as a wine parlour.
In 1625, for the location’s 100-year anniversary, a relative of Stromer von Auerbach, council member Johann Vetzer, commissioned the restructuring of the exhibition hall. He wanted to create a new attraction in the wine cellar and hired the painter Andreas Brettschneider to produce two murals portraying the legend of Dr. Faustus. One panel features Faustus riding away upon a wine cask. The other shows him drinking with students in a Leipzig tavern. These paintings were dated “1525” in reference to the year these word-of-mouth events took place, and they became forevermore associated with Auerbach’s Cellar. This afforded the establishment increased notoriety which turned into global fame thanks to Goethe’s Faust. www.maedlerpassage.de/en/history/
Leipzig can look back on a long and historically notable past. The town came into existence about 1000 years ago at the intersection between the most important trade routes. Many significant events will always be associated with the name of Leipzig.
For example, the Reformation began in 1539 with Martin Luther's sermon in St. Thomas Church, and the decisive battle against Napoleon also took place in Leipzig in 1813. And the autumn of 1989, which was recorded in history as the Peaceful Revolution, saw key events take place in and around St. Nicholas Church.
There is much to discover in Leipzig - its university, for example: one of the oldest in Germany, where Richard Wagner, Karl Liebknecht and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe studied, or that the first daily newspaper in the world was published here. And every year Leipzig is the scene for many festivals, events and trade fairs, attracting millions of visitors to the city.
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Leipzig - Mädler Passage
The Mädler Passage offers what few buildings can, by bringing to life so impressively the architectural and historical grandeur of the renowned exhibition hub and trading centre that is Leipzig City. The history of this most significant of arcades was mostly shaped by two forward-thinking Leipzig business men, Dr. Heinrich Stromer von Auerbach and Anton Mädler, who succeeded in making the arcade the world-famous attraction it is today. Both men moulded the building in their own way and in their own era.
In 1525, Stromer von Auerbach, rector of Leipzig University, opened a wine bar in the Waldheim-Hummelhain courtyard. And because the business was so successful, he decided, five years later, to build the stately “Auerbach’s Hof” (or “Auberbach’s Courtyard”) exhibition hall in the same place. The existing cellar vaults were maintained and further used as a wine parlour.
In 1625, for the location’s 100-year anniversary, a relative of Stromer von Auerbach, council member Johann Vetzer, commissioned the restructuring of the exhibition hall. He wanted to create a new attraction in the wine cellar and hired the painter Andreas Brettschneider to produce two murals portraying the legend of Dr. Faustus. One panel features Faustus riding away upon a wine cask. The other shows him drinking with students in a Leipzig tavern. These paintings were dated “1525” in reference to the year these word-of-mouth events took place, and they became forevermore associated with Auerbach’s Cellar. This afforded the establishment increased notoriety which turned into global fame thanks to Goethe’s Faust. www.maedlerpassage.de/en/history/
Leipzig can look back on a long and historically notable past. The town came into existence about 1000 years ago at the intersection between the most important trade routes. Many significant events will always be associated with the name of Leipzig.
For example, the Reformation began in 1539 with Martin Luther's sermon in St. Thomas Church, and the decisive battle against Napoleon also took place in Leipzig in 1813. And the autumn of 1989, which was recorded in history as the Peaceful Revolution, saw key events take place in and around St. Nicholas Church.
There is much to discover in Leipzig - its university, for example: one of the oldest in Germany, where Richard Wagner, Karl Liebknecht and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe studied, or that the first daily newspaper in the world was published here. And every year Leipzig is the scene for many festivals, events and trade fairs, attracting millions of visitors to the city.
www.leipzig.travel/en/Discover_Leipzig/Architecture/Histo...