Mendelssohn House, Leipzig
Mendelssohn House is a museum in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany. The composer Felix Mendelssohn lived here from 1845 until his death in 1847; it now contains a collection about the life and work of the composer.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s home (now a museum) in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
- Also known as: “Mendelssohn-Haus”
- Roof shape: hipped
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leipzig Opera and Grieg-Begegnungsstätte.
Leipzig Opera
Theater building
Photo: Ichwarsnur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Leipzig Opera is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz and the Inner City Ring Road at its east side in Leipzig's district Mitte, Germany. Leipzig Opera is situated 500 metres north of Mendelssohn House, Leipzig.
Grieg-Begegnungsstätte
Museum
Photo: Geisler Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grieg-Begegnungsstätte is a museum, which is situated 220 metres southeast of Mendelssohn House, Leipzig.
Leipzig Museum of Applied Arts
Library
Photo: Appaloosa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Applied Arts is a museum in Leipzig, Germany. It is the second oldest museum of decorative arts in the country, founded just six years after the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Leipzig Museum of Applied Arts is situated 290 metres northeast of Mendelssohn House, Leipzig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reudnitz and Musikviertel.
Musikviertel
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Musikviertel is a neighbourhood in Leipzig, Germany. The Musikviertel is part of the locality Zentrum-Süd in the borough of Leipzig-Mitte.The name goes back to the first music institutions built in the neighbourhood, the second Gewandhaus and the new building of the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Südvorstadt
Suburb
Südvorstadt is a locality in the south borough of Leipzig, Germany. The Südvorstadt is crossed from north to south by the Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse. Due to its proximity to the city centre, but also to larger green spaces, it is a popular residential area with old buildings of the Gründerzeit period.
Mendelssohn House, Leipzig
- Categories: historic house museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Leipzig, Leipzig Lowlands-Central Hills, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.33617° or 51° 20′ 10″ northLongitude
12.3834° or 12° 23′ 0″ eastLevels
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roof-shape=hippedOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q661291
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Mendelssohn House, Leipzig” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Mendelssohn-Haus”
- Chinese: “莱比锡门德尔松之家”
- Dutch: “Mendelssohn-Haus”
- Esperanto: “Mendelssohn-domo”
- German: “Mendelssohn-Haus”
- Greek: “Οικία Μέντελσον”
- Italian: “Casa Mendelssohn”
- Japanese: “メンデルスゾーンハウス”
- Russian: “Музей Феликса Мендельсона Бартольди”
- Turkish: “Mendelssohn-Haus”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Calloway and Memorial plaque for Max Reger.
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