Romanushaus

The Romanushaus was built between 1701 and 1704 on behalf of the then mayor of Leipzig, Franz Conrad Romanus. The designs were created by master builder Johann Gregor Fuchs. In 1730, Romanus' daughter, the poet Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, established a literary and music salon in the building. At this time, the house was already owned by Romanus' wife Christiana Maria, as Franz Conrad Romanus had been imprisoned for forging municipal bonds. She sold the property in 1735 to Hofrat Oertel, whose family sold it in 1770 to wine merchant George Wilhelm Richter. Richter opened the “Richtersche Café” on the second floor in 1772. Later, the building passed to the merchant Jacob Marcus Dufour-Pallard and became known as “Dufours Haus” in the 19th century.