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Königshaus (Leipzig)

Germany / Sachsen / Leipzig / Markt, 17
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Königshaus (King's house) was built around 1610. The city council would use this building to accommodate its guests. Peter the Great stayed here in 1698 while visiting Leipzig during his journey from Holland through to Russia.
In 1813 Napoleon stayed here. In 1820 the commander-in-chief of the Allies, Fürst Schwarzenburg, died in Königshaus as he once again visited the site of the Battle of the Nations.
In 1932 the Leipzig architect Curt Schliemichen built in a passage that leads through to the converted building of the Mustermesse House.
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Coordinates:   51°20'23"N   12°22'30"E
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