One of Leipzig's most interesting cultural-historical monuments, the Königshaus, is to be found on the south side of Market Square. Around 1610 Medical professor Welsch had a very stately building constructed to replace a house which had been built in the 15th century. The city council would soon 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 1706-1707 the wealthy manufacturer Andreas Dietrich Apel had the building renovated by Gregor Fuchs in the baroque style. From then on Guests really took a shine to the house. Augustus the Strong had his smoking festivals here for which the City had to pay. On the 19th of October 1813 Napoleon said goodbye to the King of Saxony from the bay window on the first floor. 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. The courtyard temporarily served to stage concerts of Johann Adam Hiller's "Musikübende Gesellschaft" until 1781. 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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