To the Arabian Coffe Tree
Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum is a Leipzig coffee house. It is a cultural and art-historical monument (first mentioned in 1556) and - next to the Café Procope in the 6th arrondissement in Paris - is one of Europe's oldest coffee bars. There is evidence that coffee has been served here since 1711 . Numerous celebrities visited the restaurant regularly. B. since 1833 Robert Schumann and other musician colleagues at the regulars' table in the "Coffe Baum". It has been temporarily closed since the end of December 2018.
Todays use
Spread over several floors, the building at Kleine Fleischergasse 4 now houses a restaurant and several different café rooms. In 2018 the restaurant was temporarily closed. In addition to the restaurant, the house also serves as a museum. As part of the Leipzig City History Museum , an exhibition on the history of coffee in Leipzig is shown. In 16 rooms the museum presents exhibits from 300 years of Saxon coffee culture history, e.g. B. coffee grinders, Meißen coffee porcelain, coffee cups, roasting devices and coffee preparation vessels. The building now only opens its doors as part of monthly tours. The building will be renovated from January 2019, the restaurant will be closed for 1½ years.
Surname
An unusual house sign from 1720 gave the house its name "Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum": The baroque sculpture shows an oriental handing a cup of coffee to a putto . The house symbol symbolizes the history of coffee as a cultural gift from the Orient to the Occident .
Known guests
- August the Strong (1670–1733), Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), German composer
- Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766), German writer
- Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715–1769), German poet and moral philosopher
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), German poet
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German poet, theater director, natural scientist and statesman
- Napoléon Bonaparte (1769–1821), French statesman and general
- ETA Hoffmann (1776–1822), German writer
- Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer and pianist
- Franz Liszt (1811–1886), German-Hungarian composer and pianist
- Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer
- Max Klinger (1857–1920), German painter
- Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer and conductor
- Georg Mayer (1892–1973), German economist, rector of the University of Leipzig
literature
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : The Turkish Wars in the Mirror of Saxon Biographies , Gabriele Schäfer Verlag Herne 2019, ISBN 978-3-944487-63-2 , pp. 256-257.
- Wolfgang Hocquél : Leipzig - Builders and Buildings , Tourist Verlag Berlin-Leipzig 1990, ISBN 3-350-00333-8 , pp. 58–60.
- Anette Menting: City center - secular buildings, Zum Arabischen Coffe Baum. In: Reclam's City Guide Leipzig. Architecture and art. Reclam, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-15-019259-7 , p. 91.
- Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z. Editor Thomas Nabert . Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-936508-82-6 , p. 666.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Lokales/Coffe-Baum-schliesst-Ende-des- Jahreses-Wirtshaben-iegen-in- Ruhestand
- ↑ https://www.leipzig-lese.de Gastliches
Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 27.9 ″ N , 12 ° 22 ′ 22.6 ″ E