Hainstrasse is a street in the northwest of the central quarter inside the Inner City Ring Road of Leipzig, Germany.

It begins in the northwest corner of the Markt and leads almost in a straight line with a slight swing to the left in a north-northwest direction without any intersections to Brühl and Richard-Wagner-Platz.

As early as the Middle Ages, the long-distance trade route Via Imperii ran through it, crossing with the Via Regia at the northern end.

When the Via Imperii was moved to Reichsstrasse after 1100, today's Hainstrasse became the main street of the northwestern Rannisches Viertel (Rannian quarter) in the city.

By the bombing of Leipzig in World War II, the buildings at the northwest end were completely destroyed and others were badly damaged.

Around 1960, a large low-rise building with a textile and stationery store was opened on the site of total destruction.

Despite the deteriorating buildings, Hainstrasse remained a popular shopping location during the GDR era.

5/7, which leads through several atriums to Kleine Fleischergasse 8 and was impassable from the time of the Second World War until its reconstruction in 2012.

16-18), built in 1847/1848 by Eduard Pötzsch (1803–1889) and at that time the largest hotel in the city, has been an office building with shops on the ground floor since 2014 after an eventful history.