Schumann House, Leipzig

The musicians Robert Schumann and his wife Clara lived here for their first four years of marriage; there are now exhibition rooms in their former apartment, about their life and work.

Robert and Clara Schumann, after their marriage in September 1840, lived here until 1844 in an apartment on the first floor.

[1][2] Guests the Schumanns received here include Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz.

Works composed by Robert Schumann during this period include the Spring Symphony, the three String Quartets and the Piano Quintet.

[1][2] The building, apart from the exhibition rooms on the first floor, is now the independent primary school "Clara Schumann".