Leipziger palace in Wrocław, Renaissance Revival palace in Wrocław, Poland
Leipziger Palace is a two-storey palace with a basement and two projecting bays, built in 1872–1874 to Karl Schmidt's design. Inside, a glazed atrium is surrounded by a grand staircase; the first floor holds an enfilade of reception rooms, while the ground floor housed service rooms and the porter's flat. Marbles, stuccowork and the staircase survive from the original scheme.
The palace was completed in 1874 by Karl Schmidt during a period when Renaissance Revival style was gaining popularity across Europe. This era saw Wrocław expanding and modernizing its urban landscape with such representative buildings.
The palace received official recognition as an immovable monument in the Polish cultural heritage register on December 24, 1991, under number 465/Wm.
The palace is located at Wierzbowa Street 15 and is easily accessible from different parts of the city. Visitors should allow time to observe the architectural details from street level and around the building's perimeter.
The plot on which the palace stands held a riding hall built in 1827 before Karl Schmidt's palace replaced it. Ignatz Leipziger sold the building to the district authority (Kreisausschuss) as early as 1878, and it served administrative offices until 1945. In the 1980s it passed to the geological enterprise Proxima, and in 1997 the developer Torus bought it for conversion into the five-star Altus Palace hotel.
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