Meyer'sche Häuser, Cultural heritage monument in Kleinzschocher district, Leipzig, Germany.
Meyer'sche Häuser is a residential complex in the Kleinzschocher district of Leipzig, made up of several buildings grouped around a shared green space. The buildings differ in form and scale, and a kindergarten on Hermann-Meyer-Strasse is also part of the ensemble.
The publisher Herrmann Julius Meyer founded the Verein zur Erbauung billiger Wohnungen and gave it two million marks; in 1900 it became the Stiftung Meyer'sche Häuser. Architect Max Pommer designed four estates built between 1888 and 1937, starting in Lindenau and ending in Kleinzschocher, where construction began in 1907 and was delayed by war and depression until 1937.
The complex takes its name from the publisher Hermann Julius Meyer, who commissioned it for his workers. Today, the central green area is a meeting point where residents spend time outdoors, on benches or along the paths between the buildings.
The complex is in Leipzig and is well served by public transport. The best way to take it in is on foot, walking through the central green space to get a feel for how the different buildings are arranged around it.
In 1905 Margarethe Krupp wrote to the Leipzig city archive asking for information about Meyer's foundation; she received it, and a year later founded the Margarethe-Krupp-Stiftung in Essen, now Germany's largest housing foundation with 3,100 flats. In 2017 the Kleinzschocher estate featured in the Leipzig short-film walk.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 94,528 contributors worldwide.