Großer Blumberg, Cultural heritage building in Leipzig, Germany

The Großer Blumberg is a four-storey residential and commercial building at Richard-Wagner-Platz 1, built from 1826 to 1832 to plans by Albert Geutebrück. Its roughly 56-metre main front has 17 window axes, a central risalit with triangular pediment and four Corinthian pilasters, and a ground floor with ashlar plaster and restored Schinkel gas lamps converted to electricity. A twelve-axis west wing and a narrow four-storey half-timbered building enclose a courtyard.

A house named after the Blumberg family is recorded at Große Fleischergasse from 1525, and by 1591 it appears as the inn "Gastwirt zum Plumberg"; in the 18th century it was one of Leipzig's leading trade-fair inns. The present building was erected from 1826 to 1832 to plans by city architect Albert Geutebrück after several older houses were demolished. Partly destroyed in the Second World War, especially its western section, it was rebuilt between 1961 and 1964 and restored again in 2001–2003 and 2014–2015.

The name first appears in 1591 as "Gastwirt zum Plumberg", after the Blumberg family recorded there from 1525; "Zum großen Blumenberg" was used from 1767 to distinguish it from the Kleiner Blumenberg. In the 18th century it was one of the leading inns of the trade-fair city. Today the ground floor holds a café and a Mexican restaurant, and a wine tavern occupies the half-timbered rear building.

The main front faces the south side of Richard-Wagner-Platz at number 1, with a short wing on Große Fleischergasse and a longer west wing. A four-storey half-timbered building forms a courtyard behind the main wings. The ground floor holds a café and a Mexican restaurant, and a wine tavern occupies the courtyard half-timbered building.

The Große Blumenberg was one of Leipzig's leading guest houses in the 18th century, and its name first appears in 1591 as "Gastwirt zum Plumberg". In 1979 it was pictured on a special stamp issued for the Leipzig Autumn Fair.