Hotel Stadt Leipzig, Dresden, Building in Dresden

The Hotel Stadt Leipzig in Dresden is a building in neorenaissance style that was rebuilt in 1837 and became a large hotel with many windows along Heinrichstrasse. It has a broad facade with twenty window sections, a simple style without many ornate details, and features a wrought iron balcony on the front.

The building was first mentioned in 1457, and between 1706 and 1716 a baroque inn called Thiermannsche Hof stood on the site. In 1837 it was rebuilt in neorenaissance style and expanded into a large hotel.

From the late 19th century until 1945, the corner of Rähnitzgasse and Heinrichstraße housed the Restaurant Alt-Leipzig on the ground floor. In the GDR era, the same rooms were used by state-run HO shops selling hardware and tools. The lettering 'Stadt Leipzig' on the Heinrichstraße facade remained visible even after the hotel closed.

The building stands at the corner of Heinrichstraße and Rähnitzgasse in the Innere Neustadt, a few minutes on foot from the Neustädter Markt. The street facades were reconstructed and the interior completely rebuilt; since late 2023 the complex, with its outbuildings, is called Heinrichhöfe and holds 33 flats, five commercial units and 34 parking spaces.

The building survived the February 1945 air raids largely by chance: it was not hit by bombs, and one of the very few operational firefighting crews saved it from the fires raging in the Innere Neustadt. Its marked lettering "Stadt Leipzig" on Heinrichstraße remained in place even after 1945, when the house was converted into housing.