Marktstraße 2, Half-timbered house at Marktstraße 2 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

Marktstraße 2, known as the Eckermann-Buchhandlung, is a half-timbered house at the corner of Kaufstraße in Weimar, recorded in the town's tax registers from 1542. Its timber frame was exposed in 1955 after 17th-century building regulations had required it to be plastered over. The ground floor now holds a bookstore.

The half-timbered house at Marktstraße 2, on the corner of Kaufstraße, appears in Weimar's tax registers from 1542, so it was built before that year. In the 17th century building regulations required the timber frame to be plastered over; it was exposed again in 1955. Around 1840 the house was the residence of Johann Peter Eckermann, Goethe's friend and secretary, which gave the bookstore inside its name. From 1919 the merchant Wilhelm Lösch ran a business here, and the building was known as the Löschhaus.

The building is named after Johann Peter Eckermann, Goethe's friend and editor, who lived here around 1840; it was his last home, though he died at Steubenstraße 3/5. Since 2004 the Eckermann-Buchhandlung bookstore has occupied the house, and the Literarische Gesellschaft Thüringen is based in the building. The shop belongs to the Thüringer Literaturrat.

The building stands at the corner of Marktstraße and Kaufstraße, a short walk from Weimar's market square. The half-timbering exposed in 1955 faces the street, so it can be seen from outside even when the bookstore is closed. The shop itself occupies the ground floor; the literary society based in the building is reached separately.

The building was known as the "Löschhaus" after merchant Wilhelm Lösch, who ran a business there from 1919. Johann Peter Eckermann lived here around 1840, but he died at Steubenstraße 3/5, not in this house. Since 2004 the Eckermann-Buchhandlung bookstore has occupied the building, and the Literarische Gesellschaft Thüringen has its seat here.