"Villa Tillmanns"

"Villa Tillmanns"

How to get there
Equipment
Keys
History

address: 30 Waechterstrasse, 04107 Leipzig

The guest house at Wächterstrasse 30 is an upper middle class, turn-of-the century villa. It is situated in the so-called "music quarter" of the city, ten minutes from the city centre.

The Geisteswissenschaftliche Zentrum and University library "Bibliotheca Albertina" are located within two minutes walking distance.

360 ° view of the guesthouse Villa Tilmanns (outside)
360° view of the guesthouse Villa Tillmanns (inside)

fountain in front of the house

Conference room

Foyer

Breakfast room

How to get there

Wächterstrasse can be reached on foot or by tram. Tram lines 2, 8 and 9 take you to the stop at Neues Rathaus. There you can reach the guest house within three minutes walking distance. Furthermore you can use bus line 89 from Hauptbahnof/Goethestrasse directly to the stop Wächterstrasse. Parking is available on the premises. 

1 Rektors Office Ritterstrasse 26
2 Guesthouse Ritterstraße 12
3 Gewandhaus staff entrance
4 Guesthouse Villa Tillmanns

If you want to use public means of transport please check for changes under Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe LVB

bathroom

Equipment

Six conference rooms of varying sizes - accomodating eight to sixty people - are located on the ground floor and can be booked for meetings and seminars. Moveable display walls, overhead projectors, slide projector, monitor, television and video recorder are available for conferences.

17 guest rooms are located on the two upper floors - surrounding an indoor courtyard.

All rooms have a bathroom, telephone (digital within the University net) and radio.

The two suites have a balcony, a bathroom with shower and separate bath and toilet.

There are two 1-room apartments, one with balcony. The 13 double rooms are differing in size.

prices

single room

Keys

From Monday to Friday you can pick up keys directly at the guesthouse between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. All further information (outside office hours, weekends) can be found at the keys page.

The rooms are available from 1 p.m.

view to the Bundesverwaltungsgericht

view from Harkortstraße

History

It was the paediatric surgeon and co-founder of the Leipzig Children's Hospital, Professor Dr. Robert Hermann Tillmanns (1844-1927) who had this villa built in 1898. An upper middle-class family home, it was one of the last additions to the so-called musicians' quarter, close to the Reichsgericht courthouse, the College of Graphic Arts and Printing, and the University Library "Bibliotheca Albertina". Designed by the renowned Leipzig architect Bruno Eelbo, the villa marked the conclusion of building projects in the vicinity of the Reichsgericht and the New Town Hall. For the medical consultant Tillmanns, the extravagant and expensive building had, above all, been a matter of prestige. As a result he was heavily in debt throughout his life and eventually sold the villa eight years before his death. Building the villa coincided with a key stage in his professional career. Born in Westfalia, Tillmanns specialised in paediatric surgery and became professor in 1887. His book on General and Specific Surgical Procedures was a significant contribution to anaesthetic techniques during surgical operations which, at the time, were still in their infancy. In 1898 - the year the villa was built - he was put in charge of the Children's Hospital in Oststraße which also enabled him to press on with his research into hip luxations in young patients. During that time he increased the number of operations and contributed significantly to the development of new surgical techniques. In 1919 he retired from a successful career at the Children's Hospital and sold his house in the same year. Apart from his extravagant villa he left a scientific oeuvre which still serves as a source of reference today. It was due to his endeavours that paediatric surgery gained importance and paved the way for many outstanding developments in paediatric medicine. The villa suffered some bomb damage during the War. In 1947 it was taken over by the Polish Consulate who initiated some very detailed restoration work. Shortly after its completion the City of Leipzig ran the villa as a guest house and sold it to the University in 1952 who has also been letting it to visitors ever since. Following the unification of East and West Germany, the restaurant at 30, Wächterstrasse was closed down and large-scale renovation work started which is still in progress. But accommodation on the upper floors has been available for guests since 1995, and since 1996 the ground floor has also been available for conferences.