Trifugium

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Trifugium
Barfußgäßchen
Leipzig, September 2024

“Trifugium is the name for a group of three neighboring Wilhelminian-style residential and commercial buildings in Leipzig, Barfußgäßchen 11/13/15 between Klostergasse and Dittrichring. Houses no. 11 and 13 are listed buildings. As late as 1902, the Barfußgäßchen ended at Klostergasse and continued as Kleine Fleischergasse. Until 1439, the latter was still part of the Barfußgäßchen, and the only access to the Thomasring (today Dittrichring) was the narrow passage of the former Barfußpförtchen. In the following years, houses were demolished to create a street access to the Ring and the Barfußgäßchen was extended in a straight line. One of the demolished houses was the house ‘Stadtgarten’, on the corner of Klostergasse, which was named after a garden restaurant and was formerly called ‘Goldene Sonne’. On the south side of the new street section, three houses were built between 1904 and 1906 according to plans by the Leipzig architect Arthur Hänsch (1876–1947). The Leipzig Creditbank had its headquarters in house number 11. House number 13 was purchased by Phoenix Life Insurance in the 1930s. House number 15 housed the Kaiserhof Café, later the Palast Café. As the Silberstein restaurant, it survived the pogrom night of 1938. When citizens of the Jewish faith were then forbidden to visit bars and cafés, the Silberstein restaurant was the only one that kept its doors open to Jewish citizens. During the Second World War, No. 15 burned down almost completely and was demolished in 1946 except for the ground floor, where a betting office was located. House No. 11 was badly damaged - the entire roof was missing - but was repaired as best as possible. No. 13 remained almost undamaged.” (Trifugium, Wikipedia)