In 1499, a magnificent burgher's house was built in the Renaissance style. In the course of a historical change, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz moved the Electoral Library into this presence - the Leibniz House - on 29 September 1698.
Today's version of the Leibniz House in the old town was reconstructed in detail in the 1980s. Originally, the patrician house stood at Schmiedestraße 10, where a multi-storey car park is located today. It suffered severe destruction during the Second World War.
Leibniz was known for his countless thoughts, which he recorded daily on notes. He therefore had a cupboard specially made to store these ideas in an orderly fashion. For several years, his pupil and secretary Rafael Levi also lived in this building. On the first floor of the antechamber section, known as the "Utlucht", Leibniz died at the age of 70 on 14 November 1716.
After extensive restoration at the end of 2016, events are once again held in the building.
