Image Copyright: Wolfgang Buttkus

Zwickau's most famous son Robert Schumann was born on 8th June 1810 at Hauptmarkt 5 / corner M�nzstra�e. This house goes back to the year 1450 but had to be demolished in 1955 due to dilapidation.

In honour ofthe 100th anniversary ofRobert Schumann's death in the year 1956 a new building was constructed, the exterior true to the original, while the interior caters for the new tasks of a museum. The museum as an independent national monument opened on the 22nd ofJulyand has housed since then the worldwide important Schumann archive, a museum's tract with valuable portraits, pictures and original instruments as well as a chamber music hall with 180 seats.

Image Copyright: Wolfgang Buttkus

The monument of the musician Robert Schumann, situatedat the Hauptmarkt andinaugurated in 1901 has been relocated in the past several times but is now back at the Hauptmarkt.