HOTEL BAUR AU LAC
Hotel Baur au Lac / Talstraße 1. Domicile of Otto and Mathilde Wesendonck from 1850–1857.
This is where Richard Wagner’s first public reading of the complete Ring oeuvre took place on 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th February 1853. The hotel was venue and meeting place of the Wagner circle for over seven years. The club Baur au Lac has been an intellectual centre of the Limmat town until today.