The Auerbach cellar is one of the most popular and famous old restaurant in Leipzig. It is located inside Madler-passage. In the beginning of its existence in 1438 it was a place where trade wine. The name chosen by chance, it is connected with the Saxon elector and a Professor of medicine Henry Stamera, who was known in town as Dr. Auerbach. He was a native of the small town of Auerbach, located in Upper Palatinate.

For his distinguished service and devotion to the doctor got permission from the king to the wine trade. From the earliest days of the existence of the cellar of Auerbach became very popular among the population of Leipzig, among the regulars of this establishment was the reformer Martin Luther, poet and thinker Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who was impressed by the story of the magician Faust raced from a barrel top the stairs. That is why the Auerbach Cellar was chosen as the place where the events took place the first part of the world-famous tragedy "Faust" by Goethe.

The oldest part of the restaurant's Barrel cellar. Its interior after centuries has not changed, the owners of this fine establishment have tried to keep the unique atmosphere that fills this historical place. In the Central part of the room is a large old casks of wine for visitors to compete for the real show to the story of Faust has come to life.

Also in the Cellar of Auerbach and there are three historic halls, among which the hall of the "Old Leipzig" with a panoramic painting of the city in 1870, Luther hall and Goethe hall, where the vaults are decorated with Gothic vaults with paintings by Andreas Bretschneider, vividly illustrating has become a folk legend of Dr. Faust.