On September 13th 1913 Fritz Bühler opened the dance hall „Bühlers Ballhaus“ (Bühler’s Ballroom) in the back of Auguststrasse 24/25. It became known as Clärchens Ballhaus after Bühler was killed in WWI and his widow, Clara, took over the business. When exactly the fabled buildings were erected no one knows – official records were lost during WWII. It could be that they were commissioned by Kaiser Wilhelm II’s butler. But hat might be just one of the many legends that surround the house, ist inhabitants, and ist patrons. Clärchens Ballhaus is, as it were, a kind of story machine, a site of conjecture