Federal Debt Administration (building)
The building of the former federal debt administration is today the technical town hall of the city Bad Homburg vor der Höhe and is a listed building .
history
In autumn 1946, the military government ordered the establishment of bizonal authorities. The administrative office for finance was based in Bad Homburg. Here on July 23, 1947, the Economic Council of the Bizone set up the “Special Office for Money and Credit” in preparation for the currency reform , of which Ludwig Erhard became the head . After the founding of the Federal Republic with its capital Bonn still remained in Bad Homburg Federal Debt Administration , which in 2002 Federal Securities Administration was renamed and since 1 August 2006 Part of the German Finance Agency is the Office of Securities cleanup and federal compensation Office .
In 1953 the office building at Bahnhofstrasse 16/18 in the Bad Homburg district of Gonzenheim was built for the federal debt administration . The architect was Walter Freiwald from Marburg. In 1983 an annex was added to the building.
In 2007 the city of Bad Homburg bought the building and used it as a technical town hall. 120 employees work here on 4200 m² of office space. A comprehensive renovation took place from 2013, which cost 12.9 million euros. In doing so, emphasis was placed on renovation in line with historic monuments. Based on the original model, the floors are made of burgundy linoleum, and the facade is designed according to the historical model. With the renovation, the city is applying for the Hessian Monument Protection Prize in 2018 .
Building description
The building has four floors. The brightly clinkered skeleton structure has a flat roof, a roof pavilion and a porch protruding at an angle. The main facade, which is parallel to the street, has a grid structure comprising 23 window units and a facade segment that has been left free. Behind it is the stairwell. The lintel is adorned with an abstract federal eagle made of metal. The administration building is an excellent example of New Objectivity , an architectural style from the early 1950s. For architectural and historical reasons, the house is a listed building.
The sculpture avenue is located in the green area next to the building
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- State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Federal Debt Administration In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen
- Carla Marconi: So beautiful that it's worth an award ; in: Taunuszeitung from May 25, 2018, p. 9
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 19.3 ″ N , 8 ° 37 ′ 18.9 ″ E