Former Reichsbank building (Darmstadt)
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| place | Darmstadt |
| architect | Robert Curjel and Karl Coelestin Moser |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
| Construction year | 1904 |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 '21.5 " N , 8 ° 38' 40.1" E |
The former building of the Reichsbank in Kasinostraße 5 is a building in Darmstadt .
History and description
The representative bank building of the former Reichsbank was built in 1904 according to plans by the architects Robert Curjel and Karl Coelestin Moser . Stylistically, the three-story building belongs to the Art Nouveau style .
Typical details of the structure are:
- a facade made of pale yellow sandstone blocks
- representative entrance and staircase
- high-quality stone carvings in Art Nouveau decor in the parapet fields of the second floor and below the cornice
- vertical structure of the facade by pilaster strips with indicated capitals
- Arched windows on the ground floor
- a mansard roof forms the end of the building
Today the building houses a restaurant on the ground floor ( enchillada ) and offices on the upper floors.
Monument protection
The former Reichsbank building is a typical example of Art Nouveau in Darmstadt. For architectural and city-historical reasons, the building is a cultural monument .
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. ( Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hessen .) Vieweg Verlag , Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 135.