Europahaus (Berlin)
The Europahaus is an office building in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg , Stresemannstrasse 92–94. It was built from 1926 to 1931 together with the neighboring Deutschlandhaus building.
history
The urban planning competition for the entire building complex was won by the architectural office of Richard Bielenberg and Josef Moser , who began its implementation with the Deutschlandhaus (adjoining to the south) (1926, still expressionistic ). Architect Otto Firle followed suit with the Europahaus in the New Objectivity style . Construction began in the late 1920s and was completed in 1931.
The building has ten floors with a total of 35,000 m² of usable space. The first tenant was nitrogen syndicate GmbH , founded in 1919 (4th to 10th floors).
The house was best known for its large neon signs for the Odol and Allianz insurance companies , which was a great attraction in the city at the time. A more recent neon sign for the Blaupunkt company , which was on the facade of the Europahaus until 2005, is now owned by the Letters Museum in Berlin.
The Europahaus was damaged in the Second World War , so that extensive repairs were necessary.
After a modified restoration from 1959 to 1966 until after the German reunification , the Europahaus was the location of the telecommunications office 2 Berlin (later: 3 Berlin) of the Deutsche Bundespost .
The building, which is located in the immediate vicinity of the former Anhalter Bahnhof , houses the main administration of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development , a contact point of the Robert Koch Institute as well as the Waterways and Shipping Directorate East and the office of the Alliance on four floors Democracy and tolerance .
literature
- Albert Heilmann : The Europa House in Berlin - a modern large building. The history of its origins from the groundbreaking to completion . Europahaus, Berlin 1931.
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List: Germany House
- Europahaus / Deutschlandhaus at luise-berlin.de
- Start of construction for the eviction documentation center. Report in rbb , June 11, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guido Brendgens, Norbert König: Berlin architecture. Architecture guide. Jovis, Berlin 2003, p. 206, ISBN 978-3-931321-46-8 .
- ↑ Martin Wörner, Doris Mollenschott et al .: Architectural Guide Berlin. Reimer, Berlin 2001, p. 275, ISBN 978-3-496-01380-8 .
- ^ The high-rise buildings in Berlin . In: Vossische Zeitung No. 514, October 31, 1931
- ^ Message ( Memento of December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), phoenix.de, 2008, accessed on June 10, 2013
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 18.2 " N , 13 ° 22 ′ 55.2" E