House Cumberland

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House Cumberland

The Cumberland house is a listed building on Kurfürstendamm between Bleibtreustrasse and Schlüterstrasse in Berlin-Charlottenburg . It dates from the beginning of the 20th century and served as a hotel and seat of various administrations. Since 2011 it has been restored and converted into a commercial and residential building. George-Grosz-Platz is opposite the house . The postal address is Kurfürstendamm 193–194, 10707 Berlin .

history

The building, conceived as a boarding palace, was designed and built in 1911/12 by the architect Robert Leibnitz (who also planned the old Hotel Adlon ). Probably for marketing reasons it was named Cumberland in honor of the 3rd Duke of Cumberland Ernst August . The building is 60 meters wide and 180 meters deep and has three lavishly designed inner courtyards, in which there were initially fountains . The complex extends to around 10,000 m² of land between Kurfürstendamm and Lietzenburger Strasse 104-106. Numerous suites should be rented out to house staff. This business idea failed even before the final opening and the owner went bankrupt . Inventory and furniture were auctioned.

Entrance to Café Grosz
Buddy Bear Cumberland

In 1916 the house temporarily housed the Imperial Arms and Ammunition Procurement Office (Wumba). After the First World War , the Oberpostdirektion used the building. From 1920 the Reich Ministry of Economics, theaters and cinemas were housed in the house. Since 1936 it has housed various financial administration offices. During the time of National Socialism , the office of the Chief Finance President of Berlin-Brandenburg was involved in the expropriation and plundering of the Jewish citizens.

After the end of the war in 1945, the house was made available to the General Tax Office when the first Magistrate of Greater Berlin was formed.

From 1966 to 2003 the Berlin regional finance office was located in the building. Since then it has been empty except for the shops on the first floor.

In 2004, the Cumberland house was temporarily redesigned as "Hotel Brecker" for the film The Bourne Conspiracy . Parts of the vampire film We Are the Night were also filmed here. In 2005 it temporarily became a film set for a ZDF television series. In 2010 Leander Haußmann shot parts of his film Hotel Lux here .

In 2006, the Orco Group bought the house from the owners of the State of Berlin and the federal government for 40 million euros . Orco initially planned to build a luxury hotel and a luxury shopping mall in it. The hotel plans were later shelved in favor of 20,000 square meters of office space. Add to this almost 9,000 square meters of retail space.

In July 2010, the Orco Group sold the property for € 30 million to entrepreneurs Thomas Bscher , Detlef Maruhn and Dirk Germandi. The plans envisage the realization of 183 condominiums in the rear parts of the renovated old building. In the front part of the building there are four shops, 10 office units and a 500 m² restaurant, the design of which is based on the Parisian restaurant La Coupole . The street front should get its historical facade back. An underground car park has also been created on the property. The property is being renovated in accordance with the preservation of historical monuments and the attic is being expanded. The completion target was given at the end of 2012.

On May 13, 2011, there was a major fire in the roof of the building, two construction workers and a firefighter were slightly injured. As a result of the fire, the left side of the roof structure collapsed. A dome of the first courtyard made of sheet zinc also collapsed. The fire was accidentally started during the renovation work.

On September 15, 2012, the clients celebrated the topping-out ceremony together with the owners of the condominiums and guests of honor. On October 25th, the first store opened with the 14oz, a clothing store of the upscale genre, on 600 m², but it closed again in 2015. The facade facing Kurfürstendamm has been restored according to the historical model. On December 6, 2012, the Berlin restaurateur Roland Mary - u. a. Owner of Borchardt’s in Berlin-Mitte  - the coffee house, restaurant and bar Grosz. The grosz closes after 7 years at the end of November 2019. The furniture is sold in favor of a children's home.

Web links

Commons : House of Cumberland  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
  2. ^ Cumberland Buddy Bear
  3. Official Telephone directory Berlin, year 1945 (December). 1945, accessed April 11, 2018 .
  4. Haus Cumberland ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Orco Group @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orcogermany.de
  5. Pure luxury . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 11, 2008
  6. Cumberland on Kudamm is now to be an office building . In: Berliner Morgenpost , September 24, 2008
  7. A new community of investors gives Haus Cumberland a future. Contract conclusion: Berlin company develops prestige object on Kurfürstendamm ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) Press release July 12, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.profi-partner.de
  8. The daily mirror
  9. The daily mirror
  10. Christmas market on Ku'damm: House Cumberland almost finished - 14oz Shop Berlin - Käthe Wohlfahrt am Kranzler Eck TrendJam magazine, accessed December 29, 2012

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 3 ″  N , 13 ° 19 ′ 1 ″  E