High-rise of the Thuringian Parliament
The high-rise building of the Thuringian state parliament (popularly known as the egg box) is a high-rise building in the Thuringian capital of Erfurt .
history
The high-rise was built in 1950/51 according to plans by the architects Egon Hartmann , Hartmut Schaub and Heinrich Weiß . The ten-storey building was built here in traditional massive construction in brick - masonry and served the accommodation of the government of Thuringia, the 1948 Weimar had moved to Erfurt. When the state of Thuringia was dissolved in 1952, the Erfurt district was created , the administration of which moved into the building and used it until 1990. Since then it has belonged to the Thuringian state parliament as an office building . The building was renovated by 1999. The paternoster lift , which was a technical monument, was also expanded.
The high-rise is a listed building and was the first of over 30 high-rise buildings in Erfurt today. In other cities in Thuringia, however, high-rise buildings were built much earlier, such as Building 15 from 1915 in Jena .
literature
- Steffen Raßloff : Mirror of contemporary history. The state parliament complex represents the state capital Erfurt and was shaped by three political systems. In: Thüringer Allgemeine from July 12, 2014 ( online )
- Egon Hartmann : From the diary on the Erfurt government buildings in 1949 and 1950 . In: City and History. Magazine for Erfurt. Special Issue No. 5 (Planning and Building in Erfurt since 1873), 2004, pp. 26–29.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '48.15 " N , 11 ° 2' 6.59" E