Hotel Roter Adler
The Hotel Roter Adler is a listed building at Schützenstraße 6 and 6A in the Berlin district of Mitte . It is occasionally run as the Michaelsen Palais after the name of its architect, Otto Michaelsen, and is considered to be one of the “most representative Art Nouveau buildings” in Mitte.
History and function of the building
The area in the Schützenstrasse district is characterized by a conspicuous redevelopment from 1994 to 1996, which Aldo Rossi deliberately chose so as not to allow a “monolithic block structure” to arise in the war- marked district. One of the few remaining houses that stands out is the one built in 1903 and 1904 by Otto Michaelsen for the merchant Emil Vogt. The facade is decorated with rich patriotic elements: Emperor Charlemagne and Wilhelm I can be seen in an apotheosis above a large gable . In between you can see a coat of arms with the imperial eagle and Saint George , who kills the hereditary enemy, who is depicted in the form of a dragon. Hermes can be seen above the image, stripping off his wings. This is to express that the honorable businessman has returned to Germany. Next to the gable are the two 19th century Chancellors Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein and Otto von Bismarck . The rest of the facade is decorated with floral motifs from Art Nouveau , decorations from the Middle Ages and Romanesque braided ribbon ornaments. They extend over the entire area and also include the windows and doors of the building.
Just one year after its completion, Vogt had to sell the building to Winterthur Insurance , which resided here until the war. It was then used as the seat of the Public Prosecutor's Office , the criminal senate of the Court of Appeal and as a hotel. The building was badly damaged in the Second World War and the corner of the building facing Charlottenstrasse was completely destroyed. At the time of the GDR it was used by employees of the Office and civil engineering and after the turn of 1990 by the insurance claims again . An initially planned demolition failed due to the requirements of the monument protection . In 2001 the architects Nalbach and Nalbach rebuilt the building for around 40 million marks .
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- Schützenstrasse . In: District lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
Individual evidence
- ↑ Facts and figures about the Michaelsen Palais ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at ece.de, accessed on October 4, 2011.
- ↑ a b For 40 million: Reconstruction lets “Winterthur House” come back to life . In: Die Welt , September 25, 2000.
- ↑ Sights in Berlin - Quartier Schützenstraße on berlin.de ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 3, 2011.
- ↑ Painted Adler Hotel . In: Berliner Morgenpost , June 2, 2008.
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 30.8 " N , 13 ° 23 ′ 29.9" E