Landhaus Sternberg

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Landhaus Sternberg

The Landhaus Sternberg in Berlin was built in 1923–1926 for the manufacturer Gustav Sternberg based on designs by the architect Hermann Karpenstein . In 1998 the property was acquired by the Kingdom of Denmark and is now the residence of the Danish ambassador . Both the country house and the garden are under monument protection .

location

The Landhaus Sternberg is located in a residential area in Berlin-Dahlem at Podbielskiallee 34, which is named after the Prussian Minister Victor von Podbielski . The property has a front of about 35 m wide to Podbielskiallee and extends in a north-easterly direction with a depth of about 80 m to Schweinfurthstrasse. The Podbielskiallee underground station on the U3 line is around 300 meters away.

Construction as a country house

The architect Hermann Muthesius planned a house for the property in the 1920s, but it was never built. Only the gardens were partially completed when the client sold the property. The partially preserved garden, which was designed by Ludwig Lesser , is one of the early examples of a reform garden from his hand. In 1926 the new owner Gustav Sternberg had Hermann Karpenstein build a country house. The interior decoration contained Art Deco elements, some of which have been preserved.

In 1930, according to the address book , a gardener and a driver lived in the property in addition to the owner "Engineer G. Sternberg", possibly with families. Gustav Sternberg († 1952) was the owner of the Gustav Sternberg screw factory in Berlin-Borsigwalde . Sternberg was still living in his property on Podbielskiallee in 1943, and his factory employed slave laborers during the Second World War .

Residence of the Danish ambassador

In 1998 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark acquired the Sternberg country house in order to create a residence for the Danish ambassador. This became necessary because no ambassador apartments were planned in the community complex built by the Nordic embassies in 1997–1999 .

The renovation of the property began in 1999 and was completed in April 2001. The entire building was modernized, whereby the issues of monument protection had to be taken into account. The conversion cost around € 1.9 million. The orangery in the garden received an extension for banquets for up to 20 guests.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Katrin Lesser: Private gardens in Berlin. Landesdenkmalamt Berlin (Ed.), Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2005, ISBN 3-937251-87-1 , p. 145.
  2. ↑ Podbielskiallee 34 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, part 4, p. 1499.
  3. ↑ Chronicle . In: Die Zeit , No. 20/1952.
  4. ↑ Podbielskiallee 34 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, part 4, p. 1419.
  5. ↑ Companies from Berlin and the surrounding area that are said to have employed forced labor . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 28, 2000.
  6. ↑ Building description Residenz Kgl. Danish embassy at Dierks, Kunze, Oevermann in Berlin; Retrieved April 7, 2009.
  7. ↑ Residence of the Danish Embassy in Berlin ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2009 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. graphisoft.de; with photos of the banquet extension; Retrieved April 7, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.graphisoft.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 0.8 ″  N , 13 ° 17 ′ 40.1 ″  E