Prussian Landtag (building)
As the “Prussian State Parliament”, it serves as the domicile of the Berlin House of Representatives
The Prussian Landtag is the parliament building of the old Prussian House of Representatives in Berlin . The building was inaugurated in 1899 and served the Prussian House of Representatives, which was a chamber of the state parliament. After 1918 the state parliament only had one chamber. During the National Socialist era and in the GDR, the building was used for various administrative activities. The building has been the seat of the Berlin House of Representatives since 1993 .
building
The building complex extends between Leipziger Strasse and Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse (today: Niederkirchnerstrasse ).
The actual building of the Prussian House of Representatives was built between 1892 and 1898 by the architect Friedrich Schulze in the Italian neo-renaissance style. It was opened on January 16, 1899 with a solemn parliamentary session. The building was highly praised by the trade press, as it was even considered the more successful parliament building opposite the Reichstag building. This was shown by the fact that in its current use many rooms have the same function, meaning that few modifications were necessary. The architectural style of the neo-renaissance was, as in the case of the Reichstag, deliberately chosen as a “bourgeois style”.
The inside of the building was elegant, but compared to the Reichstag building, it was rather subtly and splendidly furnished. The plenary hall was decorated with two statues - the allegories of law and the law - as well as several large murals showing views of the most important Prussian cities: the Berlin Palace , the Königsberg Palace and Magdeburg with its cathedral on the front, the views of Cologne on the west side , Frankfurt am Main and Münster each with their main churches, on the east side Kiel , Stettin and Danzig with their ports and on the south side Posen , Breslau and Hanover with their town halls.
use
1899 to 1918: Prussian House of Representatives
Erected as the People's House of the Prussian Landtag , it served its second chamber, the Prussian House of Representatives , as the seat from 1899 to 1918. Before that, the Prussian House of Representatives met in the Hardenberg Palace . The first chamber was the Prussian manor house . Together these two chambers formed the “Prussian Landtag”. In addition to the two chambers, the Prussian State Ministry also had meeting rooms and workrooms in the building complex.
1918 to 1933: Prussian Landtag
The chambers were renamed during the Weimar Republic . The first was now called "Prussian Landtag", the second Prussian State Council . Since only the first chamber used the building, the name of the chamber became a term for the building.
1933 to 1990: various uses
During the National Socialist era, the Landtag building was temporarily used by the People's Court and then initially converted into the Prussian House and later the House of Aviators as part of the Reich Aviation Ministry . The house was badly damaged in World War II .
Partly rebuilt by the GDR , the building housed the German Economic Commission from 1946 to 1949 , the GDR Council of Ministers under Otto Grotewohl from 1949 to 1953, and from 1961 the State Planning Commission as part of the "House of Ministries II". In addition, there were listening facilities of the Ministry for State Security .
Since 1990: Berlin House of Representatives
The Berlin House of Representatives decided in October 1990 to move from Schöneberg Town Hall to the historic building. After extensive modernization and renovation, the Prussian House of Representatives, now officially called the “Prussian Landtag”, was put into operation on April 29, 1993 by the Berlin State Parliament .
literature
- Hans Wilderotter: The House of Representatives: A monument to Prussian and German history in the center of Berlin . Philo Fine Arts, Dresden 2001, ISBN 3-364-00378-5
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Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 29 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 55 ″ E