Neukölln town hall
| Neukölln town hall | |
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| place | Berlin-Neukölln |
| architect | Reinhold Kiehl |
| Construction year | 1905-1909; Additions 1911, 1913/1914 |
| height | 68 m |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 28 '53 " N , 13 ° 26' 6" E |
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| rebuilt after being damaged in the Second World War (1950) | |
The Neukölln town hall at Karl-Marx-Straße 83 is the seat of the district administration of Neukölln , one of the most populous districts in Berlin . The listed building ensemble was built between 1909 and 1914 according to plans by the architect Reinhold Kiehl . It replaced the former town hall of the municipality of Deutsch-Rixdorf from the 19th century .
history
The municipality's first town hall was already located at the same location, at Erkstrasse 19 and the corner of Berliner Strasse 50 (today's Karl-Marx-Strasse). This included the "Office of the Rixdorf District and Municipal Administration", including a registration office, the municipal and municipal treasury, the registry office , a gendarmerie post and the official prison . Because of the enormous increase in population in the beginning of the 20th century, the existing house was no longer sufficient for the increased administrative effort. In addition, the mayor Hermann Boddin planned to apply for city rights for Rixdorf, combined with a renaming of the place. A representative new building was decided. The town planning officer and architect Reinhold Kiehl provided the plans for this. These found the approval of the community leaders and from 1905 to 1909 a multi-wing complex was built. Kiehl also designed the extension to Donaustraße built in 1910/1911 and the inner wing, which was completed in 1913/1914 under the direction of the newly appointed urban planning inspector Heinrich Best. After the striking building was damaged by fire in the Second World War , it was able to be rebuilt in the 1950s and extended by a contemporary extension until 1956.
architecture
The heavily structured ensemble of buildings is accentuated by the 68 meter high tower. On its top there is a 2.20 meter high statue of the goddess of luck Fortuna made of copper, a work of the sculptor Josef Rauch , who also made the plastic jewelry of the town hall. The four- and five-story building is based on the forms of the German Renaissance . What was new at the time was the separation of the representation and administration areas.
literature
- Dieter Althans, Robert Dupuis, Cornelia Hugt, Rainer Pomp, Jan Sonnenberg: Rathaus Rixdorf-Rathaus Neukölln, publication on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Neukölln town hall . District Office Neukölln of Berlin, District Mayor, Building Construction Office (Ed.), Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-026396-5
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Berlinerstrasse 50 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1880, address book by Rixdorf, p. 89.