Regional Directorate Berlin-Brandenburg of the Federal Employment Agency
The Berlin-Brandenburg regional directorate of the Federal Employment Agency (formerly: Landesarbeitsamt Berlin-Brandenburg , previously: Landesarbeitsamt Berlin ) is one of ten regional directorates of the Federal Employment Agency . In the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, the regional directorate oversees the local employment agencies and maintains contact with the state governments in Berlin and Potsdam . The headquarters of the regional directorate at Friedrichstrasse 34 in Berlin-Kreuzberg is located in a building that was erected between 1938 and 1940 as the Gau Labor Office for the Gau Brandenburg and is now a listed building.
building
In 1938, the Berlin architect Hans Fritzsche was commissioned by the Reich Labor Ministry to design a new service building for the Gau Labor Office in the Gau Brandenburg . A plot of land between Friedrichstrasse and Charlottenstrasse in southern Friedrichstadt was to serve as the location . The property, which is approximately 70 m wide and 110 m deep, was originally intended to be built on with commercial buildings and had been cleared for this purpose.
The multi-part building complex based on the design by Hans Fritzsche and Friedrich Löhbach took up the heights of the eaves and the building lines of the adjacent buildings in Friedrichstrasse and Charlottenstrasse. Inside, the building is divided into two longitudinal bars, which are connected by a transverse wing. This creates two inner courtyards. The building was built by Heilmann & Littmann in two phases by 1940 . The wing to Friedrichstrasse, which houses the main portal, was part of the second construction phase and was completed in 1940. According to Matthias Donath, the Gau Labor Office is a "typical example of the monumental architectural style that was preferred for official administrative buildings after 1933".
The facades of the six-story building are smooth and free of ornamentation, the windows are evenly lined up. The main facade facing Friedrichstrasse is strictly symmetrical, the entrance portal is emphasized by a cubic central projection that towers over the buildings. An imperial eagle still sits enthroned on the central projection . The model for this design was the entrance pylon of the German pavilion designed by Albert Speer at the 1937 World's Fair . The facade is designed with stone , shell limestone on the ground floor and tuff stone above .
use
The Gau employment office was never in operation as such, but was made available to Fritz Todt in 1940 , who, as inspector general for German roads, now also assumed the office of minister for ammunition and armament. The Todt Organization received the building and used it until 1945.
After the end of the war, the Berlin State Labor Office moved in, today the Berlin-Brandenburg Regional Directorate of the Federal Employment Agency.
literature
- Matthias Donath : Architecture in Berlin 1933–1945. A city guide. Published by the Berlin State Monument Authority . 2nd revised edition. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-936872-26-2 .
Web links
- Entry in the Berlin State Monument List with further information
- Homepage of the Regional Directorate Berlin-Brandenburg on the website of the Federal Employment Agency
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Matthias Donath: Architecture in Berlin 1933–1945 . Berlin 2007, pp. 78-79. (Section 14: "Gau employment office")
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 19.6 ″ N , 13 ° 23 ′ 30.1 ″ E