Siemens Villa (Wannsee)
| Siemens villa | |
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 The Siemens villa on the Kleiner Wannsee |
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| place | Berlin |
| architect | Paul and Walter Hentschel |
| Client | Arnold from Siemens |
| Construction year | 1886-1889 |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 25 '7 " N , 13 ° 9' 51" E |
The Siemens Villa , also known as the Siemens House, is a villa located in the Berlin district of Wannsee in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district . Arnold von Siemens , the eldest son of the inventor and entrepreneur Werner von Siemens , had the building , which is now a listed building, built according to the plans of the architects Paul and Walter Hentschel between 1886 and 1889. The building is now used for various medical and organizational facilities at the Immanuel Hospital in Berlin .
location
The villa is accessible from the street Am Kleinen Wannsee and was built on a hillside plot directly on the lake of the same name .
Architecture and history
The architects Hentschel created a typical, castle-like brick building in the Renaissance style . They provided the building with timber framework, elements made of ashlar as well as bay windows and towers. A garden shed with arched windows and sgraffito - Fries added the building.
The building was completed around 1888 and initially used by Arnold von Siemens as a private summer residence . During the Second World War , the villa suffered considerably from war damage, emergency occupancy and looting . In addition, tax debts had accumulated. In 1949 the corporate headquarters of Siemens & Halske was relocated to Munich . After the von Siemens family tried in vain to lease or sell the property, the heirs Charlotte and Hermann von Siemens donated the dilapidated building to the Schöneberg Baptist congregation in 1950 . The villa was henceforth a hospital house, first to an expected polio - epidemic counter. A youth hospital was established. In 1951 the house was renamed the youth sanatorium and in 1952 the Immanuel hospital . To gain space, the war-damaged attic including the spire was torn down and the villa was raised by two unadorned floors. The hospital's treatment focus in the following years was increasingly on rheumatic diseases.
The park
The 24,000 m² park surrounding the Siemens villa is now a listed building, as is the villa and the outbuildings. Arnold von Siemens acquired the property from the founder of the Alsen Colony , Wilhelm Conrad , in order to create a romantic palace park. This still houses a terrace , a grotto and a small viewing tower made of solid stone blocks. The park can be used by patients and visitors to relax during their hospital stay.
See also
- List of cultural monuments in Berlin-Wannsee
- Correns mansion (Siemensvilla in Berlin-Lankwitz)
- Biesdorf Castle (formerly known as Siemens Villa)
literature
- Nils Aschenbeck: Villas in Berlin - Kleiner Wannsee. Michael Imhof Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3865686602 .
Web links
- Immanuel Hospital Berlin-Wannsee - History
- Association for culture and history in Wannsee e. V .: Guided tour in the footsteps of the Siemens family