Customs office (Quedlinburg)

Customs office

The customs office is a listed building in Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt .

location

The building registered in the Quedlinburg monument register is located south of the historic Quedlinburg old town and the Schloßberg at Kaiser-Otto-Straße 26 .

Architecture and history

The two-storey plastered building was built in 1923 as an administration building according to plans by the architect Schuhmacher. The design cites forms of the Renaissance and the architecture of mansions . There are mid-houses and a polygonal stair tower facing the courtyard . The use of shutters on the broad street-side facade is striking . The skylight above the front door is also noteworthy . The large ZOLLAMT logo is above the entrance . In front of the building there is a square planted with linden trees.

The construction of the customs office is related to the Quedlinburg seed trade, which at times was of worldwide importance.

literature

State Office for the Preservation of Monuments of Saxony-Anhalt (Ed.): List of monuments in Saxony-Anhalt. Volume 7: Falko Grubitzsch, with the participation of Alois Bursy, Mathias Köhler, Winfried Korf, Sabine Oszmer, Peter Seyfried and Mario Titze: Quedlinburg district. Volume 1: City of Quedlinburg. Fly head, Halle 1998, ISBN 3-910147-67-4 , p. 143.

51.784807 11.136296Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 5.3 " N , 11 ° 8 ′ 10.7" E