Postfuhramt Berlin

Postfuhramt, Berlin
The Postfuhramt, formerly known as the Imperial Postfuhramt, is a historic building from 1881 on Oranienburger Strasse at the corner of Tucholskystrasse in the Spandauer Vorstadt of Mitte, Berlin. . It has been a listed building since 1975.
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Hardly anyone knows the name and history of one of Berlin's most magnificent historicist buildings and perhaps the most elaborate government building of its time: the former Postfuhramt, built 1875-1881.

"The Postfuhramt (formerly: Imperial Postfuhramt) is a representative brick building on Oranienburger Strasse in Berlin's Mitte district of the district of the same name. It was completed in 1881 and was one of the largest government buildings in Berlin at the time. It has been a listed building since 1975.

The direct reason for the construction of the Postfuhramt was on the one hand the growing need for horses with the increasing carriage business, on the other hand the catastrophic hygiene and the dilapidation of the old stables; in March 1874 numerous animals died there. First, two two-storey stables for a total of around 250 horses were built in the courtyard of the planned new facility. The lower floors were partly embedded in the ground, the upper ones accessible via ramps. When the post office was completely modernized in 1925, these stables disappeared. A loading point and a wagon hall were built in the courtyard; both were destroyed in the war (...) "

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