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Weiße Villa (Former Villa Richard Bestehorn)

Weiße Villa (Former Villa Richard Bestehorn)

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Weiße Villa (Former Villa Richard Bestehorn)

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Location: Aschersleben, Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Korngiebel

December 24, 2018

• Neo-Baroque / Art Nouveau
• 1903 built for the printer manufacturer Richard Bestehorn bourgeois villa
• Metropolitan Neo-Baroque facade with Art Nouveau elements
• probably according to plans by the architect Wilhelm Gieren from Hildesheim
built
• The name "Green Villa" was given to the building after that time
Villa landscaped park, which is still partially preserved today
• Richard Bestehorn, son of Heinrich Christian Bestehorn, who in 1861 a
Paper processing factory founded
• At the end of the 19th century, the factory became one of the largest packaging plants in Europe (known as OPTIMA from 1951)
• from 1945 for several years seat of the Soviet command center
• until after 1990 the postal administration Aschersleben used the building
• 2009-2011 comprehensive refurbishment
• Today called »White Villa« because of the imposing bright façade
• Use as an educational and meeting place for people with disabilities

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Horst...

March 10, 2019

The White Villa is an imposing former factory villa.

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Sopho, Micha, Frieda & Bella 🐶🐾

November 9, 2022

The "White Villa", near today's Herrenbreite, looks back on more than a hundred years of history.
In 1903 it was built by the Bestehorn family as a residence.
Architectural elements of baroque Art Nouveau made the villa something special and unique, both inside and out.

(Source: weisse-villa.org)

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Location: Aschersleben, Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Aschersleben Town Hall – Hennebrunnen Aschersleben loop from Aschersleben

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