Borgward-Haus, Protected cultural heritage villa in Horn-Lehe, Germany.
Borgward-Haus is a protected villa in the Horn-Lehe district of Bremen, recognizable by its classical facade and a stone coat of arms carved above the main entrance. The building was converted into office space in 2000, with the original structure kept intact and a new residential building added nearby in a matching style.
The house was built in 1750 by Hieronymus Klugkist, who later became mayor of Bremen, and originally formed the center of a large estate with farmland stretching far beyond the current property. Over the 19th and 20th centuries, urban growth reshaped the surroundings, and the property eventually passed to the Borgward family of industrialists.
The estate was known as Landgut Focke-Fritze from the early 19th century until 1915, when it left the Fritze family after Elisabeth Fritze, née Focke, had inherited it. The stone coat of arms above the entrance bears the year 1750, marking the first building. From 1936 the park was owned by the State of Bremen and merged into the Rhododendronpark.
The villa sits along Horner Heerstraße and is easy to reach on foot or by bicycle. The exterior can be seen from the public road at any time, but the interior is not open to visitors since it functions as office space.
The stone coat of arms above the entrance carries the year 1750, but it is uncertain whether Johann Georg Poppe's 1819–1820 work was a conversion or a new building that reused the stone. The estate once ran almost 2 km from Horner Heerstraße to Achterdiek, with only a quarter laid out as park; the rest stayed farmland into the 1920s.
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