Dresdner Bank building, Bank building in Dorotheenstadt, Berlin
The Dresdner Bank building is a bank and architectural heritage monument in the Dorotheenstadt neighborhood of Berlin-Mitte, combining Renaissance Revival and Neoclassical styles. It occupies a full city block at the corner of Behrenstrasse and Hedwigskirchgasse, with a three-story limestone facade decorated with ornamental stonework.
Architect Ludwig Heim designed the building in 1889 as the Berlin headquarters of the Dresdner Bank. It served that purpose until 1945, when the end of the war brought major changes to its ownership and use.
The building stands on one of the most recognized streets in Berlin's historic center, close to the opera house and Gendarmenmarkt. Passersby today can still read in its stone facade the ambition of a period when banks expressed power through architecture.
The building now houses the Hotel De Rome and office spaces, accessible through several entrances on the street. Much of the interior is privately used, so a visit is best focused on the exterior, which is fully visible from the pavement.
After the war, M.M. Warburg & Co, one of Germany's oldest private banking houses, took over the building and resumed its activities in Berlin from this address. This was notable because the firm had previously been expropriated by the Nazi regime.
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