Margarine Voss

The entrance building of the former Voss Margarine Factory features brick expressionism architecture with ceramic decorations and notable worker sculptures.

The factory complex, constructed between 1925 and 1926 by architects Henry Grell and Peter Pruter, operated until 1978 producing margarine for Hamburg residents.

The sculptural elements on the facade, including a ceramic cow head and workers figures, represent the industrial labor and food production of the era.

The entrance structure now functions as part of a health insurance company's administrative offices, connected to modern buildings through a skyway system.

A 70-kilogram ceramic cow head that fell from the facade in 2013 was replaced with a cast stone copy, which remains secured to the building today.

Location: Hamburg-Nord

GPS coordinates: 53.59167,10.05639

Latest update: March 4, 2025 06:53