Holtzendorff-Garage, Architectural heritage garage in Halensee, Berlin, Germany
The Holtzendorff-Garage is an auto garage with filling station in Halensee, built in 1928-1929, offering 47 individual parking spaces within a steel frame building. The design shows a thoughtful layout with entry and exit through the gas station at the street corner and a repair workshop on the western side.
Walter and Johannes Krüger built this complex between 1928 and 1929 for Deutsche Mineralöl-Vertriebs-Gesellschaft during a time of rapid motorization in Germany. The project emerged in an era when new buildings for vehicle traffic played a central role in urban growth.
The building shows the New Objectivity style of the late 1920s, a movement that favored simple forms and practical solutions. Walking past it today, you can see this modern way of thinking in the clear structure and large windows.
The building is visible from the public sidewalk and the steel frame structure is clearly recognizable from the street. The spatial layout with its central passage remains easy to understand and allows a straightforward overview of how it originally functioned.
Vehicles had to pass through the public gas station at the street corner when entering and leaving their parking spaces, creating a close link between private parking and public service. This concept was innovative for its time and made very efficient use of limited urban space.
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