Building of the Reichsschuldenverwaltung, Administrative building in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

The Building of the Reichsschuldenverwaltung is a six-storey administrative building in Berlin-Kreuzberg, occupying more than a third of the block bounded by Oranienstraße, Alte Jakobstraße, Feilnerstraße and Lindenstraße. Its street facades are clad in brick, while the four inner courtyards have plastered facades. The building is rounded at the acute-angled corner of Oranienstraße and Alte Jakobstraße.

The Prussian Hauptverwaltung der Staatsschulden, founded in 1820, took over the same tasks for the German Reich from 1871 as the Reichsschuldenverwaltung, remaining a separate Prussian authority. The building was erected in 1919–1924 to the design of German Bestelmeyer as the first large government building of the Weimar Republic. It was inaugurated on 1 April 1924, when the authority became a subordinate part of the Reichsfinanzverwaltung. Bombing and artillery fire damaged it severely in the Second World War; it was restored by 1958.

Locals nicknamed the long complex the "lying skyscraper" because of its seemingly endless facade. The terracotta ornament, modelled by sculptors Hugo Lederer and Albert Kraemer, pairs Maria and Caritas with allegories of trade, agriculture, shipping and science. Since the 1995–1999 restoration the building has housed Berlin senate departments for integration, labour, social affairs, health, care and equality.

The building fills over a third of the block bounded by Oranienstraße, Alte Jakobstraße, Feilnerstraße and Lindenstraße in Kreuzberg; its rounded corner marks the acute angle of Oranienstraße and Alte Jakobstraße. The street facades are brick-clad, while the four inner courtyards have plastered walls. It now houses Berlin Senate departments and is not open as a visitor attraction, so the exterior is seen from the surrounding streets.

From 1958 to 1990 the building was used as a storage depot for the Berlin Senate reserve, and bicycles were among the goods kept there. The long facades along Oranienstraße and Alte Jakobstraße earned it the nickname "lying skyscraper".