Haus Anker, Architectural heritage monument in Brunswick, Germany

Haus Anker is a listed office and commercial building at Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße 51 in Brunswick's city centre, built in 1901/02 in Art Nouveau style to a design by architect Bruno Habrich. Its stone facade, which replaced an earlier glass front, carries the lettering "Haus Anker" in the central segmental gable and reliefs of two sailing ships, an anchor and animals such as tortoises and insects. Four allegorical putti stand on the piers of the third floor.

Haus Anker was built in 1901/02 as an office and commercial building in Art Nouveau style for the merchants Leopold Katz and Georg Wolff, following a design by architect Bruno Habrich. The reinforced concrete structure was considered pioneering in its modernity at its completion in 1902. In 1913 the textile merchant Hermann Vick rented the building and had the glass facade replaced by the stone facade still visible today. Since the early 1920s it has been named after the Anker-Verlag publishing house.

The name Haus Anker comes from the Anker-Verlag, a newspaper and book publisher based here in the early 1920s; its lettering still sits in the central segmental gable. Between the first and second floors, reliefs show two sailing ships, an anchor at the centre, and animals including tortoises and insects. Four allegorical putti with symbols, among them virtue and fertility, stand on the third-floor piers.

The building is located in the town center and is easy to reach. Information signs near or at the building provide details about its history and architectural features.

The name Haus Anker comes from the Anker-Verlag publishing house, which had its offices here in the early 1920s; its lettering still appears in the central segmental gable. The building was numbered 37 until the post-war renumbering made it 51.