Hulbehaus, Heritage monument in Hamburg-Altstadt, Germany

Hulbehaus stands at Mönckebergstraße 21 and features a Neo-Renaissance architectural style with large windows and detailed facade ornaments from the early 1900s. The building now houses Thomas i Punkt, a shop offering fashion and skateboarding equipment, and is easily spotted by its distinctive Neo-Renaissance exterior.

Georg Hulbe, a bookbinder and leather craftsman, had the building erected in 1910/11 by architect Henry Grell as the new home of his Kunstgewerbehaus, replacing a predecessor in St. Georg. He placed it next to St. Petri Church to create an urban accent among the office buildings. In the 1930s it passed to the A. Voss administrative company, later to Alfred Voss's heirs and then to auditor Otto Gellert.

The building displays Dutch Renaissance elements in its design, reflecting architectural traditions common among northern European port cities of that era. These design features shape how the surrounding old town looks today and show how European architectural styles were exchanged.

The building is located in the Hamburg-Mitte district near St. Petri Church and is easy to reach by public transportation. The area is busy with foot traffic and historic architecture, making it pleasant to explore on foot.

The gilded copper cog on the roof is the sign of the Hanseatic League and Georg Hulbe's own company mark. Inside it Hulbe placed a "letter to posterity" criticising the shallow artistic efforts of his time and warning that solid craftsmanship was declining. The documents were removed after the 1978 storm and given to the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe.