Palais Eduard von Oppenheim, Historical palace in Altstadt-Nord, Germany

Palais Eduard von Oppenheim was a city palace built in 1870 on Cologne's banking street Unter Sachsenhausen for banker Eduard Freiherr von Oppenheim, to designs by Wilhelm Hoffmann in the French Renaissance style. Strongly projecting side risalti and a central risalit with paired columns and stele-like caryatids carried a domed French hipped roof; the gables held copies of Michelangelo's Day and Night, Dawn and Dusk from the Medici Chapel. It was demolished in 1914 and replaced by Peter Behrens's commercial building for Frank & Lehmann, with interiors by Walter Gropius.

The building was constructed in 1870 as a commission for the wealthy banker Eduard Freiherr von Oppenheim. Architect Wilhelm Hoffmann designed the palace to reflect the tastes and status of German banking families of that era.

The palace's facade borrowed motifs from Michelangelo's Medici Chapel figures — copies of "Day and Night" and "Dawn and Dusk" stood on the gables. These designs were eagerly taken up in 1880s Cologne and copied onto residential buildings of every social class, and the palace also served as a model for Wilhelm Leyendecker's Stadthaus.

The palace itself no longer stands: since June 1914 the site at Unter Sachsenhausen 37 has been occupied by a commercial building designed by Peter Behrens, with interiors by Walter Gropius. Visitors can view the facade from the public street; the side wing at Katenbug 18–24 was rebuilt in 1934/35 by Helmut Goldschmidt. The building is in use today, so admire it from outside.

The palace was demolished in June 1914 and replaced by a commercial building for the fashion-accessory manufacturer Frank & Lehmann, designed by Peter Behrens with interiors by Walter Gropius. The side wing at Katenbug 18–24 was rebuilt in 1934/35 by Helmut Goldschmidt. The building survived World War II and now houses a HypoVereinsbank branch, the administration of the Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek and the Rheinisches Bildarchiv.