Villa Fritz Thyssen, Architectural monument in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Villa Fritz Thyssen is a grand manor house in Mülheim an der Ruhr featuring English country house design mixed with baroque influences. The residence stands within extensive grounds and gardens, and after a major fire required significant restoration to create its current mixed-use residential layout.
Fritz Thyssen, eldest son of August Thyssen, had the villa built in 1910/11 by the Krefeld architects Girmes & Oediger on a 70,000 m² plot in the Broich-Speldorfer Wald. After Thyssen fled Germany in 1939, the National Socialists confiscated the estate and used it as a training centre for kindergarten teachers. In 1945 the British established a boarding school there, which closed in 1969. A major fire destroyed the manor house in 1993; the site was rebuilt in 2001/02 as the Villenpark Uhlenhorst.
The house is also called Villa Anita, and its park was laid out with arbors and viewpoints. After the 1993 fire the site was rebuilt in 2001/2002 as the Villenpark Uhlenhorst, with flats in the former manor and outbuildings.
The property sits within a park setting with several entry points and can be viewed from outside, though some areas remain private residential space. Visitors can walk around the grounds and gardens to appreciate the full scale of the estate and its landscaping.
The 1993 fire destroyed the manor house itself, not just its interior; the site then stood with building remains until a Duisburg investor group bought it in 1999. Rebuilding as "Villenpark Uhlenhorst" in 2001/2002 placed flats in the former manor and its outbuildings, largely restoring the original look.
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