Villa Gans, Cultural heritage monument in Oberursel, Germany

Villa Gans was a listed bourgeois residence at Königsteiner Straße 29 in Oberursel, built 1909–1910 by architect Otto Bäppler for Ludwig Wilhelm Gans. The estate included a riding hall with stables, a garage, a greenhouse and later a workers' dwelling. In 2014 the villa lost its monument status and was demolished; only the park and outbuildings remain.

Ludwig Wilhelm Gans, grandson of Cassella co-founder Ludwig Aaron Gans, had architect Otto Bäppler build the villa in 1909–1910 on a chestnut-covered plot called "Kastanienhain". In 1934 the Deutsche Arbeitsfront bought it and ran it from 1935 as the "Reichsschulungsburg Kestenhöhe". Hesse transferred it to the DGB in 1953 as restitution; it served until 2004 as the Haus der Gewerkschaftsjugend. The building was demolished in 2014 after losing its monument status.

The house was renamed Villa Gans by Oberursel's magistrates on 14 August 1945, after the DAF had called it Reichsschulungsburg Kestenhöhe. From 1953 to 2004 it served as the Haus der Gewerkschaftsjugend, the DGB youth education centre. The surrounding park was protected as a landscape natural monument in 1966.

The villa stood at Königsteiner Straße 29, on the edge of Oberursel toward Königstein. The surrounding park with its outbuildings was placed under protection as a natural monument in 1966. The villa itself was demolished in 2014 for reasons of public safety, so only the park and the surviving outbuildings such as the Reithalle, greenhouse and workers' house can be seen today.

The villa lost its monument status in April 2014 after experts found the roof structure could not be kept for structural reasons; the city and heritage office agreed the building had to be demolished for public safety. The status of the park and outbuildings remained open.