Haus mit den 99 Schafsköpfen, Historical building in Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany
The three-story building featured a prominent facade adorned with 99 stone ram heads and an open arcade on its projecting front section.
Frederick II of Prussia commissioned architect Georg Christian Unger to construct this residential and commercial building in 1783 near the Georgenkirche.
The building housed the notable 'Zum Hirschen' inn, which welcomed distinguished visitors including architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and writer Heinrich von Kleist.
The structure stood at the corner of Alexanderstrasse between Landsberger and Bernauer streets until its demolition in 1927 for U-Bahn construction.
A tale tells of a neighbor who received 99 ram heads as decoration after expressing envy over another citizen's royal gift.
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