Podbi-Park, Architectural ensemble in Vahrenwald-List, Germany

Podbi-Park is an architectural complex in Hannover featuring multiple Art Nouveau buildings with ornate terracotta decorations across their facades. The site now houses offices, a district library, software companies, and a municipal administration branch.

The administration building and fire station on Podbielskistraße and the production building on Lister Straße were built in 1911 by Karl Siebrecht for the Bahlsen biscuit factory. Bahlsen moved its head office out in 1974 and its last production line in 1987. From 1990 Werner Michael Bahlsen, grandson of the founder, had the original building converted and given a glass roof; a four-star hotel rotunda by Böge Lindner K2 followed in 1995.

The former Bahlsen biscuit factory carries Art Nouveau ornament inside and out. Above the entrance is a terracotta frieze by Georg Herting; other works were commissioned from Julius Diez, Adolf Hölzel, Willy Jaeckel, Änne Koken, Georg Krüger, Martel Schwichtenberg and Ludwig Vierthaler. Visitors can still read these artist names and motifs on the preserved facades along Podbielskistraße and Lister Straße.

The complex sits between Podbielskistraße and Lister Straße in Hannover-List, with the Bürgeramt List branch and a district library inside, so the buildings are entered during their opening hours. The Art Nouveau facades and the terracotta frieze over the entrance can be viewed from the street on foot.

The terracotta frieze above the entrance of the former Bahlsen administration building on Podbielskistraße was made by sculptor Georg Herting. Other works on the complex came from Julius Diez, Adolf Hölzel, Willy Jaeckel, Änne Koken, Georg Krüger, Martel Schwichtenberg and Ludwig Vierthaler. The round four-star hotel added in 1995 by Böge Lindner K2 won a Bund Deutscher Architekten Niedersachsen award in 1997.