Alte Feuerwache, Cultural center in Friedrichshain district, Berlin, Germany

The Alte Feuerwache is a former fire station at Marchlewskistraße 6 in Friedrichshain, built in 1884 to designs by city building officer Hermann Blankenstein. The surviving ground floor has a brick facade with round-arched vehicle exits and bands of terracotta relief. Since 1998 the building has housed the Jugendclub Feuerwache at the northern entrance and the Kulturhaus alte feuerwache Friedrichshain at the southern one.

Built in 1884 to designs by city building officer Hermann Blankenstein, the depot on Memeler Straße served the Berlin professional fire brigade, with horse-drawn hand pumps and ladders until 1922. Fire-bomb damage in 1945 left only the ground floor with its brick facade and round-arched vehicle exits. The repaired station, renamed Feuerwehrstützpunkt Weberwiese, operated until 1956; from 1955/56 the neighbouring VEB Edelholzbau furniture factory used the hall for veneer cutting. Since 1998 the building has housed a youth club and the Kulturhaus alte feuerwache.

The place takes its name from its former purpose and functions as a meeting point for people interested in contemporary art and Berlin-based creative communities. Visitors encounter a mix of craft-based work and experimental projects from local artists here.

The center is fully accessible for visitors with mobility needs and easily reached by public transport in Friedrichshain. Check ahead about current exhibitions and events, as the program changes regularly throughout the year.

The building sits on a small traffic island because the street became a dead end when the Karl-Marx-Allee was rebuilt. Its south gable faces Hildegard-Jadamowitz-Straße, and the former horse stables stood in the courtyard for the horse-drawn hand pumps and water wagons.