Villa von Bülow, Classical villa in Brunswick, Germany
Villa von Bülow is a classical residence in Brunswick featuring rounded arch windows on the ground floor, tall rectangular windows on the upper levels, and turret-like corner projections that define its exterior. The building's outer architectural elements remain intact, though its interior was substantially modified during renovations carried out between 1979 and 1981.
Carl Theodor Ottmer built the villa in 1839 as a summer house for Heinrich Georg Christian Friedrich von Bülow, president of the ducal chamber, on land freed by Peter Joseph Krahe's demolition of Brunswick's ramparts. From 1869 officers of the Brunswick hussars and infantry lived here, and in 1891 it passed to banker Artur Löbbecke. From 1934 it housed the Reich's only School of German Handcraft, closed at the start of the war.
The villa's name recalls Heinrich Georg Christian Friedrich von Bülow, the ducal chamber president who commissioned it as a summer house. From 1869 to 1873 it was home to Major Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauch, commander of Brunswick's Hussar Regiment No. 17, and to General Gustav von Girsewald. The Löbbecke family coat of arms, still visible above the former main entrance, dates from Artur Löbbecke's ownership after 1891.
The villa stands above street level at the corner of Celler Straße and Freisestraße, on the site of Brunswick's former western Oker rampart. The former main entrance is marked by the Löbbecke family coat of arms above the door. The building is a protected monument and was long vacant and decaying, so interior access should not be assumed.
The villa's site was freed when Peter Joseph Krahe began demolishing Brunswick's 19th-century ramparts. The building stands raised above street level at the corner of Celler Straße and Freisestraße; at the time of construction it was Celler Straße 1, and Freisestraße was still called Pflegehausstraße. The Löbbecke family coat of arms remains above the former main entrance.
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