Bogestra-Hauptverwaltung, Transport administration building in Bochum, Germany.
The Bogestra headquarters at Universitätsstraße 58 in Bochum is a listed administration building designed by Heinrich Schmiedeknecht and built from 1926 to 1928. The complex originally included a 10,000 m² carriage hall and a director's villa; the hall was demolished in 2007 and replaced by a second extension with a customer centre, completed in 2013.
Architect Heinrich Schmiedeknecht designed and built this structure between 1926 and 1928 as part of a larger operational complex for the transit company. A major renovation took place from 1981 to 1983, when an extension replaced the former director's residence on the site.
The complex takes its name from the company abbreviation Bogestra, for Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG, founded in 1896. The main entrance now sits where the gate to the carriage hall once stood, and the former depot site became a car park and a neighbouring car dealership. The 1981–1983 extension by Paul Gerhard Wieschemann replaced the director's villa on the corner to Oskar-Hoffmann-Straße.
The building sits in Bochum's city center and is easily accessible by the public transit network it manages, making it convenient to reach. Since it remains an active administration office, visitors can appreciate the exterior architecture and surroundings without expecting general access to the interior.
The main entrance of today's complex stands where the gateway to the old carriage hall once was; the hall itself, 10,000 m² in size, was shut down in summer 2005 and demolished in spring 2007. Its successor is the Betriebshof Engelsburg on Essener Straße, built 2002–2005.
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