Schachtrupp-Villa, Heritage villa in Osterode am Harz, Germany

The Schachtrupp Villa is a cubic timber-framed house with horizontal board cladding on a natural stone base. Its seven-axis north side has a portico with four columns, a balcony with wrought-iron railing and an external staircase; all four sides have a slightly projecting central bay. A square roof lantern lights a spiral staircase that rises from cellar to attic, with four doors per floor and a ballroom on the upper floor.

Construction began in 1819 by industrialist Johann Friedrich Schachtrupp, who established a white lead factory, and his son completed the building in 1828. This timeline reflects the growth of local manufacturing and the family's role in transforming the town during the Industrial Revolution.

The building carries the name of its founder, an industrialist whose legacy shaped the local economy. Today, it serves as a symbol of the town's connection to its manufacturing past and community identity.

The villa stands at Dörgestraße 40 in the Kurpark, next to the Tilman-Riemenschneider-Gymnasium, the Stadthalle and the Osterode am Harz Mitte rail stop. The former cavalier houses, stables and riding stables of the estate are gone; their site is now a car park. The building is a protected monument (ID 34156320).

The villa's festive hall kept its original parquet floor hidden beneath a plastic covering throughout the building's decades as a school, so the wood survived intact. The hall spans the full width of the central projection and opens onto a balcony.