Cranachstraße 10 Weimar, building in Weimar, Germany

Villa Rauner at Cranachstraße 10 in Weimar is a three-story Jugendstil house built in 1903 to a design by Rudolf Zapfe. It has a mansard hipped roof, a travertine base storey and a facade covered in rich stucco ornament, including lion heads. The windows of the central bay carry Jugendstil ornament and loggias open in this section.

The villa was built in 1903 for the druggist Gustav Raumer, who was a city councillor and purveyor of pharmacy goods to the grand-ducal court, to a design by architect Rudolf Zapfe. It stands at Cranachstraße 10 and is listed as an individual monument in Weimar's register of cultural monuments. The name 'Villa Rauner' differs from the owner's surname Raumer; the reason for the change is not documented.

The house's name is a puzzle: it was built for the druggist Gustav Raumer, so it should be called Villa Raumer, and why it became Villa Rauner is unknown. Raumer was a Weimar city councillor and purveyor of druggist goods to the grand-ducal court, with his shop at Markt 9. His grave is on the Historischer Friedhof Weimar.

The villa stands at Cranachstraße 10, where seven town villas line the same street; Villa Bornmüller at number 9, also by Zapfe, is a short walk away. The building is a private residence, so visitors view the stuccoed facade and mansard roof from the street.

The house should actually be called "Villa Raumer" after its builder, the druggist Gustav Raumer, yet the name "Villa Rauner" with an extra n has stuck; how this came about is unknown. Raumer, born 1 February 1857 and a Weimar city councillor, was purveyor of druggist goods to the grand ducal court, with his shop at Markt 9.