Lange Straße 41, Mixed-use building in Delmenhorst, Germany.

Lange Straße 41 is a mixed-use building in Delmenhorst that combines residential apartments with ground-floor commercial space. The structure rises several stories with a traditional facade typical of early 20th-century city architecture.

The two-storey house with a mansard roof was built in 1881 for the photographer Diedrich Kassens, and from 1883 it served as a photography studio, later also used by his daughter Else Oeckermann. After several other occupants, the Delmenhorster Kurier, a Weser-Kurier paper, moved in in December 1985, having reported from Delmenhorst for 14 years before that.

The house was built in 1881 for the photographer Diedrich Kassens, and from 1883 it served as a photography studio, later run by his daughter Else Oeckermann. Since December 1985 the Delmenhorster Kurier, a Weser-Kurier paper, has had its editorial office here; the paper had already reported from Delmenhorst for 14 years before moving in.

Lange Straße 41 stands on Lange Straße in the Mitte district of Delmenhorst, within the listed ensemble Wohnhausgruppe Lange Straße II. The hippo sculpture by Klaus Kütemeier (1939–2013) is placed on the pavement directly in front of the building, so it can be seen from the street without entering.

The granite hippopotamus in front of the building was carved in 1987 by Klaus Kütemeier, a sculptor born in 1939 who worked in Delmenhorst and Hamburg and died in 2013. It is a separate work from the 1881 house, which the Delmenhorster Kurier newspaper moved into in December 1985.