Siemenshaus, Office building in Seevorstadt, Dresden, Germany
The Siemenshaus is an administrative building in Dresden with four stories and an attic level. Its rectangular form displays industrial architectural features typical of the 1930s with clean lines and functional design.
Siemens opened its Dresden branch on Prager Straße in 1903, then moved to Wiener Platz and Devrientstraße before acquiring Sidonienstraße 18. The new building was designed by Paul Wolf's architecture firm. In 1945 it burned out up to the third floor; rebuilding began in late 1945. Siemens was expropriated by Soviet Military Administration order No. 142 of 30 October 1945, and from 1953 the VEB "Otto Buchwitz" Starkstrom-Anlagenbau Dresden kept administration and assembly storage here.
The building takes its name from the Siemens company that operated here for decades. It shows how important electrical engineering became to Dresden's economy during the early 1900s.
The building is located near Dresden Central Station and is therefore easy to reach. The location works well for business purposes and sits in a central part of the city.
The Siemenshaus and the former Reichsbahn directorate building are the only two structures on Wiener Platz-Ost that survived the 1945 air raids, and both hold protected status in the area's redevelopment. The building was gutted by fire up to the third floor, yet rebuilding began as early as late 1945.
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