Neuer Marstall

The New Marstall on the Spree Island in Berlin -Mitte is a neo-baroque building which was built to designs by Ernst von Ihne 1897-1901 at the castle square, opposite the City Palace directly on the Spree.

History

The stables served to accommodate the 300 horses and carriages and sleighs of the imperial court. Apart from some town houses, a large part of the old stables of 1669 was overbuilt or integrated in the construction.

The four-storey building received a sandstone facade, with the lower two storeys to a rusticated base, the upper two stories were combined into one giant order. The rich sculptural decoration of the nor the horse tamer on the side of the Spree and the pediment are received, dates of Otto Lessing.

During the November Revolution of 1918 in the building of the People's Naval Division was housed, and from 1920 the Berlin City Library. The old stables on the Spree side of the building were converted into this books magazines. After the destruction of the Second World War, the complex was restored with a simplified exterior, whereby the main facade remained the Schlossplatz without Giebelbekrönung and statuary; the Academy of Arts of the GDR maintained showrooms here. 1988 two reliefs by the sculptor Gerhard Rommel were revealed with respect to the November Revolution.

Present use

For some time the building is used by the Academy of Music "Hanns Eisler". At the same time, in a first, now completed stage of construction, the facade has been restored. The Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development anticipates that the building after completion of the second phase of construction and after the already completed demolition of the Palace of the Republic will again receive adequate importance to the revival of the historic Castle Square after reconstruction of the Stadtschloss.

Gallery

View of the Spree side ( 2012)

Details of the facade to the side of the Spree

Gable with Poseidon

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