- Palais Schaumburg
The Palais Schaumburg is a castle-like building in
Bonn which has housed parts of theGerman Federal Chancellery since1949 and from1976 to reunification was the first official residence and office of the Chancellor. As headquarters of the Federal Chancellery it was simply known as "the House of the Federal Chancellor" ( _de. Haus des Bundeskanzlers).History
The late neoclassical palais was built between
1858 and1860 for the cloth manufacturer Wilhelm Loeschigk. Bought byPrince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe it was enlarged during the following years. On January 31st,1939 , the army bought the palaces from Ernst Wolrad, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe.After
World War II theBelgian Army staff used the building until it became official seat of the first Federal chancellor,Konrad Adenauer , in November1949 . Two months later, he greeted the new republic’s first state guestRobert Schuman .Hans Schwippert rebuilt the building for the use as a Federal Chancellery in1950 . It was also extended by the so-called houses 2 and 3. By1976 more space was needed, so a new building was planned . Some departments remained, however, in the palais which remained in use for ceremonial purposes. In 1963 the "Wohn- und Empfangsgebäude des Bundeskanzlers", the so-called Chancellor bungalow (Kanzlerbungalow ), in the modern style of architectSep Ruf was built in the spacious park as a semi-official residence for the Chancellors.The Palais Schaumburg became home to the federal ministry for environment, conservation and reactor safety ("Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit") when it was formed in
1986 . After the reunification of Germany in1990 five "Federal Ministers for Special Affairs" kept offices in the palais.The palais was used at the signing of the treaty about the creation of a currency, economy and social union in 1990 by representatives of both German states.
Since the government move in
1999 the Palais Schaumberg has served as a second service headquarters of the Federal Chancellery and Chancellor in which different departments are accommodated.Park
A tree has been planted for every former Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic in the Park Schaumberg in memory of his periods of office:
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