{"id":6294,"date":"2023-10-19T15:17:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.schwrzmnn.com\/am\/sehenswurdigkeit\/kommandantenhaus\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T13:32:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T13:32:18","slug":"commanders-house","status":"publish","type":"sehenswurdigkeit","link":"https:\/\/www.apartments-mitte.de\/en\/sehenswurdigkeit\/commanders-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Commander\u2019s House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Commander\u2019s House<\/strong>&nbsp;marks either the start or triumphant conclusion of the Unter den Linden boulevard, depending on the direction you\u2019re coming from. The building might make you stop and wonder why it looks substantially newer and fresher than the structures around it. That&#8217;s because the Commander\u2019s House (also known as the \u2018Alte Kommandantur\u2019, or the \u2018Old Command Centre\u2019) has been totally reconstructed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like most of the structures surrounding it, the Commander\u2019s House was almost completely destroyed during World War Two. The ruins were ultimately pulled down in 1950 and replaced by the large offices of the GDR\u2019s Exterior Ministry. This comparatively modern building was not a good fit with its neighbours, architecturally speaking, and was ultimately also demolished in 1995. Four years later, the Bertelsmann Foundation acquired the prestigious plot at the end of the majestic boulevard via a public auction and Bertelsmann AG subsequently built its Berlin offices on the site. The architects complied with the requirement that the fa\u00e7ade be a faithful historical reconstruction. They were free to design the interiors as they wished, however, and opted for a modern, contemporary style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6295,"template":"","class_list":["post-6294","sehenswurdigkeit","type-sehenswurdigkeit","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apartments-mitte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sehenswurdigkeit\/6294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apartments-mitte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sehenswurdigkeit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apartments-mitte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sehenswurdigkeit"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apartments-mitte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apartments-mitte.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}