Speicherstadtrathaus
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| Speicherstadtrathaus | |
|---|---|
 Main façade of the Speicherstadtrathaus | |
 Interactive map of the Speicherstadtrathaus area | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Gothic-Baroque-revival |
| Location | Bei St Anne 1, Hamburg, Germany |
| Coordinates | 53°32′42″N 9°59′52″E / 53.54500°N 9.99778°E |
| Construction started | 1902 |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Johannes Grotjan, Bernhard Georg Hanssen, Wilhelm Emil Meerwein |
The Speicherstadtrathaus (English: Warehouse City Town Hall) is the administration building of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG. It is located in the historic warehouse complex of the Speicherstadt in the Port of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. The Speicherstadtrathaus has been a listed building since 1991 and has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since July 5, 2015, along with the neighboring Kontorhaus District.
The building was erected on 463 oak piles as part of the third construction phase during the construction of the Speicherstadt, which lasted from 1899 and 1912 on the former island of Wandrahm, in the street Bei St. Annen 1, as part of the U block of warehouses. The construction of the building itself took place between 1902-04. The architects were Johannes Grotjan, municipal architect in charge of the construction of the town halls for the various city districts, with Bernhard Georg Hanssen and Wilhelm Emil Meerwein of the local Hamburg firm Hanssen & Meerwein, who designed much of the warehouses in the district.[1] The building's inauguration took place on June 1, 1904. The building was planned for the Hamburger Freihafen-Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft (HFLG), today called Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), as the head office and was the successor to the headquarters building at Sandtorkai 1, which itself was inaugurated in 1887 and had since become too small. That building had also been built by Hanssen & Meerwein.[2]
