Status Complete Town or city Bonn Opened 1860 | Architectural style Neo-classical Country Germany | |
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Type Official residence (secondary) Current tenants President of Germany (secondary) Similar Palais Schaumburg, Kanzlerbungalow, Museum Koenig, Poppelsdorf Palace, Bundeshaus | ||
Germany g20 foreign ministers in high spirits at dinner in hammerschmidt villa
Hammerschmidt Villa (German: Villa Hammerschmidt) is a villa located in the German city of Bonn that served as the primary official seat and primary official residence of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1950 until 1994. President Richard von Weizsäcker made Bellevue Palace in Berlin his primary official seat and residence in 1994. Since 1994, the Hammerschmidt Villa has served as a secondary official seat and secondary official residence for the President. In German, the Villa is also called the "White House of Bonn", because of its vague resemblance to the official residence of the President of the United States.
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- Map of Villa Hammerschmidt Adenauerallee 53113 Bonn Germany
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Map of Villa Hammerschmidt, Adenauerallee, 53113 Bonn, Germany
The villa is situated in the heart of the former government quarter of Bonn, bordering the river Rhine to the north and opposite the zoological Museum Koenig to the south. It is also adjacent to the secondary official seat and secondary official residence of the Chancellor, the Palais Schaumburg, to the west.
The upper floor of the building houses a private apartment for the German President, while the ground floor consists of state rooms which are used for ceremonial purposes.
Villa Hammerschmidt was built by August Dieckhoff in 1860 in Neo-classical style, as a stately home for a wealthy industrialist. It was redecorated in 1868 by the architect Otto Penner.
Since its construction Villa Hammerschmidt has been owned by: